Wanted to pull my hair out last night! I worked all afternoon working on a proposal for Franc regarding MP #2, as I wanted to go beyond the Post-Test questions in the course. I used TVnima (tvnima.com), where you are in control of an avatar, which presents for you. I managed to combine PPT slides with digital audio (avatar speaking), with avatar movement. I thought it looked pretty slick. The whole thing was a minute and a half.
I downloaded FRAPS an online screen capture program (free), based on the instructions at TVnima. This program would capture the video I had created so that I could upload it to YouTube. This program is actually used by gamers to capture replays of the action they are involved in.
Unfortunately, the FRAP could not record the entire video for me, so I would have to rearrange the sequence a bit so a could record in pieces. This was too much after having spent a couple of hours putting the video together!
Thus, instead of tossing the whole thing into the virtual garbage, I decided to go without the avatar and put the slides and audio together in iMovie, which took a relatively short period of time, as I have a fair bit of experience with the program.
The following is the end product using iMovie. My proposal extends my look into the implications of the posthuman from MP #1 to the implications of video gaming in the process of moving towards the posthuman.
Least to say, I do not think I will use TVnima for my final MP #2 production as I had originally planned. Will most likely go with iMovie combined with PPT. This is a combo I promote at my school for teachers and students.
Moving on...
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