Month: May 2014

Grab your smart phone and make your own “We Are Happy From…” video.

Team up with a group of friends, classmates, teammates … and work on your “lip dub.”

 

(name it Pharrell Williams – Happy – We Are from [name of the city])

 

Read about Pharrell Williams at wikipedia.

Read about youth who cannot create and share such a video.

 

Watch, but not all of it at once, a 24 hour version of Happy, http://24hoursofhappy.com

 

Put your town on the map: http://wearehappyfrom.com/map

 

Tools:

Google Drive

WeVideo and WeVideo Help

iPhone WeVideo App

 

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• fate vs free choice
• a secret reason
• a quiet sacrifice
• betrayal of an old relative
• flirting with a stranger
• flirting with an old friend
• predator vs prey
• a symbolic object
• jealousy
• second language words or phrases
• specialty jargon
• animal captivity
• symbol of good
• symbol of evil
• annoy your brother
• regret a decision
• choose safety over risk
• something mythologically familiar
• a song without words
• a song with words
• a passage from scripture
• describe a colour
• focus on hands somewhere
• current piece of technology
• a current event in the news
• some natural phenomenon with infinite details
• notice dirt, mud, dust, rust or decay in some small way
• refer to a classic book by name
• have a character cut something with scissors or a knife
• have a character write something on a sticky-note
• quit something
• cuss but don’t write the word
• flashback
• whiffle ball accidents
• two faced
• dream with a shadow in it
• eat healthy at a fast food restaurant
• loss of your own soul
• a falling object
• focus on a facial expression
• loss of a significant other
• betrayal of another
• poison from a secret
• chaos from order
• have a character say “Huh?” and really mean it.
• smile fiercely
• smile falsely

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