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Hey, stranger – Daily Create, March 29

By jcpds106 | March 29, 2015 |

“So when an elderly woman directed a comment at him about all the trash on the street?—?the kind of thing most of us nod at vaguely and tune out?—?he engaged. Another student was more impulsive, striking up a conversation with the woman in front of him at a …

The final unit

By jcpds106 | March 29, 2015 |

After much contemplation and discussion, I have decided that for my final unit I will be working with a close friend, Mariah a.k.a. Bev. We’ve already been working together a lot, and I think we will be able to continue telling our characters’ story this way. I’m looking forward …

Chasing Damon

By jcpds106 | March 26, 2015 |

Well, I was returning home from a long day of work the other day (I was taking care of the dogs I walk during the day), and it was fairly dark out. I’m usually not scared in these instances, but something felt eerie this evening. It seemed to …

Tree Art – Daily Create, March 26

By jcpds106 | March 26, 2015 |

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Setting the tone

By jcpds106 | March 26, 2015 |

For my last video assignment this week, I wanted to do this one because I think it captured a lot of really important aspects of film that we’ve been studying and practicing these past two weeks.

As I worked on my videos, I learned that film and specific …

Damon’s ‘How To’

By jcpds106 | March 26, 2015 |

Damon here. I decided to use this assignment opportunity to give a little peek into my work process. Now, obviously, my art takes much longer than 30 seconds. It usually takes hours, days, even years. You could even say some of my work is taking a …

Damon catches up with himself

By jcpds106 | March 26, 2015 |

I caught up with myself this evening. Lately I’ve been feeling conflicted, as thought I’m not even able to speak to myself. I’m trying to work out everything that’s going on, but if I can’t even admit the truth to myself, how can I continue on?

Ever …

Video Essay

By jcpds106 | March 22, 2015 |

In my video essay, I look at one of the opening scenes of Mildred Pierce, in which a lot of interesting cinematography tricks are used to set the tone of the movie and introduce the audience to what they’re about to experience. …

Radio in Review

By jcpds106 | March 22, 2015 |

After countless hours of scripting, editing, collaborating, listening, and tweeting, I feel like I have learned everything there is about radio.

Just kidding. All I’ve really learned is that radio is incredibly difficult and takes a lot of creativity, ingenuity, talent, and dedication to produce …

Done in 60 Seconds

By jcpds106 | March 21, 2015 |

Okay, so my days are definitely not 60 seconds, and this assignment definitely took much longer than 60 seconds, but, hey, the title worked, so I went with it.

The hardest part here was remembering to actually film things throughout the day to use in this video. I kept …