Thought I’d start off my video assignments with something simple, so I decided to try the Screen Capture Story. I already had Xsplit on my computer, which (was) a really good free screen capturing/broadcasting software. Recently they started a new … Continue reading →

Here is a remix of the the opening credits to The Waterboy starring Adam Sandler and directed by Frank Coraci.  Looking back on my pre-production post I would have prepared for this cred redux differently.  The equipment was hard to find on google images, although I guess I could have just gotten stills from the ...

Hey there folks! Just finished up another video assignment! This one was a four-star-er that used up the idea from my pre-production work from last week to redo the opening credits of a movie. For this assignment I stuck with my pre-production plans exactly, which was kind of odd cause I kinda thought that I ...

      Video Week is hell. I don’t know how else to describe it.  So far, video week is hell.  This video assignment has taken me a minimum of ...

Still keeping myself busy with video and it doesn’t look like I’ll be able to let up any time soon. Following up my earlier written review of the movie Howl’s Moving Castle I have characterized both Sophie and Howl, the protagonists of the film, in this video essay: Like my last video the overall process ...

Two Stars Process This assignment was easy and fun! I simply found a clip from a tournament match in the video game: Halo 2. After then I used headphones to record my commentary using audacity. I then downloaded the actual youtube video using keepvid, then I put both my commentary … Continue reading →

Five Stars Process This was a bit confusing at first. I was not sure if I wanted to keep the audio or not but I decided it would be more effective to take the audio out of the video. I thought by removing the audio from the actual video would … Continue reading →

For the video essay, I decided to do Stepbrothers. I already did a video assignment on stepbrothers and I turned it into my video essay. I put some of the clips from the movie I talked about in the assignment and recorded my voice. Then I put the voice with the video using Windows Live

Words from the man himself.  Not everything is going to be a success.  This assignment was far beyond what I wanted to do or expected to be.  Sure redub.  I’ll just write up a new script, record on soundclound, download, and the overlay the original clip. But then you get in there, and you realized that ...

As discussed previously in a post earlier this week, Oldboy is a commanding film worthy of attention.  While the plot (which I still wish to leave out so as not to get caught up issues of ethics and morality)  is bizarre, I found the scene I review below compelling. It harkens, in some ways, back to ...

Hey people pretty freaking exhausted from doing some late night editing. Today I’m showing my spin on the movie scenes that changed our lives project but you guessed it making it it scenes from animes instead. These scenes for the most part just changed my thought process on a lot of issues, even after watching ...

Hey people pretty freaking exhausted from doing some late night editing. Today I’m showing my spin on the movie scenes that changed our lives project but you guessed it making it it scenes from animes instead. These scenes for the most part just changed my thought process on a lot of issues, even after watching ...

Hey people pretty freaking exhausted from doing some late night editing. Today I’m showing my spin on the movie scenes that changed our lives project but you guessed it making it it scenes from animes instead. These scenes for the most part just changed my thought process on a lot of issues, even after watching ...

This was a follow-up to my pre-production blog last week and I think it is probably about 3/4ths successful. First of all, I totally missed that the trailer was supposed to be between 3 and 5 min.  I’m putting it up anyways because it was a good learning experience and I am semi ok with ...

For this assignment I chose to redo the opening credits for the Wizard of Oz to go along with my Video Essay post. This assignment was fun, but tedious. I tried to stay as true to my original pre-production concept as possible. Enjoy!     I used Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0 for this assignment. I ...

  this is my return to silent era video assignment.  I really liked the idea of remaking the modern remake of this film even older then the original.  There is a large amount of work represented here even though every … Continue reading →

After finally learning how to maneuver Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0, I thoroughly enjoyed editing this video. It was a nice easy lead in to the video work I’ll be doing tomorrow. I did my video essay on the same movie I analyzed in one of my previous posts- The Wizard of Oz. This was a ...

After hitting a whole bunch of stumbling blocks, I am done with my first video assignment!!! Wooooo!!! You can watch it now, but be nice. In retrospect, did kind of a silly thing; I videoed myself. So you not only have to listen to my voice, but you also have to look at me. Sorry about ...

Go HERE to read more about the four assignment I have created for ds106. Below is the description, and you can follow the hyperlink for more details. “For this assignment, select scenes from 3-5 movies. These scenes should represent scenes that c...

So as I stated in an earlier post, I wanted to use a “True Grit” trailer for this assignment. Well, I did. And I think it turned out pretty well! I made a few changes to the trailer to make … Continue reading →

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE GOP: For this assignment, I chose to make a 5-second film using clips from interviews/debates with Perry, Gingrich, Bachmann, Santorum, and Romney that together said the sentence, “I am so gay,” featuring Mitt Romney lau...

Sorry for the recent dead air on my blog. My thesis draft was due Tuesday evening, so I’ve been forced to prioritize a little bit. Now that the draft is submitted, I can breathe a little and do some ds106 work! I hear the video weeks will be the toughest, but I’m ready to take ...