Speaking Public

Come watch my movie Speaking Public

Birthday!

It's my birthday and its been pretty fun. I did some reading early on, but I also got to enjoy some football. I've been working with the camera functions on Second Life, and its time, but its hard to do by yourself. I need some actors.

The future that wasn't

Check this site out, it's hilarious. It's what people used to think the future would look like.
http://paleo-future.blogspot.com/

Thinking about SL

I'm thinking about what skills a person should know to be able to shoot video and how I can translate that into making machinima. I'm going to look for articles on necessary video skills this week. I'm also trying to understand constructivist theory. I checked out a few books and will be delving deep into some Piaget this week.

Frustrated

No matter how much work I get done, I can't get ahead. Hopefully, I'll get used to this feeling soon. On a good note I gave my first big lecture last week on Reality TV and it went really well. The students thought I was really funny and I got all the info I wanted to talk about into the lecture. Woo-Hoo!

Second Life Machinima

I started making short Quicktime movies of some of my movements in Second Life, trying to figure out this machinima. It was even easier than I thought. I'm going to try and make a short piece with cinematic qualities to try test its possibility as a tool to teach things like composition and camera movement.

First SL Conversation

I had my first real conversation with someone on SL tonight. It was strange to have a conversation with someone and yet all I know about them is based on a virtual representation of how they see themselves. The guy I met was renting SL beachfront property and had a Ghostbuster's t-shirt on, but what is he like in real life?