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Alternative Book Covers
So far, 24 people have completed this assignment and it has 8720 views.
Take a title of a well-known book and re-design the cover to suggest something entirely different. For example, the book cover for Cormac McCarthy's The Road (an apocalyptic novel about a father and son facing the end of the world) is reframed as a feel-good book about effective parenting (see image). Original idea found through this design contest on Book Ninja in 2008. Image credit: Ingrid Paulson's reimagining of The Road by Cormac McCarthy
At Least It’s an Ethos
So far, 6 people have completed this assignment and it has 6289 views.
Take the line from the film The Big Lebowski "Say what you will about National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos" and change National Socialism to a different -ism, like, for example, [[Veganism]]. Here is the GIF for you to use as a template to change National Socialism to a different -ism. Now here's the trick, after that you need a GIF to setup the punchline. So Walter Sobchack is referring to Nihilism in the scene we are quoting when defining National Socialism as an ethos, my idea for this (now convoluted) assignment came from Tom Woodward's unsettling animated ...
Batman and Robin Running Scared
So far, 8 people have completed this assignment and it has 7706 views.
There's an awesome Tumblr blog created by That Design Bastard filled with animated GIFs of Batman and Robin Running away from sh*t. The cool thing is the site posts a PSD file of Batman and Robin running with a transparent background so you can make your own. He even encourages you to submit your GIF to him for consideration. Time to get those two caped crusaders running scared!
Computer Books for Kids
So far, 17 people have completed this assignment and it has 5715 views.
Take a well-known kids book and recast it as a computer book. Look for inspiration here: http://www.somethingawful.com/d/photoshop-phriday/childfriendly-computer-books.php
Create a READ poster
So far, 43 people have completed this assignment and it has 7501 views.
Since 1985, the American Library Association (ALA) has tried to sell reading books as cool by showing celebrities reading their favorite books. You can read about the history of this promotional campaign here. Experiment with this tradition, introduce a celebrity with a book who hasn't been recognized yet, but should be. Or use the poster you create to poke fun at a public figure, or do something else all together. have fun.
Fan Fiction Picture
So far, 40 people have completed this assignment and it has 2157 views.
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!
I Can Read Movies
So far, 27 people have completed this assignment and it has 3920 views.
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/
May I take your order?
So far, 57 people have completed this assignment and it has 10711 views.
Using your best accent (whether it be Australian, British or southern, ect), pretend you are at McDondalds and order something off of their menu. Be picky! For example, a coke with no ice.
Messing with the MacGuffin
So far, 64 people have completed this assignment and it has 5908 views.
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.
Movie Trailer Mashup
So far, 42 people have completed this assignment and it has 6921 views.
Take your favorite movie trailer and mash it up with a different trailer to completely change the meaning of the original trailer. For example, if you have a funny movie trailer, give it the sound of a terrifying movie; or vice versa. You may need to clip the audio or the visual, use imovie and audacity to cut the clips to give you what you need. Good luck!