Week 6 - We'll Live in a Video

Seeing as how I waited so long to post this I've already had my brief moments of thought with regards to the short video piece I'm supposed to make for this blog, so there is not much of an ongoing process to describe. As far as basic concept: a short film that I believe would be classified as "machinma", utilising footage from a favourite game of mine and creating something hopefully entertaining and original. I think this would be appropriate since I'm likely to pursue the essay topic relating to gaming's effects on the players. As far as tools for production go, pretty much just plan to use FRAPS, at least the free version, to capture video from the game, and fall back on Windows Movie Maker for editing, since it is also free and I already have it. After that it's mainly a matter of writing or improvising a voice over for the video, otherwise it wouldn't really be coherent. Not that it's likely to be coherent anyway. I figure I should be covered for copyright as long as I acknowledge the game, FRAPS, Movie Maker and my own input so that there is a clear distinction between them. And since I'm not likely mention any real living people, I think should avoid being sued for defamation as well.