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Noir Downpour: pt. 6

By jsteward | February 22, 2015 |

Although I missed last week due to illness, I was able to get back in the swing of things this week.

To my relief, I was assigned a group (NeoNoir!) for the radio show project that has an idea I am really excited about.

Using the assigned audio assignments for …

Here is a compiled list of all of the posts I commented on this week. Most of them are audio assignments, though I think one is a design piece. I tried to pick ones that seemed especially interesting to me.

1) Fifty Shades of Hallmark by Janelle Pierangelino

2) Sound …

Bankrupt On Selling

By jsteward | February 21, 2015 |

This assignment fulfills 1 and a half points of the required ten for the week of 2/16 to 2/22.

This prompt, entitled ‘Make Music DAMNIT’, was a bit confusing, but I think it said to record a song in a way that reminds me of what it was like to …

Tom’s Files: Time Goes By

By jsteward | February 21, 2015 |

This Theme Song assignment is an audio assignment for the week of 2/16 to 2/22 and fulfills 4 out of 5 stars meant to focus on the character Tom Blair.

Since Tom is a character who would not have access to things like YouTube and SoundBible, this post will not …

The Capitalization of Art

By jsteward | February 13, 2015 |

Spending significant time educating myself about copyright and fair use has made me feel powerful. Knowledge is my armor of choice.

While I am grateful to finally understand the issue, it has definitely made the world a less innocent place to me.

It makes me a bit ashamed to live …

Design Idealism in The Vignelli Canon

By jsteward | February 13, 2015 |

‘The Vignelli Canon‘ by Massimo Vignelli is a truly useful read.

I am particularly fond of the organization of the booklet:

First, there is ‘Part 1′, which describes the pillars and idealism behind Design. This section outlines goals that design must reach- such as simplicity and elegance. It touches …

A Close Eye on Double Indemity

By jsteward | February 13, 2015 |

For this week’s “Watch some films” assignment, the choices were between Double Indemnity, The Big Lebowski, and Blade Runner.

I have already seen Lebowski and Blade Runner, and am actually meant to be studying Double Indemnity right now for my film class. That paired with my fondness for Billy Wilder …

Hitchhiker’s Guide to Noir

By jsteward | February 9, 2015 |

Here are a few ideas for a noir106 20-30 minute long radio show:

1) Noir Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy- There actually is a radio version of Hitchhiker’s Guide somewhere, that Douglas Adams worked on when he was still alive. Perhaps we could take one of the episodes and give …