This week’s readings were dedicated to the use of video production in the classroom.  While I have never experienced firsthand making a video production for an assignment it class, I have had a second hand experience.  Last year my brother and his friends took on the task of producing a final scene in of Macbeth by incorporating the theme of Star Wars into it.  To do this they cast Macbeth as a Sith lord and Macduff, Young Siward, and Ross as Jedi knights.  I remembered watching in amusement because I’m a huge fan of both Shakespeare’s Macbeth and George Lucas’s Star Wars and had never dreamed that something like this could be done.  I watched as they planned out screen combat moves, introduced props, backgrounds, and music.  Afterwards they discussed characters tones, facial expressions, wardrobe, and camera angles.  At the time I had thought that it was just a fun project that really little thought had gone into.  They had made most of the dictions on the fly and seemed to be having a really good time with it.  Now that were learning about video productions I’m starting to learn just how wrong I was.  So many little things can change how a film in received by an audience.  There was a reason that they made the character Macbeth wear black, just like there were reasons for a hundred other little things they did the way they did.  I’m really looking forward to one day having my own classroom and seeing just what can all be done with video production in the classroom.