So I decided to do the Actor Transformation as one of my Mashup Assignments this week. I really liked the idea of showing the transformation of a famous actor through the years and through their works. When trying to think of an actor to choose, I knew I wanted to use someone who had started acting when they were young and continued their career consistently through the years and also someone who I was kind of familiar with.

Dakota Fanning popped up in my head! Movies that she had been in came up easily in my head, for example, War of the Worlds and Twilight. So I knew that she was the actor I wanted to use for this assignment, particularly because you can see her age and progress through each movie that she is in. I chose to use five movies for Dakota because I really wanted to show how she had aged in her works.

For each movie, I went onto YouTube and searched for the particular film and looked for scenes in which really showcased Dakota acting, prominent parts of the movie. Next, I would download the video I wanted in .mp4 format with Pwn YouTube. I opened this file onto MPEG StreamClip and trimmed the portion of the video I wanted where it solely focused on Dakota. Next, I would add that clip onto my Windows Movie Maker file and add a caption onto the first three seconds of the clip that said the movie/year. I did this with each movie and put them in order from earlier works to her most recent.

Here it is:

4 STARS

TOTAL STARS: 4/7