2009 Halloween Class Video

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MDWeathers
October 28, 2009

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...

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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wombocomboftw (2 days ago) Show Hide

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i commend this teacher! my favorite teachers were always the ones who could make me laugh!

patrickinurface (2 days ago) Show Hide

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yeah my teacher wont come to class

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My most memorable math teacher (and not memorable in a good way) began every new class year with the picnic food/name game. His class smelled of some sort of funk, he lived off Twinkies and Hohos and gave that crap out as prizes.

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This is awesome, I wish I had a teacher like that. hahaha

emakip (1 week ago) Show Hide

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Damn, all of my past math teachers were boring.

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seriously guys there must be some nice men out there i am so lonely

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Congratulations, I love seeing new methods of teaching math. It can be overbearing at times and stuff like this is essential in helping people enjoy class and have an open mind. Excellent work, wish my teachers would have done that!

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omg so good timing

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that was great but that face scared the shit out of me and i wasn't even sitting in the class *lol*

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sickkkkk teacher , honestly he really looks like a guy who want his kids to learn while having fun lol.

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