http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:57:26 PDT Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:57:26 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=437809 Faculty member Jen Vaughn (San Francisco State University) discusses her experience using various student engagement techniques in her Corporate & Institutional Television course. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=304014 All the needed information to guide students (teachers)in video production:Camera work, storyboard, scripting, etc. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=362411 Hundreds of photographs, documents, and film clips to browse to discover the connection between some of the National Archives' most treasured records. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=555728 This class serves as an introduction to video recording and editing, presenting video as a tool of personal apprehension and expression, with an emphasis on self-exploration, performance, social critique, and the organization of raw experience into aesthetic form (narrative, abstract, documentary, essay). Students are required to complete a variety of assignments to learn the basics of video capture and editing, culminating in a final assignment that has to do with personal storytelling. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=224847 This site provides a variety of music loop collections that can be used to create music. When students want background music for projects, using loops and Acid Music by Sonic Foundry is a copyright safe method. The program and the loops are both fairly inexpense and allow the student to create music pieces that fit their project. http://www.acidmusicloops.com/ http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=518696 The lesson plan is directed to help learners analyze the complex nature of cultural differences between east and west in the light of the events displayed in the film. The learning activities require extensive research on the internet, online discussion forum and then a presentation which will be defended and argued. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=236760 A very interesting article on issues related to gender and sexuality in Japanese anime written by David Gauntlett, Professor of Media and Communications at the School of Media, Arts, & Design at University of Westminster, London. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=628444 Magisto turns your iPhone into the smartest video camera ever. Just shoot plain videos and Magisto turns them into beautifully edited & produced Movies automatically, minutes after the video were shot. Magisto uses unprecedented Artificial Intelligence (AI) to analyze and understand your plain videos and then turns them into memorable Movies.The technology understands and detects people, pets, objects, actions, behaviors, scenes, landscapes, speech, music, and more. Magisto even understands the original intent of the videographer and helps to bring this vision to life while improving and beautifying the videos by enhancing them, stabilizing them, adding color corrections, filters, effects, and transitions that interact with the actual video and audio content. All of this is done automatically in real-time.This is a free app http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=478131 Article surveying Appalachian folktales in books, films and dramatic adaptations for children and families. It analyzes modern methods of adapting tales from oral traditions, including treatment of gender roles and regional language. Connections with earlier European, Native American, and African folktale traditions are discussed. Different styles of illustrating and dramatizing folktales are compared. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=85352 "Out of the Past: Investigating Film Noir" is a serialized academic text that studies and analyzes the great films of the film noir canon. While most of the films are from noir’s classic period (1941-1957), the series also analyzes more contemporary neo-noir films. This podcast series can be used as course material to supplement film history textbooks, to help students develop their skills in film analysis, and as a compendium to class screenings. Co-hosted by two Saint Mary’s of California professors, Shannon Clute (Dept of Modern Languages) and Richard Edwards (Dept of Communication) every episode of this podcast series investigates a single film in relation to the body of film noir, emphasizing film history, film theory and film analysis. Moreover, the literary origins of film noir are central to this audio series, and frequently the films are analyzed in relation to their literary source material. The show is currently available at the "Out of the Past" website, as well as most major podcasting sites, such as iTunes and Yahoo Podcasts.