The Magic Web Cam Enter your response A Mega-Prompt Read published entries  Think of a particular time, place, or person that you would like to watch on this time travel machine. Talk about what you would hope to see. Share your thoughts on how such a machine (if there really were such a thing) could change the way we look at history. Would it helpful, in our study of the past. Why, or why not?
Word Bank online; double-take; flashback; editing; ambiance; setting; physical landmarks; freeze; angle; backdrop; rewind; telephoto; image; audio; character; location; identify; biographical; fast-forward; historical context; close-up; contrast; crowd-shot; dialogue; scene transition; fade; focus; wide angle-shot; grotesque; head-on shot; helicopter shot; morph; narrative; pan; point of view; real time; sequence; close-up; zoom-shot Related Mini-Prompts 1. What period of history would you most likely choose for your 30 minute flashback?2. What kind of impact would this kind of technology have on our view of historical events? 3. Is there a particular family member, or event that you would like to rewind and watch again? 4. Would you rather have the option of jumping ahead and watching 30 minutes of the future? What event would you like to see? 5. Is there a mystery or unsolved puzzle that you would like to solve with your magic web cam?
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Editor's Note - Time and space will not allow us to publish all entries. Featured selections may be just a small portion of those submitted. Please use FIRST NAME ONLY, or pen name. Location ID is safe and encouraged, to promote our "Writing Around the World" theme. Featured SelectionsClick below to see writing from other authors on this topic... Back to Dinosaur Land I would like to go back and see the dinosaurs. I would like to see how they all died at once? I wonder if there were dinosaurs all over the world, or if ... Take Me to Ancient Rome If that happened to my friend and me, I would tell my parent what came up. I would pick to look at ancient Rome. I would like to watch a wedding ceremony.... Return from Magic Web Cam to Creative Writing Prompts |
