This week I made a video essay about Ex Machina. In it, I compare different technical aspects of Ava and Caleb’s sessions throughout the movie. You can read the transcript of my video and find the link here. This was a very challenging assignment. I have done some editing and…
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The Framing of Gods – Ex Machina Film Analysis
Below is the transcript and link for my film analysis of Ex Machina. There are some slight differences in wording, but overall this is accurate to the final video. My full breakdown of this process and my experience is here. Warning: this video involves major spoilers for Ex Machina. In Ex…
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Will AI Kill Us? – Consult With Your Doctor
Today my friends and I had an informative conversation with Dr. Oblivion. The original question I gave him was Can AI kill us? Below is his real response. The perennial question of artificial intelligence unleashing its murderous tendencies. Well first and foremost, AI itself does not possess the capability to…
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An Introduction to Voice Acting – Sound Effects Story
Today I made a story entirely with sound effects. As I’ve mentioned, I am brand new to audio editing. This was a huge challenge but I managed to finish it with the help of my friends. I used Freesound for most of the audio clips and music. My friends assisted…
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Tune In – DS106 Radio Bumper Assignment
The first audio editing assignment I tried was to make a bumper for the DS106 Radio. I was very ambitious and spent almost thirty minutes on a bumper that I ultimately scrapped because it was unlistenable. So, I landed on this simple but effective bumper that features Dr. Oblivion.
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City Things – Create A Place Assignment
Today I tried to create a city ambience using free sounds and Audacity. Sound editing is not something I have any practice or experience with which made this was a real challenge. I also love working while listening to music, which you can’t do when you are editing sounds, so…
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Taking Photos of Things – Photoblitz
This week I tried the Photoblitz for the first time. I was very stressed out about this assignment, but I had a surprising amount of fun. I didn’t need the whole 20 minutes! Below are my start and end screenshot and the photos I took.
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Executive Level Business – Create Your Own Business Card Assignment
I chose to do the Create Your Own Business Card assignment for my character Georgia Finch. If she’s going to become a super important software developer she needs a professional business card. Unfortunately she doesn’t have an eye for detail like Patrick Bateman, so her business card is not incredibly…
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Things She Carries – What’s In Your Bag? Assignment
I chose to do the What’s In Your Bag assignment. I did this with my character, Georgia Finch, in mind. I used Landing to make this collage. I had seen Landing before online and thought this was the perfect time to finally use it. I had a ton of fun…
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Creating Things – I make some robots do art for me
Today I experimented with two AI softwares to create art. This is based on the Demystifying AI article. The two softwares I used are Microsoft Bing and Craiyon. Before this, I hadn’t used AI for anything other than grammar (I am referring to Grammarly), so this was new to me.…