Loved this tongue in cheek article in the latest issue of Wired:
The film industry is slowly but steadily being forced to part with quaint artifacts like the “hero’s journey…”
Of course in my Storytelling & Digital Media class, we meet Joseph Campbell and Aristotle head-on, cos’ you need to know the “rules” before you can break them. Many of my students reached for the stars with our latest exercise: shoot a 2-minute film with a beginning, middle and end (Aristotle), doing only in-camera edits.
Here is just some of our work (all of our films are up on our class social networking site, www.mcdmspace.ning.com).
The idea of shooting a 2-minute film without editing it later may sound like a simple exercise, but these films required considerable planning.
Nicole spent a lot of time storyboarding this, and then shot it with the video function on the new Canon 5d SLR camera.
http://www.vimeo.com/2936745Then there’s Matt’s edgy, “This Encounter is a Lie:”
I loved the fact that Jay filmed this with her Macbook’s webcam (good thing Seattle wasn’t living up to its rainy reputation that day):
To complete the relationship angst trifecta, here’s Margery’s “Waiting for Him” (we penalized her a bit for using copyrighted music, but I see that YouTube now provides an on-screen link to buy the song from iTunes):
Annie blew my mind with this interactive “analog” survey:
Update: I had to add Yen-Ching’s French cinema-comes-to-UW-campus film:
Want to see more of our work? Find more videos like this on MCDM Media Space
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Michael Bean
Very fun! Loved them all. Makes me wish I was in the course. Any way to see some of the others?
Jan 23rd, 2009
hrhmedia
We’re posting all of them to our class community site, http://mcdmspace.ning.com. If anyone wants to see more, contact me directly and I’ll send you an invitation. We’re trying to keep the community closed, so students will feel free to create and comment.
Jan 23rd, 2009
Roni Ayalla
fantastic videos.
Jan 23rd, 2009
Brett Horvath
Great videos!
“Lyle Calls in Sick” reminded me of the big story last week about the social media inept social media expert who flew in to Memphis and talked some trash about Memphis. Check it out if you haven’t already.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/collaboration/?p=189
Jan 24th, 2009
Nicole
Brett, that story was my inspiration! I read it at work last week on Peter Shankman’s blog. Now a PR case study
“Be Careful What You Post” http://shankman.com/be-careful-what-you-post/trackback/
Twitter and World of Warcraft were originally written into the screenplay, but Facebook and Mario Kart appeal more to the masses.
Jan 24th, 2009
adriana
OMG! These are soooooo good!!! Congrats you guys you are doing amazing work 2 weeks into class?!?!!
Jan 24th, 2009
hrhmedia
I took a different approach to this class than with the first time I taught it. I threw out the TV news group work structure to planning and shooting. Instead, it’s “shoot first, ask questions later.” We learn by doing — incremental but regular assignments, in-class critiques, and a culture of experimentation. That said, if I were taking this course instead of teaching it, I don’t think I’d be half as imaginative or productive as what I’m seeing from these students.
Jan 24th, 2009
Marc
Yes, all very creative in the development and carrying of the storylines.
Jan 25th, 2009
Annie
Interesting approach, Hanson. I like how your phrased “shoot first, ask questions later.” That reminds me of Clay Shirky’s “publish then filter” philosophy.
Jan 30th, 2009
Matthew "Mattso" Stringer
I’m glad you tossed out the TV news group structure – this course is all about convergence culture. I’m glad you’ve freed us up!
Mar 5th, 2009
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