We have studied in class about how the Internet allows us to share information and ideas with people from all over the world. In April I posted a homemade music video on YouTube and it has become very popular overseas.
The song is an interesting story in itself. A 19 year -old Australian experimental video editor cut and spliced sound bytes from Disney's Alice In Wonderland to create a two -and- a- half minute psychedlic sample-fest complete with a animated video of singing poppies and dancing dandelions. The song and became an instant hit on YouTube.
Using public domain footage from 1960's 8mm home movies, I created my own version of the experimental music video. The footage reminded me of my childhood when my father would shoot home movies of our family vacations. The old super 8 cameras didn't record sound and the footage was always grainy. The film had to be spliced for editing and always came off the reel and tangled during rewinding. It's amazing how far technology has come. We now have high definition digital recorders that are the size of a palm. The footage can downloaded by USB directly into our computers for editing.
Recently, my version of "Alice" has been getting responses from viewers as far away as Berlin and Amsterdam (it seems to be popular with European teens). The last count was over 3,400 hits. I thought I would share.
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