Friday, February 6, 2009

I could use a good game of Scrabble


Stumbled upon this on YouTube and thought about it on many levels. The first is with how many characters we can be in a day. One man playing an entire family. Like mockingbirds, we mock the birds we live with. Interesting thing, actually -- how often do we tap into how others impersonate those they know best? Is there anything wrong with this?

The other is with splicing. I don't know this man's work, but he creates a working scenario by splicing video to convey a story...about Scrabble. His choices of when to pan onto which character is a part of how he, as a 2009 writer, creates. Today, writers must think about other ways of communicating.

Finally. Marketing. How quirky is it that Scrabble is sponsoring this man's online video? Not a bad way to pick up a few bucks.

I suppose I'm offering you a triple word challenge with this posting. How would you impersonate the members of your family in a Scrabble game? Playing basketball? Riding in the car to go out to dinner? What a fun game to play! What a wonderful strategy for teaching others to pay attention to the world around them. I'd love to see your videos.

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