Five Paragraph Cookies or A Day of Literacy?!

For my multimodal assignment I have two main ideas that I am considering. I want to use video to express my ideas, with a combination of other modals.

1. Create a cooking video, similar to the format used by Buzzfeed https://youtu.be/Ywd6fvDyVyQ , Babble, Tip Hero https://youtu.be/_Dirf_QHDCw , Tastemade, Tasty, and more entertainment companies on YouTube, that uses multiple modals (imagery, music, text, placement, etc.) to express my current belief that structured elements of the five-paragraph essay are present in multiple texts and in many individuals writing patterns, while simultaneously expressing how it is essential for students to learn this format and others as well. This would be shown through the use of short shots of making cookies, multiple types of cookies. The base ingredients would include flour, eggs, milk, water, or butter and any additional ingredients would be different. Texts would either be dubbed into the video or placed in the video on a chalkboard and explaining what writing style was being used (e.g., main topic sentence, strong conclusion, standard English, first person, etc.). The video would include a wide shot of dozens of little bowls with various ingredients. It would conclude with a plate of various cookies (all different shapes and sizes) and, as this style of video demands, a cookie split in half and eaten off camera.
2. Create “A Day of Literacy” video, similar in style to the short video by Radiolab called Words https://youtu.be/j0HfwkArpvU , that shows short clips of different forms of literacy I, we, encounter every day. The video would use multiple modals (video, images, text, sound(music and sounds associated with literacies), colors, shapes, numbers, etc.) It would start with a black screen quickly opening up (light eyes) to the sharp sound of an alarm and a cellphone screen, tapping snooze, another loud alarm, turning the alarm off, sheets pulled back, toothpaste tube applying paste, make-up picked up, grabbing backpack, radio in car, speedometer, traffic lights, signs, pressing pedestrian light, hand signal, graffiti, textbook, test, notes, computer, facebook on phone, texting, typing, reading food ingredients and throwing it away, cooking instructions, hiking path posts, reading a book in Upper Bidwell Park, sunset, motorcycle dash with honking horns, Diet Coke drink, tv (hulu, netflix), shower knob, setting alarm, covers pulled back, lights out. The idea of literacy throughout your day in enticing to me. In today’s modern world you start and end your day with a form of literacy, whether it is reading a book or turning off your alarm that sings an annoying chime. This relates back to our classroom discussions about multimodals, specifically how multiple types blend together to attract and tell a story, direction, idea, or thought.

 

I am leaning towards doing the second idea because it seems more cost effective. Making delicious cookies would be amazing, but expensive. So what do you think? Does anyone have any suggestions on how to improve upon these ideas, or maybe something else entirely?