Convert a key scene from a movie into an animated GIF and include graphics elements to make it look like the menu screen of a DVD. Be creative in the kind of items that appear on the menu; make it relevant to the plot
Take a viral video from the internet (let’s say with at least a million views) and reenact it. You can put your own twist on it or keep things simple. Either way there are thousands of videos to choose from.
Make a video showing your range of facial emotions. Showing the happiest you can be, all the way down to the saddest you can get.
But more than just recording your face, make the sequence tell a story, and add music, titles, caption or sounds to enhance the video feel.
Take a photograph of something (If you take a picture from the internet, make sure to be nice and cite the original) and transform it through GIMP, Photoshop, etc, into a drawing.
Take a picture of an animal and photoshop it into a situation that makes it look like it is trying to be human.
Tell a short story using flashcard and record yourself. It can be something funny, sad, or just even express how your day was.
Some famous artists don’t even sing at their concerts! They lip synch! Let’s see if you have what it takes to lip synch like the pros. Play your favorite song and lip synch one verse.
How does this become a story? You can try adding captions or maybe incorporate it into more context when you write it up in your blog. Anyone can lip synch, but how many can turn this into a story? You should.
Create a quick video based on the same theme as TV shows such as Modern Marvels or How Its Made. Film yourself assembling something basic (such as a sandwich) and then overlay an audio track describing each step. Make sure to hit each step, of assembly, when voicing over the film. These TV shows are very descriptive of the creation process and so should your video. Feel free to throw in a fact clip, about your item, like they do before commercials in Modern Marvels.
We all have sounds that are familiar to us, but strange to others. Examples include the creak in the stairs, the ticking of the clock, or traffic if you life on a road, etc. Record some of the sounds that you hear daily that may be unfamiliar to others and build it into an audio story.
Design trading cards for your favorite movie. Grab a screenshot from a film of your choice to create a trading card in the spirit of the classic Star Wars movie trading cards. Also see the imagined trading card for The Shining here for some inspiration.
This assignment was inspired by Sean Hartter’s rendition of Brazil trading cards in this post.
