Almost a year and a half ago, Steven Colbert issued a "Green Screen Challenge" to his viewers on his popular television show, The Colbert Report. Wielding a light saber, he stood in front of a green screen on set and asked his viewers to fill in the rest of the video. I was surfing YouTube today and came across several of these clips depicting Steven wildly swinging his weapon in varied settings cleverly edited by fans. Among these were a scene of him fighting a giant grizzly bear amidst a scene from Star War, a scene where he attacked a crowd of people on the front lawn of the White House, and a clip in which a silhouette of Steven danced around swinging an iPod in lieu of a light saber.
There are some highly creative individuals out there; many of these clips were incredibly impressive. I was highly amused with the humorous editing seen throughout the videos but was again reminded of my inferior graphics skills. I could have possibly come up with an idea worth using, but this still would have been insufficient. Having creative ideas is one thing; knowing how to manipulate these ideas graphically is another. Hopefully through the course of this semester in Citizen Media, I will be able to learn how to construct similar pieces using iMovie and other such programs.
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