Website - Investigation

 Our topic to cover is teen bullycide which is when teens are bullied to the point where they commit suicide. Currently bullycide occupies the third leading cause of death in American teens. Its more than just a problem, its becoming an epidemic that could be stopped or halted. This is a current issue where we as Americans need to focus on. 
 We got most of our information from suicide lines, or websites. Some websites we also smaller non funded organizations. They we started by parents of kids who have suffered from teen bullycide. The information we tried to verify it with other sources so we could back up our information.
 To evaluate our PSA and the specifications needed we will create a design in which we organize all the information.

DGA - Public Service Announcement - Evaluate

 Our PSA was a success because our video demonstrated a clear understanding of what we were trying to get across. It also got to the viewers emotions which is what our initial goal was in order to convey our message. For this project we received as a group a 97. 
 For the investigation cycle I helped provide information about bullycide. This helped my team have a view of what we wanted to present to our viewers. In the Design cycle I provided a clear view of my "vision" for the clip with my team mates ideas and thoughts. After the design was chosen we began to plan out our PSA and get all the materials we needed to create our product. After we had everything we began to create our project and film it in school. I directed the video while Christine was the producer and Bryan, Andrea and Ruby were actors. Christine put together the whole PSA with our ideas in mined and suggestions. When our viewers viewed the PSA they evaluated out PSA.
 Through this I learned a great deal about bullycide and we also helped teach others about the awareness of people who are bullied in school. This may help create awareness on the student population of what their actions can create. 

DGA - Public Service Announcement - Create

 In order to create our PSA we had to use a video camera and iMovie as our equipment. We also used our actors (team members). Bryan was our lead actor he was the victim and David was the Bully. Andrea and Ruby also did smaller actor rolls in bullying. We had to use actor techniques and with my vision on how i was directing the film we created our PSA.
 We wanted the video to be where the victim was bullied until he committed suicide. Some modifications we made to the PSA were the hanging scene. We were initially going to shoot the film in front of the freshman building but w ended up doing it at the playground. This gave it more significance because it showed his childhood coming to an end.
 We used iMovie to complete our PSA in order to create our finished product. This made the video a lot more professional because we were able to hide the voices in the ending and put the song. We were also able to use the focusing on the camera so it looked more professional.