Hey, all.
I've been thinking about it for a year or more and I've decided to make a video about Prometheus, kind of in the style of Rob Ager's videos on Collative Learning (not the typical vlog review, in other words, but an essay in motion). I love this movie, but I can't totally wrap my head around it, and I think if I make a video putting everything together, I can finally move on. Besides, it's going to be a long winter and I need a project.
First, I need a bit of help. I'm just going to use iMovie for this, since it's just images and text.
Can anyone recommend me a good piece of software (hopefully freeware -- I'm broke) to rip my Prometheus DVD? (I have the region one 4-disc blu-ray, so if I understand the laws correctly I'm within my rights to do this as a fan video.)
Could anyone offer me some advice on how to proceed? I'll probably rip the movie onto an external harddrive. I'd also like to use scenes from Alien, Blade Runner, 2001: A Space Odyssey and a couple of other movies (all of which I have copies of). I've managed to find some of the scenes I want on YouTube, and they are accessible with YouTubeDownloader, but there are lots of little bits that I need from throughout the film and I'm about ready to give up and using stills instead of video unless I can find a cheap way to rip this DVD. I'm a total newbie at this, as you can probably tell.
I'm in the process of writing it at the moment. I want to strike a balance between offering the most coherent explanation of the film while also not plagiarizing anyone. I have a specific theme in the film I want to focus on, my responses to some of the criticism will be included, and I'm considering making an effort to create a comprehensive explanation of the film based on the theory that Prometheus is a retelling of the Cthulhu mythos (as per Dan O'Bannon's insistance that Alien was based on Lovecraft and that the xenomorphs are shoggoths, etc).
What do you all think? Any advice?