Have you ever seen the video “Ryan Gosling won’t eat his cereal”?
It involves using a prop to make a movie character to appear to be interacting with this prop. Film a short interaction (less than 20 seconds) of a movie character reacting to an object of your choice!
For this assignment your job is to make a video of you acting like a meterologist. Tell us what the weather is in your town one day/week; it could be real or completely made up (cloudy with a chance of meatballs anyone?) You could have a posterboard with the weather and point at it like someone would do on TV or you are free to use your immagination. Your goal though it to act like you are on TV presenting this to a live audience. It is your time to shine on the DS Weather Channel!
Give yourself an extra point or two if you actually use a greenscreen and do the weather like a pro!
You probably have watched at least one arts and crafts video in your life. Now is your chance to make your own! Record yourself making a fun arts and crafts project tutorial. Make sure you use voice overlay with step by step instructions and music to enhance the video. I followed this tutorial on YouTube in order to make my own tutorial on how to make a paper hat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_tDKdXhv0g
For this assignment you are to make a tutorial video. It doesn’t have to be anything specific, just any type of “how to” or life hack video. Or, to make things more interesting try making a tutorial video on how to make a tutorial video.
Create a commercial for the class. Think of this as an adverstisement to catch the eyes of prospective students. Feel free to show other assignments in this video. IMovie is a great resouce to edit videos and add in audio.
Pick differnt clips from a movie(s) or a show(s) and add songs to enhance the scene. Try and make it at least a minutes long. There are also several other examples to be found on YouTube.
In this assignment I want you to take video of what you do one day. Whether that is going to hang out with friends, or going on a long trip with your family. Take photos or video whichever is easier to do and then comprise a video out of it with a song or soundtrack that represents the day. Be creative and take images of your life that is out of the box or is something that you wouldn’t expect from you! This is giving others a glimpse into your life so make it count! I suggest that you use the 4K audio downloader for songs if you don’t have any on the computer and for the video you can use iMovie or Windows media player.
For this video assignment you are asked to record a short 8 second minimum of a specific thing you do on an everyday basis. For example, brushing your teeth, walking to class, playing a sport, etc. We want to see one of your daily routines! After the assignment is complete you will need to upload your video footage to either YouTube or Vimeo to create your blog post.
Create a video of how you do an origami for halloween
Choose a video or clip of an action, and then pick a part of the original clip and slow it down to create an instant replay. Show both the original action as well as the slow-mo instant replay! Video editing software, like iMovie can come in really handy for an assignment like this!
