movie making and writing

So far in this movie making process I have seen many similarities between writing and making the movie. The first of which, is brainstorming. Before I begin an essay I always brainstorm possible ideas, make lists and see how much information I have on the subject and what connections I can make. This was exactly what happened when my group was deciding on an idea for our movie. We went through several different topics before choosing and we elimated topics based on a lack of ideas we had to actually make the movie. Like examples to show and how easy the point was to get across. Once we had the idea it was obvious that the creativity within the group took over. This is also true of writing. When writing academically there is always certain information htat must be included and only one form that is suitable. We were fortunate to have the option to instill our creativity and humor into the movie, but I think that this idea compares to the voice the writer tries to create when writing. Even if you are writing a formal piece you still want your voice to be heard. It was also very similar to writing since we had an introduction, body and conclusion. There is form and procedure to a film just like an essay. I very much agree with Anderson and his idea of intergrating low bridge technologies into the classroom, although I really didn't understand the concept of "technical determinism" to see the danger in too much exposure. I agree that "technonogies can facilitate a sense of creativity that can lead to motivation (44)." Mainly because I am very excited to see the completion on the movie and have the chance to write about it. It really did involve crteativity and got me to think about the possibilities of "writing" outside of an essay. I also agree that the computer is more engaging than a piece of paper to write on, but I don't think that it should be taught as being more beneficial as students. Technonlgy should be the stimilus to the writing, just like how our movie making stirred the thoughts in our heads and now we need to collect them and put them on paper.