Assignment Idea

Interview/Music Mashup

_cokwr: In the 70s, Dickie Goodman created a series of interviews where the interviewee responded with snippets from popular songs. They were hilarious. , _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDNlSpKLEEo, _chk2m: Laura Blankenship, _ciyn3: 78, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

DS106 Bumper Stickers

_cokwr: Remix classic bumper stickers to promote the cause(s) of ds106, ds106radio, and ds106tv., _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://www.michaelbransonsmith.net/blog/2011/05/28/ds106radio-bumper-stickers/, _chk2m: Michael Branson Smith, _ciyn3: 133, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Consumer Mashup

_cokwr: Think of anyplace you spend money, and what you most often buy at that place. Then redesign their logo to incorporate your favorite product. Do as many as you want., _cpzh4: Mashup, _chk2m: ADRE, _ciyn3: 120, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Return to the Scene of the Crime

_cokwr: Take a photo from the past that you took in a particular location. Return to that stop, and take another picture, "framing" the original within the current view. , _cpzh4: Visual, _cre1l: http://dearphotograph.com/, _chk2m: Martha, _ciyn3: 141, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Un-scene stories

_cokwr: Each scene in a movie can be considered the middle point of a bigger story. Each character in a scene has been doing something prior to the scene, and will do something after the scene has finished. Pick a minor character from a scene in a movie or TV show and write a short account of what they were doing before they entered the scene or after the scene ended. Watch the scene and see if you can identify clues as to what the character was doing or what they are about to do. For example, in the famous cantina scene in Star Wars a character named Ponda Baba (Walrus Man) picks a fight with Luke Skywalker, and Obi Wan Kenobi slices off his arm with a lightsaber. What made Ponda Baba so angry that day that he picked a fight in a bar? How did he deal with his wounds afterwards?, _cpzh4: Fanfic, _chk2m: Colin Maxwell, _ciyn3: 14, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Adapt an artist’s work

_cokwr: Adapt a famous artist's work to change or reinforce its possible message., _cpzh4: Visual, _cre1l: http://lisahistoryds106.posterous.com/finishing-the-smoke, _chk2m: Lisa M Lane, _ciyn3: 17, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Grant Potter’s #ds106 Radio Live Show

_cokwr: Come up with an hour-long, themed show for #ds106 Radio that you both conceptualize and produce, then deliver on-the-air live over. It can be an ongoing show, or a one-time affair., _cpzh4: Audio, _chk2m: Jim Groom, _ciyn3: 38, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

The Contest Nobody Could Win

_cokwr: Take six very short fragments (less than one second each) from six different songs and ensemble them into a single piece. Expect others to guess which six songs you have used. Basic rules: 1) do not repeat songs 2) do not use covers (unless the cover is much better than the original, sh*t happens) 3) John Cage's 4'33'' is not a song!!! , _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxxEab7nHfE, _chk2m: procsilas, _ciyn3: 89, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Product Review

_cokwr: This one is simple. Just find something around the house that you enjoy using, find helpful on a day-to-day basis, or even something that you own but don't find worth the money you payed for it. Once you have your item, record yourself giving a product review. Be thorough, don't just skim the surface with general comments. Show us how the item works, what it's used for, what it's features are, what you think of it, etc., _cpzh4: Video, _cre1l: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW9IQou5xkA, _chk2m: Joe Proffitt, _ciyn3: 154, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Imag[in]ing the Streets with Google Street View

_cokwr: Read artist Jon Rafman's essay about Google Street view image captures and view his collection of images found on Street View blogs and from his own searching. "The detached gaze of the automated camera can lead to a sense that we are observed simultaneously by everyone and by no one." Find a street view image, post it and the location your blog. Describe why this moment is interesting/important to you., _cpzh4: Visual, _cre1l: http://www.artfagcity.com/2009/08/12/img-mgmt-the-nine-eyes-of-google-street-view/, _chk2m: Michael Branson Smith, _ciyn3: 177, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3: