Our Final Frame

Here is the video we did to explain and frame our project
Turned out pretty well I have to say
Especially for the fact it was in the elevator hallway

Project Eval: Successes and Failures

This project turned out a lot differently than we originally envisioned. This could be because we had a hard time picturing what we wanted. We changed the project a little to fit our intended "launch" audience: The Copyright office at BYU.

In some ways, we failed. We dithered and changed our minds and politely disagreed for a good chunk of our allotted time. As a result, we got started on the actual product very late in the semester. In addition, we chose a format that was hard for all of us to work on; effectively leaving most of the heavy lifting to Curtis. All of this added up to an incomplete product.

But, we are ridiculously proud of what we DO have and what we HAVE accomplished. The first half of our story is a pretty professional and impressive product. Not only that, it fits many of the original dreams that we had for it: it's a remix. It's a re-telling of a classic. It is in a form of New Media that will hopefully generate interest from a diverse group of people. It's a positive use for remix. It, along with our blog, is educational and informative about both remix and copyright issues. We will soon have a site to post the final product to. We had a successful launch and generated quite a bit of interest from {the gentleman at the copyright office; what was his name??}, who even stated that he would be interested in posing an updated and finished version on the copyright office's website.

That last bit more than anything means that we've succeeded in the ways that matter. We've created something that can change the world, even in a small way.

Case Study

A) a narrative documenting the development of the project

http://themonstermashup.blogspot.com/p/about-us.html

B) an evaluation of the project as a whole, including the launch

http://themonstermashup.blogspot.com/2012/12/project-eval-successes-and-failures.html

C) finding a destination audience for their case study and delivering it to them

http://themonstermashup.blogspot.com/2012/11/destination-audience.html

http://themonstermashup.blogspot.com/2012/12/carl-and-where-do-we-go-from-here.html

Carl and Where Do We Go from Here

We had our meeting with Carl. It went very well. He was very interested in our project. He said we were dead on with our research and arguments. He encouraged us to submit for a grant and finish the project. He said that he would love for us to have a spotlight on their copyright page. He also said that he would love to share our project at his copyright director's annual conference. The only downfall that he saw and that we also know is that the semester is coming to an end. Our though and encouragement now from Dr B is to get our project into a state where it speaks for itself: get this blog up to par, get the flash posted, etc. Also, it has been suggested that we write up a grant proposal. The ORCA grants pretty much just require a project summary which we could do. The group will have to decide what we would like to do.