Script ideas for the video on Memes/Temes and their evolution

So I haven’t quite decided on what I want to do for my video yet.

As my last post suggests, my project has shifted a bit and I am trying to figure out exactly how I want to organize it. I do think that the silent video can be an extremely effective mode of conveying information and I think could be awesome, especially with some of the shots that are out there. The only issue that I might find with the speechless form of the video might be that music selection, images, and written words are much more significant and thus must be more carefully thought out. If I have enough time, I would like to try to do both ways and see which one is most effective. I actually really do enjoy the video editing portion of this project and so (if I have time) would really like to try to play with that… in case you couldn’t tell by my posting of two versions of every project so far.

The basic outline of the argument looks like it should stay the same. The only thing is that I frequently like to let a project take me where it will. I like to do a lot of background research, get a lot of data, multiple songs, and several videos and sound bytes to use for the video and then sit down and try to make a video that flows together well and manages to convey some sort of argument over multiple levels. The song will be integral, but also must mesh with the dialogue of the images, the text, and any spoken word. So, the following list is a potential script/screenplay for a video, but one that most likely will be edited and changed during production.

Opening:
Blank screen – Dan Dennet voice-over “what is a meme?...”
Images – Old memes (perhaps some voice-over or clips from Susan Blackmore’s Ted
Talks) moving forward to new memes like Tay Zonday, Boxxy, Kenny Glen, Anonymous masks, Oprah image, other memes
SUSAN BLACKMORE – “the temes are becoming something different… the temes are forcing our brains to become more like teme machines…”
These are new ways of spreading memes; the internet is used to create flash-memes and memes out of regular people – MICRO CELEBRITY

HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN – track memes as they evolve over the internet
Make Paris analogy – use “Can you hear the people sing?” soundbyte as transition into modern day meme-creation and user generated content.
Twitter, Digg, YouTube, messageboards, forums, etc.
use screen shots, articles, perhaps a talking head if one is found

S. Blackmore – “temes don’t care about us. They’re just information.”
Is this really true? Is there actually a conscience behind temes?
Jonathan Haidt talking head on the collective consciousness
intro to Anonymous – images, clips of “we are everyone, no one, etc.”
-power users on Digg; Anonymous collective action
Anonymous activism; good and bad examples
Kenny Glen – screenshots of website, effects, news reel clips
- he became a meme; he also became a new example of “does anonymity even exist on the internet?” (***Lead in to cryptography part…)