Assignment Idea

Movie Fortunes

_cokwr: Design some fortunes for hypothetical fortune cookies that characters from a book, movie, or series of books or movies could have gotten during their escapades., _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tempestuousseas/5429518741/, _chk2m: Tempest, _ciyn3: 59, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Fan Fiction Picture

_cokwr: Take the name or title of your favorite band, song, movie, or tv show and display it in the form of photography. You can take as many pictures as you want, but have your photos capture the band, song, movie, or tv show you pick. Be creative and have fun!, _cpzh4: Fanfic, _cre1l: http://donuts56.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/fan-fiction-picture/, _chk2m: duncandonuts56, _ciyn3: 126, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Data of the Dead

_cokwr: Take stock of your digital identity and prepare for the inevitable. In a blog post submit your last will and testament, describe how you wish to be digitally remembered, and will your embedded digital ephemera to [less then]loved ones. Inspired by: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/magazine/09Immortality-t.html, _cpzh4: Writing, _chk2m: Michael Branson Smith, _ciyn3: 132, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Summarize a movie with Animated GIFs

_cokwr: Use no more than 10 animated GIFs to tell the story of the movie of your choice., _cpzh4: Visual, _cre1l: http://lisahistoryds106.posterous.com/38060181, _chk2m: Tim Owens, _ciyn3: 3, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Newspaper Blackout Poetry

_cokwr: Grab a marker and today's morning edition and start blacking out sections to create a new story. It could be a poem, a picture, or a novella, all drawn from the words of the latest news., _cpzh4: Visual, _cre1l: http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lefip77ymk1qafoq6o1_500.jpg, _chk2m: Tim Owens, _ciyn3: 11, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

I Can Read Movies

_cokwr: Create a film-based book cover using the aesthetic framed by Spacesick here: http://spacesick.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-can-read-movies-series.html See the original images here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacesick/sets/72157614482499746/with/3198823976/ , _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3388/3276447572_ba2af80e03_m.jpg, _chk2m: Jim Groom, _ciyn3: 55, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Kinetic Typography

Replay value

_cokwr: This is one for the gamers. Tell an original story/scene by reappropriating screenshots from your favourite game! How? Here's some ideas: Overwrite the text/add elements to the picture/"fake" screenshot art!, _cpzh4: Visual, _chk2m: mome, _ciyn3: 194, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

One Question

_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:

The Big Caption

_cokwr: In the spirit of http://thebigcaption.com/ take any photo featured on The Big Picture (http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/) and add typographical text elements in a way that changes the message., _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://www.timmmmyboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/tumblr_l4rbusqEoL1qbs8kyo1_1280-562x580.png, _chk2m: Tim Owens, _ciyn3: 6, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3: