My final work looks like the keyword might have been Politics, but remember: I actually started out with Dance! I was really unhappy with that random word assignment but thanks to the mind-mapping exercise I was able to find something I was interested in doing. Even though this work deals with some heavy issues, the inspiration I took from the discussion on appropriation and fair use in newMediaWiki showed me how I could do this in a light-hearted and comical way, kind of taking the edge off.
In this final iteration, I finally figured out a pacing that works with the soundtrack, and this was incredibly challenging because Express doesn’t really work with clips like iMovie, which I’ve used before. Going back to the tutorial title in LinkedIn Learning on how to trim a timeline was helpful. I was also unhappy with the theme I had been working with, but Express made it easy to select something that fit the content: a red color that might remind you of Russian Communism and American MAGA.
Although to be honest I’d probably prefer to build a project like this in iMovie, I enjoy how Express makes it easier to share… no exporting or loading up to YouTube!
CITATIONS
LinkedIn Learning: Learning Adobe Spark
This imaginary post is excellent. It has the 5 magic ingredients:
- a logical title.
- the right word count for a one minute read — though this could also be a one-minute movie, sound file, or slide deck.
- embedded media set at a good size to see the work.
- simple citations: linked to the cited content formatted as text.
- applied Categories (see them under this text) to help find work.
From start to finish, this post took a half-hour to complete. Some posts may take longer, others not, but that’s a good average to shoot for. Show your posts — and your audience — this kind of love!