An interview. That’s the next big assignment in Elements of Media Making. Cool. I spent the evening reading three provided articles, one centered around Ira Glass (a fantastic interviewer/storyteller from This American Life), a second presenting helpful tips on interviewing others, and a third which lays out pretty strict hard-and-fast rules regarding how to host an interview. … More So I Know the Rules… Now What?
Believe it or not, I’ve known about Foley since I was a kid. The first time I learned about it was in exploring the extra features on the Brother Bear DVD, one of which was titled Making Noise: The Art of Foley. As a naturally creative child, this prospect absolutely fascinated me, and I became more aware of the sound … More Foley – The Art of Making Sound
After watching Scott McCloud’s TED Talk titled Understanding Comics, I found myself with a newfound appreciation and understanding regarding composition. And I mean composition as it refers to all things visual, not strictly traditional photography which is where the minds of most go when they hear the word “composition”. McCloud’s examples were rooted in the world … More Image Composition – Across the Board
Other wise known as an “Average of Interests”, this is my most recently completed project in my Digital Imaging class. As a complete newbie to Photoshop, I wanted to share the process and the results that followed. Each student was supposed to gather 32 high resolution pictures, appropriation from the internet permissible (this is common … More Abstraction of Self
In the article 11 Thoughts: An Introduction to Photographic Composition, the author offers up several suggestions to prospective photographers on how to create the best images they can create. As a person who has created a good amount of art in my lifetime, I agreed with most of the points they made…except for one: “Composition … More “Focus on the Subject”… or don’t
This is a ds106 assignment called, What’s in a Name My maiden name, now legally lost to me thanks to my naive youth post-marriage, was Kelso. Now, I don’t want to go spreading a bunch of historical falsehoods all over the interwebs, so I will keep it short and succinct given my personal level of knowledge; My ancestry … More A Unique History and a Random Assignment
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