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For my last assignment I chose to do the assignment called The History of a Word and it is worth four and a half stars. This required you to tell the history of a favorite word. I found that this assignment was very intriguing. I chose the word serendipity because I felt like the word was just fun to say. The word rolls off the tongue in a unique and interesting way. I kind of knew what serendipity meant but after learning the real definition I decided I think the word even more. I figured the word would have come from latin of another root language not from a man who came up with word from a book character. The history of this word really opened my eyes showing me that not all words are from the first languages but also later in life and also modern day today.

Steps:

Go to the website called ds106
Under the tab Components tab click the assignment bank link
Click on the Video Assignment link
Go to page 11
Click on the assignment The History of a Word
Wen into power point and created a power point using the research and pictures I found

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What W?? Is Frank

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This week, I made the choice to do 8 stars of assignments. The first video assignment I chose was Vernacular Video– The History of a Word. It says to choose a favorite word and write about its history, but I thought this would be a good opportunity to tell the history of the name of my character, which I actually put a little more thought into than may have been expected. So, this assignment is the *4 stars* I’m relating to Edie. And because it has to include another character, I thought I would add similar information on July Laszakovit’s Isabelle Franklin.

In order to make this video I uploaded pictures I found on Google into iMovie on my computer. I then recorded myself on Audacity reading a short script that I wrote. I used Audacity instead of the record function on iMovie because I didn’t like how it was set up. So, after recording on Audacity, I exported my recording to iTunes and then uploaded it into iMovie. I then set the timing of the pictures to go along with what I was saying by adjusting the clips. Next, I exported the video and uploaded it to youtube! Hope you enjoy it

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Foley Sounds – Charlie Chaplin (1:30 – 2:00)

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When I first started off on this assignment, I was a bit nervous on how I would create sounds and properly match them with the film scene. However, I found it not to be that bad. After watching the video a few times, I identified 7 instances that could use sound. In order they were a struggle with a dog, a shhh sound, a lady falling over, splashing water, a lion yawn, a dropped bucket, and trying to open a hatch. I was able to record all three in my room using the Smart Voice Recorder app on my phone. I then sent them to my computer were I uploaded them into Audacity.

Making Of:

As mentioned I uploaded the sounds to Audacity in their order and used the Time Shift Tool too set them up one after the other.

Then, I re-watched the video and found some instances were sounds were too far ahead or behind. Also, there needed to be some overlap. Although it took a little bit of time, I soon had my final result.

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The word sped, what does it mean?

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So the word sped. So of you might think its a past tense for the word speed and you are right, but to me it has a different meaning. Check out this video of me explaining what sped really means.

So what do you guys think? To make this is used Imovie software for a mac, but there was more set up then that. Imovie was useful in string clips together and editing down all of my clips. The background I had was a white canvas paper proper against a box. I had some trouble trying to set up the stage. What you saw was my successful attempt. All other set ups had the camera at an angle or were very shaky. This made me realize that a set up stage is very important for a movie. Its just not all about the actors. I also had to change cloths to represent another person. Should I get more people involved in my movies or just do it the way I am already doing it. I got the idea to use note cards to explain the word from here. I liked the idea and I feel that it gets the meaning of the word across.

So what do you guys think of the word sped? For me it is a blast from the past.

This assignment was worth 4 stars and can be found here.

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Chaplin Foley Remix!

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This week, we were tasked with remixing some of the previous work of ourselves and other students from the Chaplin Foley assignment from weeks 6-7 and using them to remake the Charlie Chaplin clip for the Charlie Chaplin Foley Artist assignment.

I chose to remake the clip using a mix of sounds from my classmates, trying to keep them all mostly based upon sound effects and not including any spoken words, hoping to make the clip a comedic adventure.

To make the clip, I downloaded the sounds that I wanted to use from SoundCloud, the music from Incompetech and used KeepVid to download the film clip. I imported them all into iMovie and put the sounds in order, setting the music track’s volume to 16% in order to be able to hear the sound effects over the music. I made the credits, wanting to give them a circus feel and published the clip to YouTube.

I used the following clips and music in my video:

Clip 1 by krisavball08
Clip 2 by HeyMsParker
Clip 3 by dylangott
Clip 4 by bellekid
Clip 5 by cwyrough
Clip 6 by Kaitlyn Crotty

For music I chose to use Call to Adventure by Kevin MacLeod, which I felt gave the piece the comedic feel I was hoping for.

The only issue I had with the assignment came when dealing with Clip 2. One of the clips was only 16 seconds long, so I could not use it. I had to use the 29 second clip which was unfortunately staticky and takes away some from the rest of the clip. The only way that I thought that I could fix this was by recording my own clip, but that was not part of the assignment.

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Chaplin Reimagined

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This was the biggest pain in the ass to date. We had to do this remaking of this Charlie Chaplin scene here.

Then we had to go back and reuse the sound we made for it in the beginning by removing the original sound and clipping it to the video. This was annoyiing because none of the sound matched up and some was louder and others were quieter and others had people laughing in the background the whole time they were recording the stupid clips. Then we had to remake the story into something new. The annoying part was that you couldn’t get the clips of sound to stick with the video in iMovie after you had everything in place so I had to load it onto youtube, then redownload it another time after I had already done it so I could have attached sound. Here’s my first upload of the damn thing.

So then I tried to reimagine the video and make him just walk in on his own free will. But this turned out to be very hard. It was in no way easy and I don’t think it turned out nearly as well as anything else I did this week. Another reason I don’t like it. I’m frustrated that I have to even post it. But here it is.

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I Don’t Know Why You Say Good Bye, I Say God Be With Ye

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Get the Beatles reference? If you don’t, promptly YouTube search the song “Hello, Goodbye” by the Beatles before continuing to read. There really is no excuse. Anyways, I first heard about the origins of the word goodbye from a Spanish professor explaining why people say “adios” in Spanish. He explained that it wasn’t uncommon in many other languages to reference a deity when wishing a person good fortune in their travels from you. In English, it is said that the word goodbye is a sort of mashup of the words “God be with ye.” So when I read the assignment description for Vernacular Video, it took me a while, but I remembered what my professor had said about goodbye, and decided to use it. I immediately wanted to flip flash cards for the assignment, as if to portray a feeling of studying off of them. It was hard to read the cards and shoot the video at the same time, so I had my friend Victor flip the cards and shoot the video while I read. The main problem was my horrible stuttering again. I try so hard, but I’m just a natural stutterer. I’m not as bad as I used to be, but it still frustrates me, and when I get frustrated, I stutter. It’s a vicious cycle. Regardless, the point of the assignment was to tell the history of a word in an interesting way, and I feel accomplished. Ta Dah!

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Vernacular Video – The History of a Word

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Submitted by: Michael Branson Smith

Inspired by the animation series, Mysteries of the Vernacular:

http://mysteriesofvernacular.com/

Tell the story of the history of a favorite word. Mysteries of the Vernacular uses animation, but feel free to use any form of media to tell your word’s story.