Not REALLY a "Weekly Video," but -

Some of you guys have seen this from the other class, but I really like it, so I thought I'd post it here!

Embedding: A Progression -

So, first there's this:



Then this:
http://soundcloud.com/jbunn/apalachicola

Then this:


Hmmmm - why is it cutting off my first slide?

Here's the first slide:

Photos are from my Picasa/Google+ photos site, but I didn't know how to create or embed a slideshow from that platform, so I put them in Quicktime Pro (good thing I'm taking this class at the same time as CI5200).

Now that I'm done with everything, I don't think that the words are a great match with those images, as the poem is all about the arrival and the images are obviously after we've been there for awhile.  Kind of confusing.  But, for my first stab at this sort of thing, I feel okay about it!  Onwards and upwards, right?

Weekly Video #3 (Michael Wesch Video Reflections) -

I combined my weekly video with my reflections on the Michael Wesch video.

I am continuing to experiment. This video was taken with my webcam which is embedded in my laptop. I like being able to use my hands when I talk - but I don't like the camera angle. I don't believe I'll ever shoot from below the chin ever again!

Weekly Video #2 -

When thinking through Weekly Video #3, I suddenly realized I had not posted Weekly Video #2! Yikes!

For this video, I thought taking a short tour through the theatre where I work would be interesting.  I would still like to get away from pointing out inanimate, uninteresting objects to comment on - will do my best to work on that further with Weekly Video #3.  I do think that I was more confident in what I had to say this time.

The last video was filmed with my Flip Cam.  This one was with my iPhone.  I think the quality of the Flip Cam video is actually better!

Here it is:

Filming the Intro Video -

Almost immediately after posting my "Intro Video" link to the forum, my son Levi woke up from his nap. Grumpy.

I thought more about this video in a "when is my window of time to shoot it" frame of mind rather than a "what do I want to say." At work, I share an office and there are always people in and out, and at home, my "office" is a portion of the kitchen table.  And with children ages 1 and 4 who are not always interested in quietly entertaining themselves, I thought I should shoot to shoot during nap time.

Once that time rolled around, I thought, "Okay - just do it like a Band-Aid. One motion, right off!" 

After watching the video, I thought that I could have shared more interesting details - like the name of the artist who does the Nature Matching System (Tattfoo) or what some of the different colors represented (the first row is tomato, banana, broccoli, apple, and olive - all things I currently have in my kitchen - I could have actually matched them to the grid) or that we got our toaster from my friend who now lives in Buxtehude, Germany. Not that there's anything interesting or telling about a toaster, per se, but it is funny to hear the word "Buxtehude."

I also didn't realize that I have an "extended blink" thing going on at times. What is that? I knew that I was going to have a lot of "ummmms" - I worked as a phone clerk for a catalog order house for about 3 months, and my supervisor would hand me progress reports that showed how times I had used a "non word" during a call.

I wish that I had done a little more with the "time and mental energy and tools" part of the assignment and a little less with the "don't spend too long on it."