FINAL Creative Gallery

12/3 Blog about creative gallery

My project is going to be a movie made on windows movie maker. It is going to be a WVU Dictionary, showcasing 10 terms associated with the surrounding area and students. For example, the lair, the green, the mon, rail trail, casa, etc.. Im having students define these words, and students from other schools who are not familiar with WVU define these words. The movie will show pictures of what each definition is talking about, and emphasize how culture affects language. This relates back to Urban Dictionary, the focus of my projet, because it shows how terms are created to accomodate people that are familiar with them.

So far I've started working on my creative gallery and have completed half of my movie slideshow in Windows Movie Maker. I have some pictures left to take on my own time and add in along with titles to finish up the movie. I also have to decide on music for the video and revise transitions.

One problem that I'm running into is that my version of Movie Maker on my personal computer is not compatible with the movie maker used on the school computers, so I can't upload or send my video to any of those computers to work on it. I have to figure out how to upload it into my blog successfully so I can be sure that there are no problems when it's my turn to present. Aside from that, the movie is on point with what I expected it to be, and I am just looking forward to getting it completed.

Questions and things left to finish..
- I need help transferring my video onto school computers or into my blog.

Movie Maker Video Draft

Final Paper - 11/17

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Creativity Gallery

After our discussion in class I have decided to go with my audio-video idea of interviewing random people about their interpretations of Urban Dictionary words. I think this will support the idea of my project about "taking something and making it your own". Using a word already submitted by a previous user and allowing someone to put their spin on it free of influence from the original meaning posed for the word. I will do this by using the software introduced to us in class, and possibly uploading a YouTube video.

Part 2 - 11/12 Discussion of Project

I have focused my project more since the last time we blogged about it. I plan on creating a "WVU Dictionary". I compiled a list of terms (places, people, buildings, streets) that are commonly known and widely used in Morgantown by WVU students. These words are popular within our micro-community because they have meaning to the students. However, if an outsider were to be asked about any of the words, they would probably not know what or who they were referring to. I am going to get audio/video of people from WVU and from home (NJ), about each of the 20 words. They will be asked to say what the word is, and use it in a sentence. By doing this, I will show how 'slang', similar to words on Urban DIctionary, are influenced by particular cultures. This will show why and how remix culture thrives today, especially in language. Whether it is words that apply to sports, cooking, music, art, fashion, or in this case, WVU, they all hold the most meaning to the people who are engulfed in that certain culture. The remix of language is necessary for creativity purposes, common knowledge, and to create a balance between a culture and its people.

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