EDLD+5363+GROUP+PROJECT

 Hi,

Not too great at organizing, but thought we should have a central place to leave messages. I am always open for suggestions!

So, I am thinking we need to set some agendas and deadlines - like we did in the last class when we made the wikis. The only time that i am not availabe is from 7 - 10:30 in the morning, MTWR. How about we try and have an agenda or some sort of notes typed up on here by Wednesday at 8 p.m.? Jackie  1. As a group, select an issue to address in your PSA. Consider topics that impact your school, your community, and you personally. Add a bullet with your topic **__suggestion__** (keep in mind we need to keep this under a minute)*cindy* *High school drop out rate/statistics vicky, is this something that is already in place? I can't imagine my daughters sitting in a booster seat when they were 8...very interesting! (jackie)  I can't imagine that either Jackie :) My daughter hardly made it to 5. Jen It is new, I am not sure if its a law yet, but have heard many advertisements about it. It might be kind of fun to do something with kids asking protecting them or whatever. (vicky) Are we going with the booster seat idea? Jen BTW- I have a VERY dramatic 5 year old, and access to all of the shooting equipment and crazy editing software we could need. I am not sure how it will all work out with us being in different places, but just wanted yall to know. My husband is a broadcast engineer, and works in the video industry. I can probably get a professional voice over done too if we want it? Just throwing it out there!!! We have the opportunity to make this look REALLY good :) (Vicky) That sounds great! Do you live in San Antonio? Jen Vicky - all that equipment sounds great - I am not really sure how all of this will work out either...I think we are supposed to take on specific duties, I copied this from week 1 slides: You’ll brainstorm together online to find an original topic as you create your project proposal. You’ll also need to determine roles and responsibilities: Which team member loves to write? Who will create the storyboard? I can do the storyboard if needed- Jen  Who will shoot the video? Vicky, do you live in San Antonio so we could help you with shooting the video? I am worried that you will be stuck with too much. Jen Who wants to edit it? Who will publish it on TeacherTube.com, YouTube.com, Google Videos, orFlickr? To me it sounds like whoever decides to video would do it wherever they are after the others get all of the information together and then someone would take the video and edit it. (jackie) Yeah, I am not sure how we'll get it all together, but I suppose we'll figure it all out as we go. I am not super creative, but am great at editing and pretty good at shooting. I am willing to do whatever. (vicky)  Ok, I have a basic idea in my head that might be kind of cute, and pretty easy to pull off. Let me know what yall think (of course this is totally in my head, I am horrible about finishing everything early). Voiceover: This is Sullivan, he is a five and a half year old superhero. Screen shot of Sullivan dressed as batman, he says "Today I will save the world from monsters" Screen shot of Sullivan dressed as LarryBoy, he says "Today I will save the world from villains" Screen shot of Sullivan dressed as Indiana Jones, he says "Today I will save the world from bad guys." Screen shot of Sullivan in his booster seat in the car- Voice over- "This is Sullivan on his way to save the world- even super heroes ride in booster seats until they are 8.  We may need to use some generic superhero costumes if we go with this idea so we don't have to worry about copyright. Otherwise I like it. Jen then some graphic about the new law, website where to get more info, etc.
 * Brainstorm the aspects of the issue you plan to cover, and identify the people you might interview for it. **
 * new booster seat law- stay in seat until 8 (vicky)
 * no talking on cell phone while driving (vicky)
 * There was a really good campaign in Houston a while back with a little kid in a super hero cape, and the billboards read something like, even super hero's need protecting, keep them in booster seats until they are (whatever the requirement was then), it was pretty effective, and lasting - its prob been five years since I saw it.
 * [] Just found this, apparently it is a law now. Might be a good direction to go in?
 * message to high school kids - keep these things in mind - don't multi-task while driving - don't drive tired - know where you are going (jackie) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(0,255,0);">This is where Jackie and I were originally going, and have 2 driving instructors we could interview and 3 teens willing to be actors (2 are part of Circle Arts Theater), if we decide to go with this.Jen

We could have some super hero sounding music in the background (like superman type stuff).

What do yall think?

Vicky

Here's a website that talks about the superhero campaign that you mentioned: [] (jackie)

<span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #ff0000;">Great ideas! I like the Sullivan superhero thing. How hard would it be to shoot this with an actual child as the superhero but a photo shopped background in some parts. I think that looks child friendly and it looks cool. I'm new to all this screen shot and writing stuff =)....here's what I pictured.. Sullivan is playing in his room dressed normal. You see a mom's hand flash his light switch on and off. (some sort of signal). He says "Sullivan To The Rescue" (some superhero saying). The door closes,(we could possibly photo shop this part) Sullivan comes running out dressed as a Super hero(his outfit could possibly be photo shopped), runs to the garage/driveway, I'm picturing a mini-van with one of those electronic doors, they open, he jumps in his booster seat, buckles in, and says "Saftey First" ...something like that, the doors of any car could just be opened and his mom could close them. We could have the superhero music. I like the idea that he thinks he's a superhero the whole time, but his mom is the one protecting him.. Like "Mom protect your superheros"...(cindy)

Everything sounds good - I am definitely easy! Do we want to focus on this idea then? Vicky is Sullivan your son? And where do you live? It sounds like if we are going to use your son, depending on where you live, you will pretty much have to do the videoing. Then someone else could edit it? I know you said that you have all of that great equipment - I just don't want you to feel like you are doing all of the work. What do you think? I wouldn't mind taking the ideas and coming up with the specific shot list and storyboard - (jackie)

I think that idea sounds great!!! Yeah, I have a son Sullivan, but we don't have to use him- its up to yall. I don't mind doing anything, I told yall I am horrible at being creative!!! I am all about shooting what you tell me to shoot and/or editing what you tell me to edit. I thought of more ideas last night (anti hazing and anti cyber bullying), but at this point, it seems like it might be wise to get an idea and run with it. What do yall think? (Vicky)

Cyndy- are you talking about like putting him in front of a green screen and then sticking a different background on it? Definitely doable. Also, my son Sullivan has every super hero costume you could imagine (its how I got the idea, he dresses as a different one every day- in public for the WHOLE day- yeah). Anyway, also, I love the idea of running out to the car (and I happen to have a minivan with a remote door like you mentioned). (Vicky) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(0,255,0);">That would be really cute! We could use jungle, castles, etc. Jen <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #ff0000;">I actually have no idea how to film (like in front of a green screen, etc) I just thought it would be cool to include some photo shop stuff in certain parts. I have lots of ideas, I just am not very good with coming up with specific shot lists and storyboards. So if you want to do that Jackie, that'd be cool to work off of. I don't mind helping you either. Maybe then Vicky could film it and I could help edit it. In the end, Vicky can do the main editing with her equipment if she wants. I can also post it on the different web sites mentioned in the assignment. My husband thought I was being too specific with the "electronic mini-van" thing, I'm so excited you have one!!! I also thought maybe in the opening shot Sullivan is asleep and the mom turns his light on and that kicks him into gear. I just thought it might be easier to film?.. Anyway I think this has great potential! (Cindy)

Sounding better all the time. We'll need graphics created and voiceovers and music and possibly sound effects, so I am sure there will be plenty for everyone to do. Do we want to move forward with this idea and get a more concrete idea of exactly what we want so that we can start the script outline, narration script, shot list and copyright info? I don't really think there will be any copyright info, I mean, we can create everything we want KWIM? Anyway, if we want to move forward, we can start working on the assignment. What does everyone think? (Vicky)

Everything sounds good to me. I pretty much have zero experience other than what we have done in this class. lol! - I thought KWIM was some kind of a program and then I re-read it and realized what you meant! Yes, I am a dork! I am going to add another page to the wiki - we can start writing ideas into some sort of a shot order (see #2 and 3 below) and then I can work with Jennifer to come up with the storyboard - she has access to a really cool program specifically for storyboards. Does that sound okay? (Jackie) <span style="color: rgb(0,255,0);">Sounds good to me, let's move forward. Jen Sounds great to me- Vicky Love it- Cindy THINGS TO DO FOR WEEK 3 (according to the assignment page): 1. project proposal 2. script outline and narration script 3. shot list 4. copyright information