Messing with the MacGuffin

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  • Submitted by: Michael Branson Smith
Wikipedia defines the MacGuffin as "a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot of a work of fiction." For this assignment forever change the plot of a movie, tv show, etc. by changing a single line of dialogue. Put this new line of dialogue below a screen-cap of the moment in the movie you're changing. Credit to Tom Woodward for posting an example of this idea in the #ds106 Twitter stream.
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apogee!

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  • Submitted by: Jean Marra Semilfort
_cokwr: My first blog...., _cpzh4: Writing, _cre1l: muse.marrabu.com, _chk2m: Jean Marra Semilfort, _ciyn3: 170, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:
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One Question

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7 votes, average: 3.14 out of 57 votes, average: 3.14 out of 57 votes, average: 3.14 out of 57 votes, average: 3.14 out of 57 votes, average: 3.14 out of 5
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  • Submitted by: Tom
_cokwr: Take one open ended question. Ask a bunch of people. Mix and compile. This could be video or audio only. Example here., _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: http://fiftypeopleonequestion.com/films/3-brooklyn-ny, _chk2m: Tom, _ciyn3: 85, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:
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Teenage Angst

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  • Submitted by: Martha Burtis
_cokwr: Record yourself reading from a diary/journal/letter you wrote when you were a teenager. Try to capture the emotion and angst of the moment. Add music and sound effects, as appropriate. (Check out one of the TAL segements in the example for an idea of how this might sound.), _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/36/letters, _chk2m: Martha Burtis, _ciyn3: 84, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:
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Movie as Radio

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  • Submitted by: Lisa M Lane
_cokwr: Take a movie's soundtrack and reduce it into an under-10 minute radio show e.g. http://lisahistoryds106.posterous.com/three-days-of-the-condor, _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: http://lisahistoryds106.posterous.com/three-days-of-the-condor, _chk2m: Lisa M Lane, _ciyn3: 83, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:
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Seven-character Story Treatment

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  • Submitted by: Lisa M Lane
_cokwr: Create a seven-character team in the tradition of Justice League, Murder by Death, or The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and write a brief treatment for a potential movie or TV pilot., _cpzh4: Writing, _cre1l: http://lisahistoryds106.posterous.com/seven-character-story-treatment, _chk2m: Lisa M Lane, _ciyn3: 82, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:
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Recording a Memory

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  • Submitted by: leelzebub
_cokwr: Capture on video a friend, family member, or stranger recounting a favorite (or least favorite) memory. Be creative. Then, check out the "Re-Living a Memory" assignment., _cpzh4: Video, _chk2m: leelzebub, _ciyn3: 162, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:
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Wikihop Poem

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  • Submitted by: Lisa M Lane
_cokwr: Use Wikihop (http://www.wiki-hop.org/) to entry two people who seem to have nothing to do with each other, than write a poem based on the connection results you get., _cpzh4: Writing, _cre1l: http://lisahistoryds106.posterous.com/bernhardt-to-bacon-a-wikihop-poem, _chk2m: Lisa M Lane, _ciyn3: 80, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:
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Screen Capture Story

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  • Submitted by: Joe Proffitt
_cokwr: Use CamStudio, Fraps, or another screen capturing software to get footage of something you do on your computer. A few minutes of gameplay is a good example., _cpzh4: Video, _cre1l: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTRb0_Z-Ooo, _chk2m: Joe Proffitt, _ciyn3: 158, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:
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Plinkett Review

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  • Submitted by: Alan Liddell
_cokwr: Review a bad movie, using footage from it and other films. Tear it apart. Show us everything that's wrong with it., _cpzh4: Video, _cre1l: http://redlettermedia.com/plinkett/star-wars/star-wars-episode-1-the-phantom-menace/, _chk2m: Alan Liddell, _ciyn3: 156, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:
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