Assignment Idea

AJ William’s Buddy Photo

_cokwr: Find a little figurine or a stuffed animal that you can carry around with you. Use that "buddy" and take photos to document where you have gone together. ie: going out to lunch, going to the movies, etc. , _cpzh4: Visual, _chk2m: anagahama, _ciyn3: 48, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Google Translate Fail

_cokwr: Find something in a foreign language and use Google Translate and laugh about how awful it is. Its pretty easy to do if you use Google Chrome. Just go to a site in another language and select the translate to English button when it pops up (options - under the hood - check the box that says to offer translations). I think you can also use the main google.com to translate pages as well. If its a language you know, give an explanation of what it should be and list possible reasons it got messed up. , _cpzh4: On/In the Web, _cre1l: http://rigsbytuj.blogspot.com/2011/11/google-translate-fail.html, _chk2m: Steven Q. Dangerfist, _ciyn3: 209, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

A Life in Two Minutes

_cokwr: Create a 2 minute audio story inspired by the "My Life is True" series produced by KQED of Northern California. KQED works with people "to explain, in their own words, a significant moment or stubborn problem." Work with a friend or tell a story about yourself that describes such a moment or problem. Be sure to keep it at two minutes or less! Thanks to GNA Garcia for posting a link to this awesome site on Twitter and inspiring assignment ideas for DS106., _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: http://www.mylifeistrue.org/, _chk2m: Michael Branson Smith, _ciyn3: 184, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Plinkett Review

_cokwr: Review a bad movie, using footage from it and other films. Tear it apart. Show us everything that's wrong with it., _cpzh4: Video, _cre1l: http://redlettermedia.com/plinkett/star-wars/star-wars-episode-1-the-phantom-menace/, _chk2m: Alan Liddell, _ciyn3: 156, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Cropped Signs

_cokwr: We think of creation as addition, but there is a form of creation by deletion (e.g. Newspaper Blackout poetry http://newspaperblackout.com/) In this assignment, you need to change, alter, enhance the meaning of a sign by cropping out parts of it. This should be doing in camera, but could also be done in post- crop out, but do not photoshop in any extras. Also, be sure to describe in you caption or blog post what the original sign said. For the example below, the sign said "No Canada Tennis Parking" but by removing the last word, it makes it sound more like a radical anti-tennis call for action., _cpzh4: Visual, _cre1l: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/5677012243/, _chk2m: cogdog, _ciyn3: 129, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Character Bird Calls

_cokwr: Like some people use special whistles to attract birds, your task is to create an 30 second or less audio file that might be used to “call” a particular character from a movie, tv, or real life. It cannot feature voices, but sounds only (try http://freesounds.org). Write a description why this sound would be attractive to the character, why it would be effective (be inventive, write a story about it). , _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: http://cogdogblog.com/2011/10/16/dr-oliver-bird-call/, _chk2m: CogDog, _ciyn3: 193, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Pick A Bad Photo, Apply A Vintage Effect And Write Something In Helvetica

_cokwr: That's it. Pick A Bad Photo, Apply A Vintage Effect And Write Something In Helvetica, _cpzh4: Visual, _cre1l: http://badphotohelvetica.tumblr.com/, _chk2m: Brad Kozlek, _ciyn3: 65, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Ben Harwood’s Track blazing troubadour

_cokwr: Make a movie trailer by taking a trilogy, or any series of movies (LOTR, Saw, Final Destination etc.) and combine scenes from all the trailers to make one trailer..., _cpzh4: Mashup, _chk2m: Zarar A., _ciyn3: 135, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Context

_cokwr: Take the audio from one movie, the ambient sounds, a few words, etc. Remix it into something entirely new., _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GkjMZu2FrQ, _chk2m: Tom, _ciyn3: 71, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Multipersonality

_cokwr: For this audio assignment, pretend that you are three to four persons having a regular conversation. Pick any scenario that you are comfortable with but make it convincing that there are different people within the conversation. ie: at the dinner table you have a little girl, a hick father, with an Asian mother talking to each other: create those voices. and HAVE FUN with it!, _cpzh4: Audio, _chk2m: anagahama, _ciyn3: 91, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3: