WMM… Chugging along slowly
5 11 2009Windows Movie Maker
1. Make something in new media
a. Make a movie in Windows Movie Maker about making a movie
b. Use all tools provided
i. professional-looking titles, transitions, effects, music, narration, etc.
2. Discuss and analyze the medium you’re working in, including its history, the way in which it’s new media, and how it connects with at least two of the essays we read in class.
a. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/default.mspx
b. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Movie_Maker
c. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Getting-started-with-Windows-Movie-Maker
d. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZXK68NS7gU
e. Relate to McCloud essay (711)
f. Relate to Laurel (563) or Kay and Goldberg (391)
3. Present your work orally, and in a written analysis to be posted to your blog.
a. Present: show movie
b. Blog
i. History
ii. How it’s considered new media
iii. Connect with essays
I have no doubt that your presentation will be really interesting. I absolutely love the whole concept of recursion and this seems to be a great way to capture it. I have lost count of how many times that word has been mentioned in class!
Wayyy too many to count :p