Want to try your hand at directing a movie, casting its actors, writing the script, and playing cinematographer and art director — at the same time?

I just did that. I grabbed the text copy from my article on changing my Facebook ways, created representations of me and Stacy, tinkered with expressions and animated movements, and produced the following video:

(If you can’t see the embedded video, the direct link is here.)

Making movies is easy with Montreal-based Xtranormal. You provide the text on either their website or a desktop download, you choose the scene backdrops, character appearances and voices, you decide where during each character’s speeches the camera angle moves or expressions occur, and you can preview and publish.

I did the above at zero cost. If I opted to pay the company, I could have more control.

If you make a movie, be sure and add a comment below with a link to it.

Happy movie making!

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Hello Facebook and Goodbye Rules

August 31, 2010

Stacy Lukasavitz passionately argued six months ago that Facebook Pages should exist for organizations and celebrities, but not everyday people. I’m tired of regular people thinking they’re special unique snowflakes and deserve their own fan page just to boost their own egos. Non-public figure fan pages cheapens the value of fan pages for those who [...]

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Did You Approve That Blog Comment?

August 31, 2010

I’m sure the folks at New York-based JKAhosting.com don’t know what’s going on around the blogopshere, so they and other companies should pay attention to a series of blog comments I’ve received in recent days — that are identical to the following screenshot: If the text is too small, you may click the image to [...]

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When to Write Your Blog Post Title

August 30, 2010

Every time I click the link to write a new article, the Wordpress editor prompts me to fill in a field for the title. Enter title here How am I supposed to know what title to write? How is anyone supposed to know when in the presence of those three words? More to the point, [...]

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Job Hunting at a Marketing Company

August 28, 2010

Initiating a new series relative to my ongoing job hunt. This screenshot is so ambiguous it could apply to any company’s marketing material. And therein lies the rub. I recently applied for a marketing position without knowing the name of the company, and received the following email within two days that pointed me to this [...]

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Case Study of 2 Blog Commenting Truths

August 25, 2010

I’d love to sit at a dinner table with Dave Winer and Everett Bogue. In his latest article on blog comments, Dave writes: Why I have comments: I hope I might learn something new from the people who read the blog. It’s mostly selfish. I like that there’s a side-benefit that it creates a record [...]

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Sharing Together

August 24, 2010

Welcome to AriWriter’s new layout. Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch! Nirvana. Following my own advice on web design and reading about your likes and dislikes, I spontaneously pressed a button within the Thesis theme and rebuilt the header, sidebar, fonts, and colors — from scratch. In the spirit of sharing together, this revamped blog design was [...]

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