Men on a Mission....

We were two men on a mission. We had set our course and it looked to be headed to complete disaster. The goal: make an adaptation project for Intro to Lit. The result: one Grits music video. *Insert climactic yet foreboding theme music*

We spent a lot of time debating our projects. Normally we are supposed to do individual projects, but when the bright idea of doing a Grits music video came to my mind, we couldn't resist asking if a "group" project could be turned in. Obviously she said yes.

Okay, background:
At first it was a sort of joke. We weren't really that serious about doing a music video. We knew we could do the acting in the video. We knew we could memorize the song. What we weren't sure we could do would be secure a camera and edit the video properly. That is where my friend Korey came in. He not only had an HD camera, but he also had incredibly high end video editing software which he used to regularly edit and create promo videos.

Now, in this Intro to Literature class we were to study literature, obviously. But...the class took a turn I didn't expected. Little did I know I would spend the next four months in Literature hell. Not so much because of the class; I could complete the class. It was the professor. I could make an entirely new blog much longer than this about the things wrong with the professor of that class. I'm not going to go into it here. Just know she drove all of us nuts.

Part of what is now considered literature is the category of music videos. They tell a story so they are considered literature. Fair enough. So part of our final project, which was either a traditional research paper about an already created adaptation (i.e. Lord of the Rings) or to create our own adaptation (i.e. making a poem into a comic book graphic novel.

So, as you already know, we made a music video. And here is the part where I stop talking about it and just show you the final project. I'll show you the video Grits made first and then our version of the song. Enjoy...or don't enjoy, whichever the case may be.

The Grits video:


And now our version:


There you go. And, as I got out of the habit of providing a quote for the end of my blog, there you go.

"The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on."
- Robert Bloch

Until next time....