Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Critique of Proposal: Remix Project

This week in my Digital Culture Class, we wrote proposals for our group projects.  Here's the proposal for the project I'm participating in:
http://ourdangerouselife.blogspot.com/2012/10/project-title-crowdsourcing-creativity.html

There were some awesome project ideas, and I'm writing this post to critique the Remix Proposal.  Their proposal can be found here:
http://attackofthemachines.blogspot.com/2012/10/proposal-remix-project.html

I'm very interested in seeing what this group does to remix the story of Frankenstein.  I'm glad they recognize that there will have to be a great deal of research in order to do this project.  They'll have to read Frankenstein, of course, and also look at some of the ways the story has already been remixed (it might be a good idea to watch the old black-and-white Frankenstein movie, along with Young Frankenstein, and/or The Bride of Frankenstein to see how the story has evolved).  And they also recognize that they will need to gain an understanding of remix technology and media.  I think our group can learn from this by doing more research into literary works that were done on a collaborative basis.

However, after reading through the proposal several times, I still wasn't really sure what the group is going to do.  It sounds like they're making a video, but how?  Are they using Machinima or will they be videotaping each other as actors in a movie, or is this going to be a vlog like the Liz Bennet Diaries?  What is it going to be about?  Also, I was a little confused about how the media fast connected to their idea.  It sounds like it's a very important aspect, but they didn't quite explain how it related or how they're going to use it in their project.

My suggestion to the group would be to decide exactly what kind of video you're making and how you're going to do it.  If you are making several videos, that's fine, but make sure you know the formats you'll be using.  Be specific in what you want your final goal to be, and know what you want to happen in your video (maybe write a script/screenplay).  It sounds like fun, though, and I hope to see the final product.

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