Blog Entry #4

I think that my group is a little behind in the video process. I know that a lot of other groups also haven't began filming, but I am mostly concerned for my own group. We haven't filmed any material yet. We had one day set up but that fell through. We have a whole PSA to make, including filming and editing, to complete in a little over 20 days. My group knows when we want to film though and are motivated to do so which is good, it just hasn't happened yet. I think our strength is the fact that we are motivated to make this PSA and are all interested in presenting our topic really well. The obstacles are getting everyone together at the same time by fitting our schedules together and where to begin. We need to organize what to shoot first, not just go in order of the storyboard since that changes so fast.

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Three points stuck out to me from this article. One was that you have to get the audience into physical action, not just have them be more aware of your topic. Another was that your message should still be able to be conveyed if the t.v. is muted. The last point that stayed with me is to pull at the audiences heartstrings. I believe that my group has thought of these three things when creating our PSA. We have a strong message that Adderoll is only for people with ADHD. It is a prescribed drug and shouldn't be passed around from student to student. Also if the t.v. was muted I think that our message would still get across. We have a story going on throughout our PSA and hardly have any audio going on. Our PSA depends on visuals so we have this idea covered. We also pull at the heartstrings by the PSA being about a student, a lifestyle that our target audience can relate to. I may want to think more about the walking the fine line rule. We may be going too far by showing the girl pass out in the end of the PSA. That may be unlikely and push our topic too far. I will discuss this with my group. I believe that my groups PSA will be very effective because we put a lot of thought into our topic, and are showing the effects which will leave an impact on our audience.

Blog Entry #3

For me, the most challenging part has been having everyone in our group agree on what should be done in our PSA. We all have so many ideas to put forward, but we can't include them all otherwise the PSA would be too long. It's hard to say yes to someone's idea and then no to another's because they are your friends. I want to make everyone happy, but when working in a group I feel that it is almost impossible to do that. We are doing really well it's just something that I have noticed. When one of us brings up an idea and it is shot down it is hard to witness. Also if we experience this ourselves.