Please note the steps that it takes to make your own. All you need is an email, username, a password and a pulse. Write the script Open up a fresh Microsoft Word document to type out the script before you type it into XtraNormal.
Make Movies Once you have created an account on XtraNormal and you have logged in with your username and password choose Make Movies on top of the menu. Add Actions Cameras. Choose up to 10 different camera angles to show focus on individual characters and actionable sound bites. In other words when someone mentions a website to register make sure you choose a camera angle that zooms on the face directly with the camera.
Give your characters more life by adding animations that reflect what the characters are thinking at the moment. Quirk: Perhaps. Or perhaps I have to work harder to help students find ways to present arguments through animated dialog. Selfe, Cynthia L.
Michael J. Tags: assignments composition text to speech video. August 12, pm Xtranormal for Educators Erik Champion. April 12, pm kgarretson. Click on the picture to hear an audio file of the word. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Website: xtranormal. Rules of the game: Animations must run from minutes long.
With the exception of introductions and closing remarks, each line of dialog must include a brief quote or keyword from at least one of our texts. While this rule will help ensure that the texts come into conversation, it leaves plenty of flexibility to add our own text throughout the animation. Choice of Collection, Set, Actors, and Sounds will help establish the context for both the content and style of the dialog in the animation. Witty dialog is only one element of a well-developed Xtranormal dialog.
Animation will develop a perspective or viewpoint on the issues that emerge from bringing the texts into conversation. Go to Xtranormal. Enter your token and create your account. Try out Xtranormal by playing with one of the Testing Xtranormal assignments before taking on the actual assignment. An A-level project earns a B if contributors do not submit a complete first draft. A B-level project earns a C if contributors do not submit a complete first draft.
A C-level project earns an F if contributors do not submit a complete first draft. Transcript of above video animation: Quirk: Hi. Scotty: Captain! Quirk: Right. Cripps, University of New England Quirk: I am on a continuing mission to explore the potential for students to present their academic writing in new media projects.
Creators are finding that making the videos lets off steam and helps them cope with workplace stresses. Psychologists say this can be a healthy way to deal with stress — but only if the video producers remember to keep humor at the forefront and the venom tamped down, and that what gets posted on the Internet stays on the Internet. Even technophobes can make an Xtranormal video in a couple of hours by logging on at the site www.
Filmmakers can choose from robots, historical figures, cute animals, people and other creatures who speak in flat, automated voices, like the kind you hear when you call to get your bank balance. The videos — some witty, some a little puerile — are peppered with zingers, slick retorts, pregnant pauses and copious swear words.
Usually, you sense that the scenarios would be instantly recognizable by someone in the same profession. Posting videos like these may be a good way to let off some steam and can serve a positive purpose, says David Ballard, head of the American Psychological Assn.
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