Friday, February 15, 2008

Media production process - simplified

What is important here is that you finish your narrative, THEN add your pics. Putting your pics in iMovie first and then trying to talk around them, is difficult to do and seriously harms the flow of your story.

Media production process- detailed

Story Map

How to depict the flow of events, retaining the story core...

8 Levels of Character Transformation

Story Core

Two presentations of the story core, a basic core, and a graphically annotated core depicting the struggle between the new you that wants to emerge and the old you that resists change.



Thursday, January 31, 2008

class three : : Is it Art?

In an attempt to provoke discussion on the question, "Is it Art?", the following short videos are proposed...
The questions to consider when watching each piece are:
  1. Would you consider this display, a form of art? - why or why not?
  2. Would you consider this person, an artist? - why or why not?
  3. Which of these qualities were displayed in the process of creation:
  • Pure skill
  • Talent
  • Divine or genetic province
  • Intelligence
  • Passion
  • Boredom
  • Other...

Class One: Who Am I ?

The questions proposed to begin the search of "Who Am I?"
  • Who am I?
  • Am I creative?
  • In what ways am I creative?
  • In what ways am I NOT creative?
  • How and where has creativity been encouraged in my life?
  • How and where has creativity been discouraged in my life?
  • Am I an "Artist"?