A power point presentation which tells a little bit about memes and how to make basic ones.

1. How to Make a Basic Meme
AN INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO BY TAYLOR ZACHAR

2. What is a Meme?
 The Definition by Dictionary.com
 a cultural item that is transmitted by repetition in a manner analog
ous 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

3. Memes
There 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

4. 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!!!

5. 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

6. Making Your Own Memes
 First off go to www.mememaker.net/create

7. Making Your Own Memes
 Once you get to the website you will see a list of base pictures you
will want to choose one.

8. 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.

9. Making Your Own Memes
 Once you have chosen your picture you can add captions.

10. Making Your Own Memes
 Once you add caption simply press save and your meme is
complete.

11. Making Your Own Memes
 From there you can recaption your meme or share it to various
social networking sites.