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laurenpressley favorited a video
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Please note: This video does not link to Library 101 or the blog of that...
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Please note: This video does not link to Library 101 or the blog of that anonymous blogger on LJ. If you link to this video, please don't link to LJ.
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laurenpressley favorited a video
(1 week ago)
This is a Halloween video trick I did for my Nature of Math class at Bio...
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This is a Halloween video trick I did for my Nature of Math class at Biola University, October 28, 2009. It was another experiment in video editing and mixing video with live action.
UPDATE: NOV 1, 2009
Thanks for all the compliments. I appreciate it. All this attention was quite a surprise - I mainly posted the video for the students who weren't in class that day, and so my students could pass it on to a few friends. After the first version started getting a bunch of hits, I wished I had spent a little time cleaning up the audio, so I posted "Version 2," which is pretty much the same, but my voice turned up a bit.
I've read a bunch of comments, and I have a few general responses:
Math: No, I wasn't actually trying to teach anything with the video - it was just for fun. This was the last 5 minutes of a 75 minute class - I actually taught real math for the first 70 minutes. And yes, I love teaching this class, and I try to keep it lively by doing little fun things like this once in a while.
Software/Camera: I used Pinnacle Studio Ultimate, version 12.1 - the "picture-in-picture" feature for the special effects. I filmed it with a simple Panasonic PV-GS35 MiniDV camcorder.
Idea/Time: I did this last semester as an April Fool's joke. New class, new year, I decided to try it again, with a few more twists. It took me about 45 minutes to film the video, maybe 2 hours to edit and refine it, then I practiced the interaction with the video a couple times.
Class: This was filmed with a video camera on a tripod in the back of class, with about 80 people in class that day. Those are real people, not a laugh track. The class is called "Nature of Math," and is a general education class for non-math people. We do some basic math and study the history and philosophy of math. Yes, that's Edwin Abbott's "Flatland" I mention - students have to read it for the class.
Biola (biola.edu) is a private Christian university located in a Los Angeles suburb. I don't place much significance in Halloween, but I don't mind trivializing the day, and making it just about candy and costumes. The disclaimer at the end of version 2 is an imitation of the disclaimer Michael Jackson put at the beginning of his "Thriller" video. (BTW, Biola grad Judith Hill sang the last song at his funeral. Yeah, Biola!)
So thanks again for all your generous comments. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I hope it inspires you to go out and do creative, fun things of your own.
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laurenpressley favorited a video
(1 week ago)
You are invited to to join over 1,500 library professionals from around ...
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You are invited to to join over 1,500 library professionals from around the globe in the Library 101 Project! http://www.librar...
Library 101 is a song, a video, a web site, a collection of essays from 20+ Libraryland thought leaders, a list of 101 resources and things to know and think about in order to ensure libraries become more useful, helpful and practical as technology rapidly evolves. Upload your own essays, sing along with us, add to and help us edit the Library 101 list and get inspired, motivated and thinking about YOUR Library 101!
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laurenpressley favorited a video
(2 weeks ago)
www.EqualityMaine.org - Testimony given for and against Maine's marriage...
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www.EqualityMaine.org - Testimony given for and against Maine's marriage equality bill on April 22, 2009. Nearly 4,000 people attended the hearing, with marriage equality supporters out-numbering the opposition 4 to 1.
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laurenpressley favorited a video
(3 weeks ago)
In this re-imagined narrative, Edward Cullen from the Twilight Series me...
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In this re-imagined narrative, Edward Cullen from the Twilight Series meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It's an example of transformative storytelling serving as a pro-feminist visual critique of Edward's character and generally creepy behavior. Seen through Buffy's eyes, some of the more sexist gender roles and patriarchal Hollywood themes embedded in the Twilight saga are exposed - in hilarious ways. Ultimately this remix is about more than a decisive showdown between the slayer and the sparkly vampire. It also doubles as a metaphor for the ongoing battle between two opposing visions of gender roles in the 21ist century.
• Read my post on why I made this remix via WIMN:
http://www.wimnon...
• Frequently Asked Questions post about the remix, including why I intentionally left the color differences:
http://www.rebell...
• Download this remix for your ipod/iphone, cell phone or get a large take home version: http://www.rebell...
• Help by adding, editing and correcting subtitle translations into other languages on: http://www.dotSUB...
• This transformative remix work constitutes a fair-use of any copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US copyright law. "Buffy vs Edward (Twilight Remixed)" by Jonathan McIntosh is licensed under a Creative Commons BY-NC-3.0 License - permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution. http://creativeco...
• Learn about fair-use at the Center for Social Media: http://www.center...
• Learn about fan based transformative works at the Organization for Transformative Works:
http://transforma...
• Though this is not a "vid" it is inspired by vidding. Learn about the long history of fannish vidding:
http://www.fanlor...
• Since people are asking for the music snippets:
0:05 'Panic Attack' - X-Ray Dog
0:39 'Clandestine Spirit' - X-Ray Dog
1:45 'Play it by Ear' - Summercamp
3:10 'Mercy of Darkness' - Two Steps from Hell [&]
3:39 'Power of One' - X-Ray Dog (Twilight Trailer)
5:00 'Gothic Power' - X-Ray Dog (LOTR Trailer)
5:35 'Eyes on Fire' - Blue Foundation (Twilight Soundtrack)
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Jonathan McIntosh (Team Buffy)
http://www.rebell...
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