Character Description
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Create a short about a minute thirty to two minute video describing a character. Use about 3-5 short clips that describe the characters personality, that portrays what they will be like in the story. Basically you are just taking a closer look at a character before you begin the story so the audience can get to know the characters better.
Make this fun, and interesting, create a story in your blog with this character.
I would recommend using iMovie, because you can do all the editing you need to do within the program, making the overall assignment easier.
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Submissions So Far
Barney Stinson is Legen–wait for it–DARY!
There are all sorts of memorable characters within the different universes that shows and films create, making this assignment particularly difficult to lock into. Recently, I’ve been enjoying Daredevil, so I was originally going in that direction, but with a bit more thought I realized I wanted to …
The ABC’s of Zuko!
When you hear the word “honor,” what person or character comes to mind? For me, it’s Zuko from Avatar: The Last Airbender, my childhood show. For some reason, I’ve been going down memory lane a lot lately. As I was looking for another video assignment to do, I went along …
Week 11: Video Assignments
Getting to know the joker
I found clips from “The Dark Night” on youtube and downloaded them. Once I did that I put them in order so the story makes some sense. I got the Jokers stories that he tells people in order.
Musicless Music Video
It took me a…
Getting to know Lando Calrissian
Lando is introduced in The Empire Strikes back as an administrator of cloud city. Upon meeting him he comes off as a manipulative type individual who was formerly friends with Han. Once the visitors find out that he had been held hostage by the empire his entire narrative …
Meet Susan Cooper
When I saw the Character Description Assignment (3 stars), I knew I wanted to do it because I wanted to work with my favorite character from my favorite movie, Susan Cooper from Spy!! Last week, I did my Video Essay for a scene from Spy, but this week, I got …
Getting to Know Alex
This is my video on my agent profile Alex Bercek. Alex is a 22 year old, 5’11”, athletic CIA agent. She has brown skin and was born in Italy where she lived for 7 years before coming to live in the states, where she now resides in Washingtion, DC. Her …
Who is Agent Reveal?
Stars: 4.5
Instead of doing a character description on a character from a movie, I decided to do my character, Agent Reveal. I used clips from movies to describe what I do through video. I thought this was a cool assignment and really allowed me to show who my character …
Final Project Tutorial 4
The assignment was Character description worth 4.5 stars.
I then went random and said whatever came to mind. This little Ewok has been in quite a few movies and I needed his dialogue to be all over the place to stay in character. I had a general idea of topics …
On the “Road” Again
Create a short video – about one-and-a-half to two minutes long – that describes a character. Use about 3-5 short clips that describe the character’s personality, that portrays what they will be like in the story. Basically you are just taking a closer look at a character before you begin …
Zombramony
Welcome friends and family to the Zombramony of LaNoir and Roary. You may remember La Noir from the Smooth & Spooky Radio Show. In this video you will meet La Noir and her soul mate, Roary.
This video was complied using Movie Maker, still pictures, an iPhone, and conversion software. …
Wanted: Morlium, Dead or Alive
It looks like Morlium has a history…
When I saw the assignment, I knew it would be a perfect fit for getting a little deeper into the host characters. The character, of course, would be Morlium. As a practical consideration, I wanted clips low on volume so I could do …
Character Description: Gru
Character Description: Create a short about a minute thirty to two minute video describing a character. Use about 3-5 short clips that describe the characters personality, that portrays what they will be like in the story. Basically you are just taking a closer look at a character before you …
Character Description
I choose this four-star assignment since it related to my character in the radio show, The Clown. I picked the movie Pennywise the Clown since the clown is in the movie. It was a creepy movie that scary a lot of people. This assignment was hard since I have no …
The moments of Gimli
http://www.cmbeale.com/DS106/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Gimli-compilation.mp4
Character Description 4 stars
Gimli, a dwarf with a funny personality, Eragorn and the elf Legolas make up a party with the goal of dethroning the evil king. After months and months of travle the party finally makes its way to the keep of their ally, who are defending …
Turay Narrative
For this assignment (worth four stars), I had to describe myself (my character) through various clips.
I started with No Church in the Wild by Angel Haze to represent my distrust of society from a young age. Then, I used Man Down by Rihanna to show how and …
Character Identification with Lebowski (4 Stars)
The Big Lebowski is a cult movie and a classic movie at the same time. It brought to life nothing at all while being completely vivid. The following is a character identification piece I put together using iMovie. check out other video assignments by clicking the tag at the end …
Surely ya want to know more
This week I chose to do the assignment, Character Description, that was submitted by Katie Barnes.
The assignment is to,”Create a short about a minute thirty to two minute video describing a character.” This assignment is worth 4 points.
I chose to do this assignment because at this point …
Get to Know Conway
For this assignment, I acted as if I was my character, Conway. The assignment was to make a short video giving some insight of a characters personality. By now, you should all know who my character is, so I wanted to show you how he acted and spoke. I also …
cute lesbians kill people and steal stuff
I took on the character description video assignment. The directions were to take a few clips to describe a character. My one character, Cleo Barrow, wouldn’t be complete without her Bonnie, so I made it a video about both of them. I was inspired by the trailer for the 1967 …
Sardic Documentary
This video is for the Character Description assignment. It said to make a video of any character, using pictures for them and narrating his or her personality and story. It was a fun one to do for Jim Sardic, my character. It allowed a very direct approach to expand on …
My Girl “Red” – 4 Stars
http://3lilangels.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/My-girl-Red.mp4
Seems very old school – MP4 video. But George wants to meet Red some kind of bad! He loved his interview with her and really wants to pursue her and help with her career and where she is going! As you scroll over the title – watch the silent …
Final Project Summary!
The first digital media to start off my Narrative is a VideoAssignment that I created and added to the assignment bank. The assignment was to create a short video about a minute thirty seconds to two minute’s long about a character. Give the viewer an idea about what this character …
Barney Stinson is Legen–wait for it–DARY!
There are all sorts of memorable characters within the different universes that shows and films create, making this assignment particularly difficult to lock into. Recently, I’ve been enjoying Daredevil, so I was originally going in that direction, but with a bit more thought I realized I wanted to …
The ABC’s of Zuko!
When you hear the word “honor,” what person or character comes to mind? For me, it’s Zuko from Avatar: The Last Airbender, my childhood show. For some reason, I’ve been going down memory lane a lot lately. As I was looking for another video assignment to do, I went along …
Week 11: Video Assignments
Getting to know the joker
I found clips from “The Dark Night” on youtube and downloaded them. Once I did that I put them in order so the story makes some sense. I got the Jokers stories that he tells people in order.
Musicless Music Video
It took me a…
Getting to know Lando Calrissian
Lando is introduced in The Empire Strikes back as an administrator of cloud city. Upon meeting him he comes off as a manipulative type individual who was formerly friends with Han. Once the visitors find out that he had been held hostage by the empire his entire narrative …
Meet Susan Cooper
When I saw the Character Description Assignment (3 stars), I knew I wanted to do it because I wanted to work with my favorite character from my favorite movie, Susan Cooper from Spy!! Last week, I did my Video Essay for a scene from Spy, but this week, I got …
Getting to Know Alex
This is my video on my agent profile Alex Bercek. Alex is a 22 year old, 5’11”, athletic CIA agent. She has brown skin and was born in Italy where she lived for 7 years before coming to live in the states, where she now resides in Washingtion, DC. Her …
Who is Agent Reveal?
Stars: 4.5
Instead of doing a character description on a character from a movie, I decided to do my character, Agent Reveal. I used clips from movies to describe what I do through video. I thought this was a cool assignment and really allowed me to show who my character …
Final Project Tutorial 4
The assignment was Character description worth 4.5 stars.
I then went random and said whatever came to mind. This little Ewok has been in quite a few movies and I needed his dialogue to be all over the place to stay in character. I had a general idea of topics …
On the “Road” Again
Create a short video – about one-and-a-half to two minutes long – that describes a character. Use about 3-5 short clips that describe the character’s personality, that portrays what they will be like in the story. Basically you are just taking a closer look at a character before you begin …
Zombramony
Welcome friends and family to the Zombramony of LaNoir and Roary. You may remember La Noir from the Smooth & Spooky Radio Show. In this video you will meet La Noir and her soul mate, Roary.
This video was complied using Movie Maker, still pictures, an iPhone, and conversion software. …
Wanted: Morlium, Dead or Alive
It looks like Morlium has a history…
When I saw the assignment, I knew it would be a perfect fit for getting a little deeper into the host characters. The character, of course, would be Morlium. As a practical consideration, I wanted clips low on volume so I could do …
Character Description: Gru
Character Description: Create a short about a minute thirty to two minute video describing a character. Use about 3-5 short clips that describe the characters personality, that portrays what they will be like in the story. Basically you are just taking a closer look at a character before you …
Character Description
I choose this four-star assignment since it related to my character in the radio show, The Clown. I picked the movie Pennywise the Clown since the clown is in the movie. It was a creepy movie that scary a lot of people. This assignment was hard since I have no …
The moments of Gimli
http://www.cmbeale.com/DS106/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Gimli-compilation.mp4
Character Description 4 stars
Gimli, a dwarf with a funny personality, Eragorn and the elf Legolas make up a party with the goal of dethroning the evil king. After months and months of travle the party finally makes its way to the keep of their ally, who are defending …
Turay Narrative
For this assignment (worth four stars), I had to describe myself (my character) through various clips.
I started with No Church in the Wild by Angel Haze to represent my distrust of society from a young age. Then, I used Man Down by Rihanna to show how and …
Character Identification with Lebowski (4 Stars)
The Big Lebowski is a cult movie and a classic movie at the same time. It brought to life nothing at all while being completely vivid. The following is a character identification piece I put together using iMovie. check out other video assignments by clicking the tag at the end …
Surely ya want to know more
This week I chose to do the assignment, Character Description, that was submitted by Katie Barnes.
The assignment is to,”Create a short about a minute thirty to two minute video describing a character.” This assignment is worth 4 points.
I chose to do this assignment because at this point …
Get to Know Conway
For this assignment, I acted as if I was my character, Conway. The assignment was to make a short video giving some insight of a characters personality. By now, you should all know who my character is, so I wanted to show you how he acted and spoke. I also …
cute lesbians kill people and steal stuff
I took on the character description video assignment. The directions were to take a few clips to describe a character. My one character, Cleo Barrow, wouldn’t be complete without her Bonnie, so I made it a video about both of them. I was inspired by the trailer for the 1967 …
Sardic Documentary
This video is for the Character Description assignment. It said to make a video of any character, using pictures for them and narrating his or her personality and story. It was a fun one to do for Jim Sardic, my character. It allowed a very direct approach to expand on …
My Girl “Red” – 4 Stars
http://3lilangels.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/My-girl-Red.mp4
Seems very old school – MP4 video. But George wants to meet Red some kind of bad! He loved his interview with her and really wants to pursue her and help with her career and where she is going! As you scroll over the title – watch the silent …
Final Project Summary!
The first digital media to start off my Narrative is a VideoAssignment that I created and added to the assignment bank. The assignment was to create a short video about a minute thirty seconds to two minute’s long about a character. Give the viewer an idea about what this character …
Help Someone Else Do this Assignment
If you create a tutorial for this assignment, share it! To have your tutorials appear below, make sure your posts are showing up on the main DS106 site and that you use the following tags (or labels on Blogger) when writing the post on your own blog (You must use BOTH !):
Tutorials So Far
Step 1: Find clips for the character description you want to do on youtube. I find the Joker story very entertaining so thats why I chose him
Step 2: Find a website that downloads the Youtube videos to your computer so you can cut the clips and put them in…