For my research paper I plan to be doing something relating to media bias. In particular, how today’s 24/7 media culture effects and influences our views on issues. To do this effectively I plan on comparing and contrasting cable networks like Fox News, CNN and MSNBC as well as discussing how the involved parties now have greater control of their own messages thanks to sites like Twitter (as the Obama and Romney campaigns did during the most recent Presidential election and Israel and Hamas in the most recent Gaza conflict).
For the digital part of this project I’m torn between doing a video or a 3D object. For the video side I’m leaning toward a “mashup” of clips featuring of Fox and MSNBC on an issue, mixed in with some commentary from a third source like the Colbert Report and The Daily Show. I also may have clips of online text articles in the clip to show the “truth side.”
As I am not a skilled video editor, and the fact that I am not so sure I have the proper computer and tools to undertake such an ambitious project (I have a Windows PC which is great at a lot of things but not as good as the Mac for video editing), I am also considering doing a 3D print out of a microphone. On the back of this mic would be the logos of MSNBC, Fox and CNN, with the word “TRUTH” on the front. The top of the mic (the big circular area) would be something like a globe, to symbolize that this is a global issue. I would accompany this with a PowerPoint explaining how I created this and why (possibly with some clips interspersed as well).
Still unsure which direction I will go in, but this is where my head is right now.
I think your impulse to do a video is a good one. It seems like you have a clear idea of what you want the video to accomplish. Now, you need to really map out how you will get to that point. Tomorrow’s class will help you with the nuts and bolts of how to do what you want to do.