PSA Blog Post #4

Q: Where is your group in the video production process? What needs to be completed? What is working out well? What have been the obstacles?

A: As of right now we are in the process of figuring out dates to reserve a camera. We're thinking after Thanksgiving break will be the best time, but we definitely want to do it as soon as possible. Basically everything still needs to be completed, but we set ourselves up well with our storyboard - we have a nice guideline to follow throughout the production process. Our group is working well together, so basically everything is working out well. The only obstacle we see as of now is the snow, we would have liked to shoot our PSA without the poor weather, but I know we can figure out a way to work around it.

Falling Polar Bears/Effective PSA

I think my group is making somewhat of an effective PSA. I feel like we cover most of the criteria addressed in the link, but I think we might want to reinforce our message a bit more strongly after reading the article. To be effective, it has to have a strong central message, which I believe we have, but reinforcing the idea might help our PSA be more effective.. But this article also talked about tugging at one's heart strings and using drama to create a strong PSA, something our PSA definitely isn't centered around. We like our idea of using a more positive tone than described in the article. Our PSA is going to be effective because it relates to our target audience while delivering an original and unique but also important message - a strong combination that I believe will yield positive results.

PSA Blog Post #3

Q: What has been the most challenging part of the PSA project thus far?

A: Honestly we've had little to no problems through these first weeks of the PSA project. We had no trouble picking a topic, our pitch went very well, and we finished our storyboard a week in advance. The most challenging part for us, I guess, was the drawings for our storyboard - none of us are talented artists. I think our semi-stick figure drawings go hard and still get the job done effectively. Mrs. Hodge gave us the thumbs up to keep our storyboard on the notebook paper instead of the large cardstock sheets provided today for those who hadn't finished yet. I'm still feeling very confident in my group and the success of our superfly PSA.

PSA Blog Post #2

Q: Overall, how did your group's pitch go - reflect and evaluate? Is your message of public/community interest? Who is your target audience and how will your form/style appeal to them?

A: I thought our pitch went really well. We did exactly what we set out to do - we layed out our general idea and main message of our PSA then proceeded to go into further details. Our pitch seemed to be widely accepted by our audience (both students, John and Alex, and Neil and Ms. Hodge), which added to our group's confidence towards our idea. I think our message is of public and community interest, because the class was intrigued and gave a lot of positive feedback and new ideas after hearing our pitch, so it obviously tirggered a fair amount of interest and thought from our audience. Our pitch audience (the majority of it), conveniently, was also our target audience - teenagers. I think our style will definitetly appeal to our target audience, because we think like they think since we are also teenagers. I feel like we will have no issue with that whatsoever.