Produce a VHS video presentation on the sociological term required, which happened to be digital piracy. It could be no longer than 10-15 minutes, had to keep the viewer's attention, and had to be somewhat professional looking.

Data was collected, possible ideas for slides were thrown around, possible issues were went over and defeated, general skeleton work began on figuring out what needed to be done, covered, and the background work was completed.

Each of these handsome fellows' features were captured via digital camera. These images shown are merely thumbnails of the much larger files used.

Next, a clipart image was selected. It was resized to fit the needed aspect size. Again, all images shown on these example pages are much smaller versions of actually large files. If we had used these small pictures, little or no actual detail would have been possible. The result would appear grainy, or brick-like.

After this, the individual shots of each person whom wished to be included in the video were cropped out. Their heads were the only needed items, so everything was extra fluff if you will. These disembodied heads were then merged with the first layer (the clipart image used) at the proper locations.

More clipart selections were then made to match the material being covered at different points of the video. The data consisted of factoids, general statements, history about the topic.

After the still backgrounds were prepared, suitable text was inserted in front of it in the video editor. Along with this, audio was created of the content being read. It was found that the video flowed better with vocal accompanyment. The text backdrop was left available for anyone whom wished to read it.

The previous stills were used prior to the ending credits of the video. The cycle was repeated a few times while music played in the background, eventually fading out to the credits. Each still was made using the same set of altered clipart graphics, mixed with the heads from before. The detail was not as important as the content of facts throughout the video, and a cartoon look worked well for this project. The final video measured in at around 16 minutes, and was quite well received.

This video was used in a college classroom setting to generally get the main points of the group made. It was not overdone, nor was a video required for the assignment, however it was as mentioned, well received. Creating stills, adding small video files which fit the topic, and even including music seems to work well for this type of project. Any type of topic is open for such a similar project, so long as some general information, reference notes, or facts are available.