Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Editing your "The Good & Bad of It" Video Projects; Cat, Dog, & Animal Memes

Today, during your lab time, please edit and upload your video project to Youtube. Once you have uploaded to YouTube, insert your video by going to your blog and in a new post click on the slate-marker icon:

Once there, ADD a video by copying your URL into the search box. Since you should already be logged in, one shortcut is to choose "Upload My YouTube Videos" and select the video you uploaded. Upload the video to your blog page.

If you are using Windows Movie Maker, check out this tutorial. If you still need help editing in Windows Movie Maker, check out this video as well.

Directions for Submitting Video Files

So you created a video for your class and you want to submit it for a grade? Here are the steps you need to follow:
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Record on your Smartphone
QuickTime Player can record a movie from your camera, or record the screen of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. It can also record audio from a microphone or record the screen of your Mac or PC. 

You can find more information about this by reading this article on "How to Shoot Videos on your Android phone" or here: How to Edit Videos on your iPhone/iPad. and here's another one that's a good example of what you can do with this video project: How to Film & Edit Video Using your Smartphone.

Record a movie

Movie recording works with your built-in camera and many external cameras. If you're using OS X Yosemite or later, you can also record the screen of any iOS device (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch) with a Lightning port and iOS 8 or later. 
  1. Choose File > New Movie Recording.
  2. To change the recording settings, click the arrow next to the Record button. Then choose your camera or iOS device, microphone, and recording quality.Movie recording window with settings menu
  3. To monitor audio while it's being recorded, use the volume slider. 
  4. Click the Record button   to start recording. Click it again to stop recording. 

Share
  1. After saving your movie, you can share it by Mail, Messages, AirDrop, YouTube, and other methods:
    • Open the file in QuickTime Player, then choose File > Share.
    • Or open file in QuickTime Player, then click Share   in the playback controls.
    • Or Control-click the file in the Finder, then choose Share from the shortcut menu.


Video Content for Entertainment Purposes: Memes!

A meme (coined by the social critic/author Richard Dawkins) is an idea, behavior, style, video, pop cultural something or other that spreads from person to person (usually through social media). To learn a little more about the evolutionary history of the meme, click on and watch the video below. Note the various types of memes you might create (because you will have to create one...):

The Evolutionary History of the Meme

Some early memes:
Cat/Dog memes:
Play around with the meme generator. Or with this meme generator...or this one.

HOMEWORK: Complete your video if you didn't complete it during class today. Create a visual meme and place it (upload) on your BLOG. 

*If you have a pet, consider taking a video of your pet doing something clever. You may use this video for our next short video project.

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