TCU’s Center for Urban Education (CUE) supports local elementary schools by providing them with all-day writing camps throughout the year. CUE, in the College of Education, started the camps on campus three years ago to increase student enthusiasm for writing and encourage students to do well on the state writing test. The writing camps serve as a review for fourth grade students who are preparing for the TAKS (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills) Writing Test. Through the camps CUE seeks to improve student-writing skills by giving students a day solely devoted to writing. Video Rating: 5 / 5
Very few people can say that they’ve written for shows that range from The Mickey Mouse Club to Futurama, Evan Gore can. Besides just being very funny, Evan started out as a performer at Second City in Chicago and told us about how that led to writing for all kinds of Kids TV, even though I interrupted him 100 times. He’s also performs, teaches Improv and helped me learn how to hold a gun in a scene; something every American should know. 0:00-0:30: Opening titles 0:30-5:48: Ed’s opening monologue. Ed talks about his fondest childhood memories. 5:48- 8:00: “The Nelsons” video 8:00-9:16: Ed starts his interview with Evan Gore, specifically his shirt. 9:16-11:11: Evan talks about his writing partner, his wife. 11:11-16:06: Evan talks about his first writing job, writing for the Disney Channel. Ed and Evan also accuse their water glasses of failing at their careers. Evan also talks about his experience teaching improv comedy. 16:06-19:01-: Evan gives Ed some of his best improv comedy tools, they talk about the best things one picks up from improv comedy. 19:01-23:10: Evan talks about writing for “The Mickey Mouse Club.” 23:10-26:13: Evan talks about his other jobs writing for children’s television, mostly for Nickelodeon. He also discusses the advantages and disadvantages. 26:13-27:31: Ed talks about his disappointing “Star Search” audition. 27:31-30:18: Evan talks about when he “made it” in LA, and his proudest moments as a writer. 30:18-:32:02 Evan talks about his family …
This is a quick idea my brother had, so I recorded and animated it in a few days. If you find this worthy, put it on some reddit or something, I’ll appreciate it! To download the song – www.newgrounds.com Video Rating: 4 / 5
James Clewett is nearing the end of physics PhD – but first he must finish writing his thesis and endure a dreaded viva! Go behind the scenes with scientists at www.test-tube.org.uk Video Rating: 4 / 5
Warning: this animation is silly. Improvised with love. Song download – www.newgrounds.com
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Complete video at: fora.tv Bestselling author Amy Tan recalls her childhood efforts at writing, and discusses how certain events in life have influenced her as an author. —– Amy Tan speaks as a part of “Roger Rosenblatt and Friends: On Writing” during the 2008 Chautauqua Institution morning lecture series. Amy Tan is the author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God’s Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter’s Daughter, The Opposite of Fate, and Saving Fish from Drowning. She has also written two children’s books, The Moon Lady and The Chinese Siamese Cat. The latter became a children’s television series for PBS called “Sagwa.” Amy is a member of the literary garage band, The Rock Bottom Remainders, for which she sings the Nancy Sinatra classic, “These Boots Are Made for Walking” to raise money for after-school literacy programs for inner city kids. Tan’s rendition of the pop culture classic can be heard on the CD Stranger than Fiction, which benefits the PEN Writers Fund. Video Rating: 4 / 5
twitter.com – Anyone who writes often will occasionally be hit with writer’s block. It doesn’t matter where you write: it could be a journal, a blog, or even stories and poems. We tend to hit that proverbial wall, and just get stuck. Here are some tips from Amir that can help you get past these times, and keep the words flowing. geeks.pirillo.com – http
Tommy Kail and I, in the basement of the Beacon Theater, writing Neil Patrick Harris’ closing number recapping the 2011 Tony Awards. We totally feel like we’re on the West Wing for real. At some point, Nikki James stops by, fresh from her amazing win for The Book Of Mormon. NPH is awesome. Enjoy!
In this Flash tutorial I show you how to make it look like your text is being written out using keyframes and a few other techniques.
This is part 1 of a 10 hour long high definition tutorial video series on how to write electronic music, from scratch! All aspects are covered…. basic and advanced synthesis… sampling… progression… mixing… everything is explained in depth as I construct a tune while you watch. I talk to you like your sitting next to me, thinking out loud, cracking jokes and moving at the right pace, rather than focusing on boring shit. My goal is to get you producing good music as fast as possible. I’ve been performing electronic music around the world for years, and have much experience in production and the electronic music industry, I’m not just some guy who knows how to use a computer. The rest of this series is available to special members of my personal website, you can check it out here. www.cosm.co.nz Enjoy Video Rating: 4 / 5
