Early Video Attempts

Rather than conducting more research, I got a bit sidetracked by my last post, and have continued looking at the logistics of recording content for the final project.  Now I hadn't planned on recording much anything from WoW, but I found out that major equipment really isn't necessary in order to produce videos.  Here is a quick examples of what I could record using an unregistered (aka unpaid for and therefore limited) version of the program FRAPS:

Steelbolt the Goblin needs to learn how to drive...

Obviously, this is some pretty crappy quality because I am using random free conversion software and my underpowered PC.  But if I wanted to spend some money, and found some simple video editing software, I can add text, and audio that would record over the soundtrack and sound effects.  While I still don't see WoW playing a huge part in the videos that accompany the final project in order to demonstrate aspects of narrativity found in video games, I do hope to utilize the game (and its audience) to crowdsource information.  I am toying with the idea of interviewing Role Playing players through the medium of the game itself, which would require that I would have to role play in the process.  I'd like to see either what players feel they gain by role playing, what aspects of the story made them want to create a character who resides within the game world and its rules, or what benefits RP or game story could bring to an English classroom.