Play and Respond: Xtranormal

For this unit's play and respond, I chose to look at Xtranormal. I would first like to say that I think it is one of the most creative and user friendly tools I have ever encountered. As I played around with the program and developed a simple scene, I realized that there were tons of cool things that can be done to make not only a successful cartoon version of my story, but also a very unique presentable one.

I think that Xtranormal could be a good tool for my particular story. I could use it to almost recreate part of my anecdote, which is my arguments with other people about the homeless. Or I can use it to make dialogue thatt correct myths about the homeless.

My entire reason for doing the topic of my story has to do with my discussions with certain ignorant friends of mine and recreating this through animation would help to prove the points that I proved in my particular discussions.

Xtranormal's strengths would have to be that it is extremely user-friendly. It takes almost no time to gain expertise on the program. The program also allows you to make your animations pretty customizable and unique through camera angles, sound effects and settings.

The only drawback to doing my particular story with this tool would have to be the sound of the voices. They are very monotone. I know this sounds like nitpicking, but I think my story is driven by emotion and the sound of the voices makes the dialogue seem somewhat impersonal and awkward.

That said, I think that Xtranormal could still be useful in telling my story, but I would definitely like to hear some of my classmates feedback on other tools.