Audreys

ds106 assignment on Triple Trolling.

Image: Audrey (Japanese comedians)
Quate: Audrey Hepburn
Signiture: Audrey Wells

I put triple Audreys in a picture together. The man on the right side looks boastful but he is not actually. The comedian Audrey got popular very quickly because they came in the second at Manzai 1 (M1) grand prix in 2008.  They have appeared on the TV shows every day since the success of M1. Audrey became one of the most popular comedians in Japan. But they did not change their style and have been trying to keep themselves as their ideal comedians. Audrey is modest as a comedian and it is a key of thier popularity.So I think the quote from Audrey Hepburn would fit to them. The signature Audrey is from Audrey Wells who is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer.

Timmmmyboy

Timmmmyboy http://www.timmmmyboy.com/2011/02/we-are-all-artists/

In a lecture, Tim Owen is talking about his own idea about being an artist.
He believes everyone could be an artist and many of them do not realize this fact.

The environment around us is full of artistic things. He mentions "creativity is not inheritance."His main idea is that we can learn how to create. According to Timmy, ds106 provides us the opportunities to improve our creativity through various assignments.

I like Tim’s idea. Everything could be an art, and everyone has an ability to create.

Tim says "people are more creative when they are hungry." This phrase reminds me the phrase from Steve Jobs: "stay hungry, stay foolish."

It is true that satisfied people hardly create something new. The people with great creativity and the artists whom Tim is talking about are always looking for new ideas like Steve jobs. Therefore, I want to stay myself hungry in order to be sensitive to things around me.

Midterm Exam

CIS class is now focusing on Degital Story telling.


Image: Anti Tennis by cogdog through CC liscening.

The phote above is the example of  a Cropped Photo story. The purpose of this assignment is to change, alter and enhance  the original sign and then create the cropped meaning.

This sign origibnally says "No Canada Tennis Parking." The author gets rid of the word "Parking" and he makes it anti tennis sign in Canada.

http://ds106.us/2011/06/24/triple-troll-attack-go/

Another assignment is to put triple different things together in a photo.

This photo above is by Darth Ba'al. He put a line from Star Wars, a character' name from Harry Potter, and an actor from Star Trek.

This is the video of Star Wars from YouTube.

Practice

Practice:

Image: Ella the Snow Dog by  jpctalbot through CC licensing.

FANS

As I explained in last post, the development of the internet created new pop culture, video sharing. YouTube and ニコニコ動画 would be the pioneers of this field. These video sharing sites have provided many people with the place to show their talents to a lot of audience all over the world. Therefore, especially YouTube has become the good place to dig up new talents who used to be an amateur. Furthermore, most these newcomers gained their fame by covering famous songs. It means that fans become professional through social media.

I would like to introduce two examples of fans on YouTube.

The first one is Nick Pitera. Nick is a bif fan of Disney films, so he has posted many cover songs of the Film on YouTube since 2006. After graduating University, he is working at Pixer now. I put the most famous his video, the cover of “A Whole New World” from Disney’s Aladdin.

If you are interesting in him, you can see more video from his channel!
By the way, he is also famous in Japan. His jaw line is kind of charming, so some Japanese fans call him “アゴジン.” (アゴ means jaw in Japanese and it puns Aladdin.)

The second example is 2CELLOS.

2CELLOS are Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser. They are from Croatia. The two were discovered after uploading a music video of their cello-only cover of Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" to YouTube. Their video made over 5 million hits in less than 3 months on YouTube. This achievement let them to sign to Sony Masterworks, and then made debut in 2011.

The development of the internet has created new pop culture, video sharing and given meny people places to flourish.This movement would get a boundary between professional and amateur more ambiguous than before. Video sharing sites are not only pop culture but also the place to influence one's future.