Make an animatic!
Animatics are used to plan an animation, and use low-resolution images to convey timing, rather than the look and feel of the final piece. They’re usually a series of pictures and drawn images to convey scenes and timing. An animatic is a rough visual preview of an animation or idea, timed to the voice over and/or music.
The Walk of Life Project says that the Dire Straits’ song “Walk of Life” is the perfect ending song for any movie, and give numerous examples. So in the spirit of beating a dead horse, I propose that we make more. Pick a film that hasn’t been done already, and edit the song into the ending scene. The trick is to edit it so that the visuals align with the music in some meaningful way.
Record yourself playing a video game use a microphone to capture your voice. Use any video editing software that lets you trim and snip videos so that you compile all of the interesting parts of your video into a story. Get a good 30 minutes to an hour of you playing so that you make sure you have enough clips you want to keep to make a video over 5 minutes. Upload your video with a title that reflects the tone of your video.
Record yourself playing a scary video game while speaking into a microphone. Use any video editing software that lets you trim and snip videos so that you compile all of the interesting parts of your video into a story. Get a good hour or so of you playing so that you make sure you have enough clips you want to keep to make a video around 8 minutes or so.
Try to tell a story without using the original audio of any clip. Instead, add some fitting background music and let the scenes tell the story visually.
Make a top 10 or ranking video on a site like YouTube, Vimeo, or even TikTok. It can be on any topic you like (as long as it is appropriate to share of course): something personal to you, or something you enjoy like movies, TV shows, books, etc…
Include graphics, pictures, audio, and video clips where necessary. Make sure to explain your reasoning for each entry in the video either through audio or text. I recommend using free video software such as iMovie, Premiere Rush, or Canva to create this assignment.
For all those plant lovers, I woke up feeling like I wanted to buy a new plant today. My local plant shop has a sale so I’ll be making a video later on the plants I got and how to pot them! This project is time consuming collecting materials if you don’t already have them. Allow time for planting and video producing/editing. Make sure to explain the steps and your process, and show the final product!
Create a TikTok of your pet doing something funny! Put a silly or popular sound over the video, or maybe a voiceover.
Create a 30-45 second film incorporating clips from a memory. I chose to recreate my mother’s wedding day in her dress at the same location. Using these clips, I created A short video. To make it seem like a memory I desaturated the clips and added some grain and dust filters to make it appear to be film. Get creative!
Do the Whisper Challenge with a friend but DS106 terms and vocabulary. Did you say Bob Ross or Daily Creates? Twiiter or Soundcloud?
