Scenes from an Open House

The videoblogging course at the University of Iowa has just wrapped up, and we finished out the semester in style, with a public open house featuring all the videoblogs produced during the class.

Check out the links in the sidebar to the right to see all the students' individual sites; many will be continuing to update them. Or browse the selections below for a taste of some of their work.


(Most of) the videoblogging class.




The Open House in action.


Always high-tech.


Congratulations to this pioneering class.
--Jennifer Proctor, instructor

Look, a Susan!

Click the image to play, or see the original at Look, a Thing!

Is this the end or the beginning?

Click the image to play, or see the original at String-Swords

A personal conversation

Click the image to play, or see the original at Truckhandgun.

The Honest Opinions

click the image to play, or see the original at All in the Gutter

The semester is coming to a close

Speedvlogging

This week, students in the videoblogging class tried their hand at speedvlogging, in which they created a videoblog post, start to finish, in two hours (or close to it). They had to come with an idea, shoot it, edit it, compress it, and post it, all in around 120 minutes. Check out the sites linked in the sidebar for posts from this rapid-fire exercise.

Greasy Spoons

Click the image to play, or see the original at Operation Career

SportsVlog - Episode 9

Click the image to play, or see the original at The Sports Vlog

thanatos

Click image to play, or see the original at r, s, t, and v

"FREE* Dinner for Two at Olive Garden"

Click the image to play, or see the original at New Roach Motel.

The All-Knowing Note

Click the image to play, or see the original at Deep Thoughts

The Concert

Click the image to play, or see the original at Hot Air Balloon Comfort

Landscrapers

Click the image to play, or see the original at Skim Milk

WikiTchen

Click the image to play, or see the original at mmmff

Look, a Thing #7: booooooooo

click the image to play, or see the original at look, a thing!

Tattoos

click the image to play, or see the original at we are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars

SportsVlog Episode 7

click the image to play, or see the original at The Sports Vlog

Bloody Mary: A History

click the image to play, or see the original at Deep Thoughts

Toward a definition of videoblogging

Today during class, we did some brainstorming to get closer to a definition of videoblogging as we've experienced it. Some of our tentative conclusions included:

• Videoblogging is a practice.
  
• It's a means of creative expression through video that gets internalized into your everyday life, and can even be defined as a way of life.
  
• It's necessarily personal, even when it's fictional or poetic.
  
• It's about process and intent, not product.
  
• It stands in contrast to the conventions of mainstream media--it's about conversation, expression, and personal intent, not about revenue, ratings, or viral video.

Here's the board after our brainstorming session:


And, like good vloggers, we had to document our work using the handheld devices we keep available at all times:

Want to get in on this discussion? Feel free to comment.

truth or dare

Click the image to play, or see the original at Skim Milk.

Colorado Triptych

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A post of three videos from String-Swords. Click on all three video links to play.

theseus's ship

Click the image to play, or see the original at r,s,t,and v.

Webisode Six

Click the image to play, and see the original at Operation Career.

Life Lesson Number 4

Click the image to play, or see the original at Truckhandgun

"Internet Video"

Click the image to play, or see the original at New Roach Motel

Mario 3 Modules

Click the image to play, or See the original at mmmff

From the original:
...They're intended to be watched together...

These were designed with the pictured arrangement in mind, but feel free to mess around with them: Reverse their left-right orientation! Make them diagonal to each other! Place them on opposite sides of the screen! Put them anywhere you want! Holy shit! YOU call the shots! Choose-Your-Own-Aesthetic! Sort of! But yeah, hope it's worth all that work.

Portrait Macabre

Click the image to play, or view the original at Hot Air Balloon Comfort

Sports Vlog-Episode 4

Click the image to play, or see the original at The Sports Vlog

You, me, and ADD

Click the image to play, or see the original at Skim Milk

Webisode Four

Click the image to play, or see the original at Operation Career

I'm Not Josh's Sister, I'm Sam

Click the video to play, or see the original at New Roach Motel

Siege at Wounded Knee

See the original at Deep Thoughts

victoria's secret

See the original at r,s,t, and v

ASIF

See the original at String-Swords

Merlot Velvet

See the original at we are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars

A Portrait of Christopher Thomas

See the original at hot air balloon comfort.

lookathing2: self-portrait

See the original at Look, a thing!

Life Lesson Number 2 (aka: the one with all the bad language)

See the original at Truckhandgun.

All About Me

See the original at mmmff.

The First

Click the image to play.

See the original at we are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars

Life Lesson Number One

Click the image to play.

See the original at Truckhandgun.

SportsVlog - Episode 1

Click the image to play

See the original at The Sports Vlog

well do you?

Click the image to play.

See the original at String-Swords.

What about blog?

Click the image to play.

See the original at Skim Milk

Smilex

Click the image to play.

See the original at r,s,t, and v