#blabberize

This video was surprisingly easy to make, if a bit time consuming. This video was rendered using blabberize, With this site, you upload an image, draw a mouth shape over the part of the picture you would like to move as the mouth of the object (including setting how far the mouth opens), and then adding an audio clip that is no longer than 30 seconds. This audio clip can be from a song, movie, or recorded by the creator using a microphone. For this video, I downloaded the audio clip you hear above, then used iTunes to make it an mp3 and create a series of clips short enough to put into the program. For this one, it was at least 6, which meant that each time a different person spoke or I had to reupload my image, redo the mouths, and add the audio. (It was totally worth it.) After I had all of my blabbers made, I downloaded them and put them together in Windows movie maker, and saved them as the video you see above. 

I must say, this was a lot of fun to do, and I think, like Don Gato y Señor Perro this is something I can see myself creating a character for use in the classroom to provide examples and give students a laugh or two. This is also something that is easy enough to use that I would be okay with my students making a few blabbers for class projects or to spice up their own presentations.