5.3 ~ The iMovie Challenge: Metaphor in 60

My most sincere and hearty congratulations on tackling the "Metaphor in 60" challenge 

with insight and enthusiasm!  I'm extremely impressed!

Students were introduced to the iMovie program bootcamp-style.  After I showed them four or five of the most basic, fundamental moves, they were charged with creating a movie exactly 60 seconds long.  (Not 59 seconds.  Not 61 seconds.)  To learn how to enact certain maneuvers in a software they had just been exposed to, they had to click around and explore.  Trial and error under pressure, in other words.

The goal was to explain the concept of metaphor using footage from the (brilliant, stunning, soul-saving) movie, Stop Making Sense.  Provided with clips from songs that rely heavily on metaphors, students got together in groups and collaborated in a way that made me truly proud to be their teacher.


Here's the class-voted winner of our competition:

This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)
by The Talking Heads

And you've got to witness this slice of exquisite life!

 Remember two important things:

1) The full iMovie tutorial guide is available on Carmen for download.
2) Never for money; always for Love.

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