How to Make a Basic MemeAN INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO BY TAYLOR ZACHAR

What is a Meme? The Definition by Dictionary.com

a cultural item that is transmitted by repetition in a manner analogous to the biological transmission of genes.

My Definition An image, video, or text which is spread quickly through the

internet and is shown in many variations

A meme made by Sam Coy

MemesThere are a variety of different memes. There are what I call

“picture and text memes” which are pretty much exactly what they sound like: pictures with humorous texts go with them. These are the memes we will focus on in this presentation.

Photo by CarlNERV via flickr. BY-NC-SA

Making Your Own Memes First off you could try and make your own memes right from

scratch. Situational memes such as cat breading, Tebowing, Faith-Hilling, etc.

are very easy to recreate on your own with just a camera and a friend to hold it…. P.S. watch out for trains!!!

Making Your Own Memes

There are other ways however to make your own memes On the web there tons of different websites which allow you to

make your own memes http://www.mememaker.net/create

http://makeameme.org/

http://builder.cheezburger.com/builder/

And many many more

Today we will focus on: http://www.mememaker.net/create

Making Your Own Memes

First off go to www.mememaker.net/create

Making Your Own Memes Once you get to the website you will see a list of base pictures

you will want to choose one.

Making Your Own Memes There are many pictures to choose from for my example I picked

the “one does not simply” or Boromir meme as my base template.

Making Your Own Memes

Once you have chosen your picture you can add captions.

Making Your Own Memes

Once you add caption simply press save and your meme is complete.

Making Your Own Memes From there you can recaption your meme or share it to various

social networking sites.