Creative: How to be it

A helpful slideshow about how to be more creative. Originally, it was a college presentation project. Now, it's a slightly pretentious Youtube "howto" video.
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References:

(text reference)
Feldman, D.H. (1999). "The Development of Creativity". in ed. Sternberg, R.J.. Handbook of Creativity. Cambridge University Press.
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Music Cred:

Ben Garside - Wheels

GodKnown - NeoBach

Ian "cornandbeans" Slider - Samurai Swing
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Yeah, the music stoped at about seven minutes into the video. I used "onetruemedia" for this video instead of the usual manual way of stuffing GIFs into Windows Movie Maker and doing all the timing and (crappy) effects form there. Bear with it, ladies and gents, this one was still a pain in the ass to make for a slideshow.

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[EmoCupcake152]

I have to comment and be a smart-ass because it's my nature but I have to disagree with number four. Some of the best movies were made from people on drugs, take Alice In Wonderland for example. The creator was on drugs and now it's a Disney Classic. I'm not saying go out and do some crack BUT at the same time, you can do drugs and be inspired! Sorry. Just had to be a smart-ass and put my 5 cents in.

[BongaFish]

@EmoCupcake152

Okay, comment number two. Couldn't fit it all.

My point is, although drugs can help inspire people, they are going to hinder you. There's nothing you can't think up that you NEED drugs to think up, and if you do drugs while creating, you're going to rely on them in order to create. Get me?

And, lemme spin the tables, here:

Lewis Carroll, the dude who wrote that trippy-ass Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, he was a clean, highly-educated, socially successful guy. No drugs. Evah

[EmoCupcake152]

@BongaFish I'm not saying that you should do drugs but for arguments sake, drugs can inspire you.

[BongaFish]

@EmoCupcake152

Drug abusers create in spite of their addiction, not because of it.

Now, if we're talking about casual use, yes, you can smoke a joint and possibly pull a creative idea out of it, but that's a mere contingency--a slim one, at that. If someone says "Damn, I've hit a writer's block," you don't hand them a joint and expect it to help.

This is where my video comes in. Drugs are not a productive step in helping creativity along. More likely, they will hinder your ability to create.

[EmoCupcake152]

@BongaFish I don't know. You might hand someone a joint if they have writers block....

[BongaFish]

@EmoCupcake152

Not if there was an important paper due the next day.

The video is to list productive, logical, reliable ways to help with the creative process. Avoiding drugs is more productive, logical and reliable than doing them. Maybe I should have went into a little more about what I meant in the vid, but that's kind've beside the point.

Thanks for the comments, though. At least this video won't suffer from lack of conversation.

[BongaFish]

@EmoCupcake152

Where'd you hear that from? There was no single person responsible for that cartoon. There were at least a dozen writers and several directors. Besides, it was a book first and a motion picture six times over before Disney nabbed it. Lewis Carrol was the genius, not Disney.

Yeah, some great, creative people are druggies.

Yeah, drugs help you see things differently.

No, drugs are not a magical pill that endows creativity.

[BongaFish]

@GonzalesGal09

Haha!

It's so true, though.

[BongaFish]

@jeagan3

Hey, John.

I made this cause I think it's pretty valuable. With all the pointless crap going around the internet, at least I figure the crap I make to be useful in some way. Einstein said Imagination is more important than knowledge. I believe him.

And, as for HOW, watch the very beginning. A stupid green One True Media logo pops up. It's totally obvious, yet very, very easy to completely not pay any attention to. I had to ask the same thing to someone in order to find out about it.

[jeagan3]

Hey man its your cousin again, I made another account.

I'm curious, what made you decide to make this video?

It is really good. what program did you use to create the moving arrows and the rest of the animations?