青少年主動創作的線上作品可作為課堂製作作品與討論的範本，筆者將介紹 YouTube 的電影極短篇，即為將標準長度的專業電影縮減成僅幾分鐘的短片。這些電影極短篇的拍攝內容十分豐富，包括真人翻拍或使用玩偶、樂高積木、玩具或動畫製作，而且經常只保留最重要的部分，留下最關鍵的幾個場景。此外，他們以創意十足的低科技、低成本解決方案，取代了高科技製作或數百萬美元的特效。筆者將以三個極短篇作品來說明實習藝術教師使用這種拍片模式的過程。在這些案例中，學生們投入相當多的心力來規劃與籌備，學習與使用各種視覺與技術手法，同時展現轉譯不同文化形式時所需的創造力。學生不僅因為強烈情感共鳴而樂於再造文化形式，同時也學習到批判思考及欣賞當代主流文化形式所需的基本知識；這些主流文化形式基本上是以時間為基礎的寫實敘事影像。

Believing that youth’s unsolicited on-line productions offer models for in-class production and reflection, the author describes the YouTube genre of movies-in-minutes, which contract full-length, professional movies to just a few minutes. The films variously involve life action reenactments, or the use of puppets, Lego, toys, or animation, and usually they eliminate all but what is essential to chronicle a few key scenes of the original. Additionally, they overcome the challenge posed by the use of high technology, multi-million-dollar special effects with inventive low technology, low cost solutions. The author describes his use of this model among his pre-service art teachers with three examples. Each exemplifies students engaging in considerable planning and organization; student learning and reliance on a complex range of visual and technical skills; and the creativity inherent in translating one cultural form into another. While highly motivated by recreating cultural forms with strong emotional resonance, students acquired knowledge that is basic to reflect critically upon, as well as fully appreciate, the dominant cultural forms of our time; namely, realistic style, time-based narrative imagery.