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Splash The Color
So far, 143 people have completed this assignment and it has 10883 views.
Color splash is a technique to emphasize details- you remove all color from a photo, and then restore original color to a single object, e.g. a green apple on a table. Think of the Girl in the red dress from Schindler's List. You can do this in a number of ways with photo editing software or using mobile apps. The answer lies in the Google
The Boone Gorges Parent-Child Headswap
So far, 10 people have completed this assignment and it has 5306 views.
Swap the heads of parents and children. Inspired by the work of Paul Ripke
Messing with the MacGuffin
So far, 64 people have completed this assignment and it has 5482 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.
I Can Read Movies
So far, 26 people have completed this assignment and it has 3530 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/
Movie Trailer Mashup
So far, 42 people have completed this assignment and it has 6545 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!
Return to the Scene of the Crime
So far, 15 people have completed this assignment and it has 2194 views.
Take a photo from the past that you took in a particular location. Return to that stop, and take another picture, "framing" the original within the current view.
Redub The Audio
So far, 16 people have completed this assignment and it has 2707 views.
Take a classic movie (or heck any movie you like), and rescript the audio of a key scene. You will want to re-write the lines to change the meaning or intent of the scene, delete the original audio, and record your own (this can be done many ways, voiceover in iMovie, recording the audio and editing the track in any other movie editor). For my example, I took Howard Beale's on camera rampage from "Network", and changed it to a diatribe on being bored in school.
Fan Fiction Picture
So far, 39 people have completed this assignment and it has 1896 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!
Say It Like the Peanut Butter
So far, 213 people have completed this assignment and it has 11257 views.
Make an animated gif from your favorite/least favorite movie capturing the essence of a key scene. Make sure the movement is minimal but essential.
Sound Effects Story
So far, 388 people have completed this assignment and it has 37285 views.
Tell a story using nothing but sound effects. There can be no verbal communication, only sound effects. Use at least five different sounds that you find online. The story can be no longer than 90 seconds. Another example (by a UMW student): http://ds106.us/wp-content/audio/audio_story.mp3