This activity intends to have students create a remix of a short silent movie, by adding their own original intertitles. This activity is an adaptation of Activity 50: Movie mashup in Dudeney, Hockly & Pegrum (2013: 312-315).
Learning outcomes
On completion of this activity, students will:
- have explored issues of copyright, fair use, and remix culture legality
- know to what extent original content can be repurposed to create new works
Technology requirements
- One Internet-enabled teacher computer and data projector, Google Chrome web browser app, and connected microphones.
- Internet-enabled student computers (one per student pair) – please note that the website doesn’t work on mobile devices, Google Chrome web browser app, and connected microphones on all computers.
What is Peanut Gallery?
Peanut Gallery is one of Google Chrome Experiments, “a showcase of web experiments written by the creative coding community” (Chrome experiments website).
In its About section, the Peanut Gallery website offers the following definition:
PEANUT GALLERY is a Chrome Experiment that lets you add intertitles to old film clips using your voice, then share those clips with your friends. It uses your computer’s microphone and the Web Speech API in Google Chrome to turn speech into text.
This section also provides recording tips, and the list of film clips on offer.
Procedure
Before class
First, if you have never used Peanut Gallery, make sure you watch this introduction video:
Then go on the Peanut Gallery website (note: it only works on Google Chrome – if it is not on your computer, you will first need to download it). Select the language you want to use for the intertitles, and then select a clip. Follow the instructions on the screen (allowing the use of the microphone etc.) and start talking in the target language.
Depending on your students’ level in the target language, you can decide to describe what you see, create funny dialogues etc. You might need to do a few takes. Once you are happy with the result, copy/paste the URL (link) in an email or on google drive to keep it.
In class
- Introduce the topic of cinema by showing images of old black and white movie posters. Then show students the film clip you have prepared. Ask them if they think these intertitles are genuine. Tell students that this is an example of what you would like them to produce in pairs.
- Then ask students (in pairs) to pick a film clip, watch it and storyboard out each scene. Put the following points on the board to help students plan the intertitles:
For each scene in the clip, think about:
-
Who are the characters (name, age, relationship between characters)?
-
Where are they?
-
Is the situation dangerous/romantic/funny/scary/…?
-
Write down what each character says in each scene.
Depending on your students’ level in the target language, you can spice up the challenge and for eg:
-
ask them to use only specific structures
-
impose a theme or semantic field
-
ask them to answer a specific question with that movie etc.
- Ask students to conduct a role play and speak out the intertitles during the different scenes. They will need to do a few takes. Remind them that they will have to speak very clearly or the computer will not properly understand what they are saying.
- Once the clip film is ready, ask students to copy the URL and share it (via Google docs or email for eg.).
- Ask students to view other pairs’ clips and write down one thing they particularly like about each.
- Optional: Ask students how they found the speaking part and the accuracy of the Web Speech API.
- To round off this activity, hold a discussion with students about remix culture. You could use some or all of the following questions as prompts:
-
Who normally creates remixes? (It is largely, though not exclusively, a youth phenomenon)
-
Why do they create remixes? (Sometimes to make people laugh, at other times to make a serious social or political point).
-
Where do they normally share remixes? (Often on videosharing sites like YouTube, but also through links on social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter).
-
What copyright issues might be involved? (Copyright holders might object to remixes being made, might ask services like YouTube to remove them and, in extreme cases, might sue the creators of remixes. It’s important to check out copyright law, including fair use or fair dealing dealing provisions before creating and sharing remixes online).
Related activities
| Context of use | ID | Title | Related themes | Languages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL-D-R-001-C | Remix literacy, what is it? | EN, FR | ||
| Independent learning | ||||
| DL-D-R-002-S | Remix literacy, what is it? | EN, FR | ||
| Activities for the classroom | ||||
| DL-D-R-003-A | Generating memes | EN, FR | ||
| DL-D-R-004-A | Remixing a silent movie with Peanut Gallery | EN, FR | ||
Source/attribution: Digilanguages Author: Johanna Keogh
Additional Content
This activity intends to have students create a remix of a short silent movie, by adding their own original intertitles. This activity is an adaptation of <em>Activity 50: Movie mashup</em> in <a href=”/bibliography/#/?_k=2xzfdy” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/bibliography/#/?_k=2xzfdy”>Dudeney, Hockly & Pegrum (2013: 312-315)</a>.<br />Learning outcomesOn completion of this activity, students will:<li>have explored issues of copyright, fair use, and remix culture legality</li><li>know to what extent original content can be repurposed to create new works</li>
<br />Technology requirements<li style=”text-align: justify;” data-mce-style=”text-align: justify;”><span style=”font-weight: 400;” data-mce-style=”font-weight: 400;”>One Internet-enabled teacher computer and data projector, Google Chrome web browser app, and connected microphones.</span></li><li>Internet-enabled student computers (one per student pair) – please note that the website doesn’t work on mobile devices, Google Chrome web browser app, and connected microphones on all computers.</li>
<br />What is Peanut Gallery?Peanut Gallery is one of <a href=”https://www.tcea.org/blog/chrome-experiments/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”https://www.tcea.org/blog/chrome-experiments/”>Google Chrome Experiments,</a> “a showcase of web experiments written by the creative coding community” (<a href=”https://www.chromeexperiments.com/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”https://www.chromeexperiments.com/”>Chrome experiments website</a>).In its <a href=”https://www.peanutgalleryfilms.com/about” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”https://www.peanutgalleryfilms.com/about”>About</a> section, the Peanut Gallery website offers the following definition:<h5><span class=”run-in”>PEANUT GALLERY</span> is a Chrome Experiment that lets you add intertitles to old film clips using your voice, then share those clips with your friends. It uses your computer’s microphone and the <a href=”http://updates.html5rocks.com/2013/01/Voice-Driven-Web-Apps-Introduction-to-the-Web-Speech-API” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”http://updates.html5rocks.com/2013/01/Voice-Driven-Web-Apps-Introduction-to-the-Web-Speech-API”>Web Speech API</a> in Google Chrome to turn speech into text.</h5>
This section also provides recording tips, and the list of film clips on offer.<br />Procedure<span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Before class</span>First, if you have never used Peanut Gallery, make sure you watch this introduction video:.Then go on the <a href=”https://www.peanutgalleryfilms.com/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”https://www.peanutgalleryfilms.com/”>Peanut Gallery website</a> (note: it only works on Google Chrome – if it is not on your computer, you will first need to <a href=”https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html”>download it</a>). Select the language you want to use for the intertitles, and then select a clip. Follow the instructions on the screen (allowing the use of the microphone etc.) and start talking in the target language.Depending on your students’ level in the target language, you can decide to describe what you see, create funny dialogues etc. You might need to do a few takes. Once you are happy with the result, copy/paste the URL (link) in an email or on google drive to keep it.<br /><span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>In class</span><li>Introduce the topic of cinema by showing images of old black and white movie posters. Then show students the film clip you have prepared. Ask them if they think these intertitles are genuine. Tell students that this is an example of what you would like them to produce in pairs.</li><li>Then ask students (in pairs) to pick a film clip, watch it and storyboard out each scene. Put the following points on the board to help students plan the intertitles:</li>
For each scene in the clip, think about:<li><h6>Who are the characters (name, age, relationship between characters)?</h6>
</li><li><h6>Where are they?</h6>
</li><li><h6>Is the situation dangerous/romantic/funny/scary/…?</h6>
</li><li><h6>Write down what each character says in each scene.</h6>
</li>
Depending on your students’ level in the target language, you can spice up the challenge and for eg:<li><h6>ask them to use only specific structures</h6>
</li><li><h6>impose a theme or semantic field</h6>
</li><li><h6>ask them to answer a specific question with that movie etc.</h6>
</li>
<li>Ask students to conduct a role play and speak out the intertitles during the different scenes. They will need to do a few takes. Remind them that they will have to speak very clearly or the computer will not properly understand what they are saying.</li><li>Once the clip film is ready, ask students to copy the URL and share it (via Google docs or email for eg.).</li><li>Ask students to view other pairs’ clips and write down one thing they particularly like about each.</li><li>Optional: Ask students how they found the speaking part and the accuracy of the Web Speech API.</li><li>To round off this activity, hold a discussion with students about remix culture. You could use some or all of the following questions as prompts:</li>
<li><h6>Who normally creates remixes? (It is largely, though not exclusively, a youth phenomenon)</h6>
</li><li><h6>Why do they create remixes? (Sometimes to make people laugh, at other times to make a serious social or political point).</h6>
</li><li><h6>Where do they normally share remixes? (Often on videosharing sites like YouTube, but also through links on social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter).</h6>
</li><li><h6>What copyright issues might be involved? (Copyright holders might object to remixes being made, might ask services like YouTube to remove them and, in extreme cases, might sue the creators of remixes. It’s important to check out copyright law, including fair use or fair dealing dealing provisions before creating and sharing remixes online).</h6>
</li>
<br />Related activities
| Context of use | ID | Title | Related themes | Languages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL-D-R-001-C | Remix literacy, what is it? | EN, FR | ||
| Independent learning | ||||
| DL-D-R-002-S | Remix literacy, what is it? | EN, FR | ||
| Activities for the classroom | ||||
| DL-D-R-003-A | Generating memes | EN, FR | ||
| DL-D-R-004-A | Remixing a silent movie with Peanut Gallery | EN, FR | ||
This activity intends to have students create a remix of a short silent movie, by adding their own original intertitles. This activity is an adaptation of <em>Activity 50: Movie mashup</em> in <a href=”/bibliography/#/?_k=2xzfdy” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/bibliography/#/?_k=2xzfdy”>Dudeney, Hockly & Pegrum (2013: 312-315)</a>.<br />Learning outcomesOn completion of this activity, students will:<li>have explored issues of copyright, fair use, and remix culture legality</li><li>know to what extent original content can be repurposed to create new works</li>
<br />Technology requirements<li style=”text-align: justify;” data-mce-style=”text-align: justify;”><span style=”font-weight: 400;” data-mce-style=”font-weight: 400;”>One Internet-enabled teacher computer and data projector, Google Chrome web browser app, and connected microphones.</span></li><li>Internet-enabled student computers (one per student pair) – please note that the website doesn’t work on mobile devices, Google Chrome web browser app, and connected microphones on all computers.</li>
<br />What is Peanut Gallery?Peanut Gallery is one of <a href=”https://www.tcea.org/blog/chrome-experiments/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”https://www.tcea.org/blog/chrome-experiments/”>Google Chrome Experiments,</a> “a showcase of web experiments written by the creative coding community” (<a href=”https://www.chromeexperiments.com/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”https://www.chromeexperiments.com/”>Chrome experiments website</a>).In its <a href=”https://www.peanutgalleryfilms.com/about” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”https://www.peanutgalleryfilms.com/about”>About</a> section, the Peanut Gallery website offers the following definition:<h5><span class=”run-in”>PEANUT GALLERY</span> is a Chrome Experiment that lets you add intertitles to old film clips using your voice, then share those clips with your friends. It uses your computer’s microphone and the <a href=”http://updates.html5rocks.com/2013/01/Voice-Driven-Web-Apps-Introduction-to-the-Web-Speech-API” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”http://updates.html5rocks.com/2013/01/Voice-Driven-Web-Apps-Introduction-to-the-Web-Speech-API”>Web Speech API</a> in Google Chrome to turn speech into text.</h5>
This section also provides recording tips, and the list of film clips on offer.<br />Procedure<span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Before class</span>First, if you have never used Peanut Gallery, make sure you watch this introduction video:.Then go on the <a href=”https://www.peanutgalleryfilms.com/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”https://www.peanutgalleryfilms.com/”>Peanut Gallery website</a> (note: it only works on Google Chrome – if it is not on your computer, you will first need to <a href=”https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html”>download it</a>). Select the language you want to use for the intertitles, and then select a clip. Follow the instructions on the screen (allowing the use of the microphone etc.) and start talking in the target language.Depending on your students’ level in the target language, you can decide to describe what you see, create funny dialogues etc. You might need to do a few takes. Once you are happy with the result, copy/paste the URL (link) in an email or on google drive to keep it.<br /><span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>In class</span><li>Introduce the topic of cinema by showing images of old black and white movie posters. Then show students the film clip you have prepared. Ask them if they think these intertitles are genuine. Tell students that this is an example of what you would like them to produce in pairs.</li><li>Then ask students (in pairs) to pick a film clip, watch it and storyboard out each scene. Put the following points on the board to help students plan the intertitles:</li>
For each scene in the clip, think about:<li><h6>Who are the characters (name, age, relationship between characters)?</h6>
</li><li><h6>Where are they?</h6>
</li><li><h6>Is the situation dangerous/romantic/funny/scary/…?</h6>
</li><li><h6>Write down what each character says in each scene.</h6>
</li>
Depending on your students’ level in the target language, you can spice up the challenge and for eg:<li><h6>ask them to use only specific structures</h6>
</li><li><h6>impose a theme or semantic field</h6>
</li><li><h6>ask them to answer a specific question with that movie etc.</h6>
</li>
<li>Ask students to conduct a role play and speak out the intertitles during the different scenes. They will need to do a few takes. Remind them that they will have to speak very clearly or the computer will not properly understand what they are saying.</li><li>Once the clip film is ready, ask students to copy the URL and share it (via Google docs or email for eg.).</li><li>Ask students to view other pairs’ clips and write down one thing they particularly like about each.</li><li>Optional: Ask students how they found the speaking part and the accuracy of the Web Speech API.</li><li>To round off this activity, hold a discussion with students about remix culture. You could use some or all of the following questions as prompts:</li>
<li><h6>Who normally creates remixes? (It is largely, though not exclusively, a youth phenomenon)</h6>
</li><li><h6>Why do they create remixes? (Sometimes to make people laugh, at other times to make a serious social or political point).</h6>
</li><li><h6>Where do they normally share remixes? (Often on videosharing sites like YouTube, but also through links on social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter).</h6>
</li><li><h6>What copyright issues might be involved? (Copyright holders might object to remixes being made, might ask services like YouTube to remove them and, in extreme cases, might sue the creators of remixes. It’s important to check out copyright law, including fair use or fair dealing dealing provisions before creating and sharing remixes online).</h6>
</li>
<br />Related activities
| Context of use | ID | Title | Related themes | Languages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL-D-R-001-C | Remix literacy, what is it? | EN, FR | ||
| Independent learning | ||||
| DL-D-R-002-S | Remix literacy, what is it? | EN, FR | ||
| Activities for the classroom | ||||
| DL-D-R-003-A | Generating memes | EN, FR | ||
| DL-D-R-004-A | Remixing a silent movie with Peanut Gallery | EN, FR | ||
This activity intends to have students create a remix of a short silent movie, by adding their own original intertitles. This activity is an adaptation of <em>Activity 50: Movie mashup</em> in <a href=”/bibliography/#/?_k=2xzfdy” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/bibliography/#/?_k=2xzfdy”>Dudeney, Hockly & Pegrum (2013: 312-315)</a>.<br />Learning outcomesOn completion of this activity, students will:<li>have explored issues of copyright, fair use, and remix culture legality</li><li>know to what extent original content can be repurposed to create new works</li>
<br />Technology requirements<li style=”text-align: justify;” data-mce-style=”text-align: justify;”><span style=”font-weight: 400;” data-mce-style=”font-weight: 400;”>One Internet-enabled teacher computer and data projector, Google Chrome web browser app, and connected microphones.</span></li><li>Internet-enabled student computers (one per student pair) – please note that the website doesn’t work on mobile devices, Google Chrome web browser app, and connected microphones on all computers.</li>
<br />What is Peanut Gallery?Peanut Gallery is one of <a href=”https://www.tcea.org/blog/chrome-experiments/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”https://www.tcea.org/blog/chrome-experiments/”>Google Chrome Experiments,</a> “a showcase of web experiments written by the creative coding community” (<a href=”https://www.chromeexperiments.com/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”https://www.chromeexperiments.com/”>Chrome experiments website</a>).In its <a href=”https://www.peanutgalleryfilms.com/about” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”https://www.peanutgalleryfilms.com/about”>About</a> section, the Peanut Gallery website offers the following definition:<h5><span class=”run-in”>PEANUT GALLERY</span> is a Chrome Experiment that lets you add intertitles to old film clips using your voice, then share those clips with your friends. It uses your computer’s microphone and the <a href=”http://updates.html5rocks.com/2013/01/Voice-Driven-Web-Apps-Introduction-to-the-Web-Speech-API” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”http://updates.html5rocks.com/2013/01/Voice-Driven-Web-Apps-Introduction-to-the-Web-Speech-API”>Web Speech API</a> in Google Chrome to turn speech into text.</h5>
This section also provides recording tips, and the list of film clips on offer.<br />Procedure<span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Before class</span>First, if you have never used Peanut Gallery, make sure you watch this introduction video:.Then go on the <a href=”https://www.peanutgalleryfilms.com/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”https://www.peanutgalleryfilms.com/”>Peanut Gallery website</a> (note: it only works on Google Chrome – if it is not on your computer, you will first need to <a href=”https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html”>download it</a>). Select the language you want to use for the intertitles, and then select a clip. Follow the instructions on the screen (allowing the use of the microphone etc.) and start talking in the target language.Depending on your students’ level in the target language, you can decide to describe what you see, create funny dialogues etc. You might need to do a few takes. Once you are happy with the result, copy/paste the URL (link) in an email or on google drive to keep it.<br /><span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>In class</span><li>Introduce the topic of cinema by showing images of old black and white movie posters. Then show students the film clip you have prepared. Ask them if they think these intertitles are genuine. Tell students that this is an example of what you would like them to produce in pairs.</li><li>Then ask students (in pairs) to pick a film clip, watch it and storyboard out each scene. Put the following points on the board to help students plan the intertitles:</li>
For each scene in the clip, think about:<li><h6>Who are the characters (name, age, relationship between characters)?</h6>
</li><li><h6>Where are they?</h6>
</li><li><h6>Is the situation dangerous/romantic/funny/scary/…?</h6>
</li><li><h6>Write down what each character says in each scene.</h6>
</li>
Depending on your students’ level in the target language, you can spice up the challenge and for eg:<li><h6>ask them to use only specific structures</h6>
</li><li><h6>impose a theme or semantic field</h6>
</li><li><h6>ask them to answer a specific question with that movie etc.</h6>
</li>
<li>Ask students to conduct a role play and speak out the intertitles during the different scenes. They will need to do a few takes. Remind them that they will have to speak very clearly or the computer will not properly understand what they are saying.</li><li>Once the clip film is ready, ask students to copy the URL and share it (via Google docs or email for eg.).</li><li>Ask students to view other pairs’ clips and write down one thing they particularly like about each.</li><li>Optional: Ask students how they found the speaking part and the accuracy of the Web Speech API.</li><li>To round off this activity, hold a discussion with students about remix culture. You could use some or all of the following questions as prompts:</li>
<li><h6>Who normally creates remixes? (It is largely, though not exclusively, a youth phenomenon)</h6>
</li><li><h6>Why do they create remixes? (Sometimes to make people laugh, at other times to make a serious social or political point).</h6>
</li><li><h6>Where do they normally share remixes? (Often on videosharing sites like YouTube, but also through links on social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter).</h6>
</li><li><h6>What copyright issues might be involved? (Copyright holders might object to remixes being made, might ask services like YouTube to remove them and, in extreme cases, might sue the creators of remixes. It’s important to check out copyright law, including fair use or fair dealing dealing provisions before creating and sharing remixes online).</h6>
</li>
<br />Related activities
| Context of use | ID | Title | Related themes | Languages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL-D-R-001-C | Remix literacy, what is it? | EN, FR | ||
| Independent learning | ||||
| DL-D-R-002-S | Remix literacy, what is it? | EN, FR | ||
| Activities for the classroom | ||||
| DL-D-R-003-A | Generating memes | EN, FR | ||
| DL-D-R-004-A | Remixing a silent movie with Peanut Gallery | EN, FR | ||
