Assignment Idea

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:

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: