Before moving forward, we will quickly review next steps with our video poems.
We will also discuss reading, I was struck by these:
The more we understand about memes and their mutations, their origins, and how quickly these are accepted by other individuals, the more we will understand cultural trends that may have been previously considered bewilderingly anomalous.
Today, we will look at a couple of video poem samples, and then conduct a brief writing exercise to reflect on our experiences so far with our video poems. Follow these steps:
From our web site, choose Add Content, and then Reflection. In the reflection posting respond to these three prompts:
Today we will talk about some of the issues in the reading.
Here are some segments of the film to consider:
5:45-8:35 vision of internet and how it relates to remix? If no longer true, does it invalidate remix? Are the laws from analog no longer true?
25:11-28:40 film versus essay -- fair use -- donations vs. payment
32:50-35:58 21st-century literacy and role of remix in creativity
102:44-104:30 Patents and remix as research (epistemology)
108:55-111:45 Social and political
112:20-115:35 Creative Commons and the future
Today we will start by discussing some of our improv projects:
http://altscholarship.com/makemedia/sites/default/files/2019-01/Improv%20Video%20%231.mp4
http://altscholarship.com/makemedia/sites/default/files/2019-01/Cycles.mp4
Today we will do some quick videos to get comfortable with our composing materials and tools.
In groups of three, choose a person to compose--all members using one person's computer. Download onto that one computer these files.
Open Adobe Rush, and navigate to the downloaded folder in the media window. Pick 8 items to import--quickly.
Think quickly about the materials, and then make a list of 6 words:
Today we will get rolling on our video poetry unit. Our first task will be to download and install a screen capture tool we will use for this project and then to gather materials to create the video poem.
1. The first option to try is an online screen recorder which will be easiest to install and use:
Today we will go over some aspects of video poetry. We will start with today's reading.
Next, we will look at some examples of poems on a page and brainstorm about how they might be represented in video.
Finally, we will go over our assignment for our video poems.
Today we will think a bit about how media conveys meaning. To start we will look at a couple of poems:
http://altscholarship.com/digwriting/node/193
Next, we will go over class logistics. One piece will be to create an account on the class web site. You can just follow this link to create your account.
Between now and Friday the 11th, create your account.
