Project 2 - Scenes

1) The actor is going to have his eyes closed with a close up shot.

2) The camera is going to zoom out to where its a full shot of him sitting in the locker room right next to his locker.

3) Then he is going to start talking by saying, "So you want to come to IUSB and play basketball here? Let me tell you what it takes because I have been there and done my time."

4) Different camera angle to where he starts talking into the camera while getting ready for a workout of his own.

5) He is first going to start off by saying, "My name is Steven Heatherly and my 4 years of playing basketball was up on February 22, 2013.  That is a special date for me as a senior.  On that day, if we won our final basketball game then we would have gone to the National Tournament in Branson, Missouri, which IUSB has never done in school history."  (Camera shot of him putting on his ankle braces and tying them up).

----First, talk about being a student-athlete and how much dedication it takes and how many hours you have to put into studying outside of the classroom while putting in time for practice, games, weights, individual workouts, and other things.  (It's like a job)

6) "There is one thing I am going to say that I have learned in my 4 years of playing college basketball, and that is dedication."  -There is going to be a (b-roll) shot of someone working on his ball handling skills.  While this b-roll is going on, the actor will be talking about the dedication that IUSB basketball players have in order to be apart of the team.

Ball Handling Example

7) Ill have the camera back on the actor while he is getting his shoes and jersey on.

8) The next b-roll will be on someone lifting weights.  (Talk about how staying in shape is very important and how your core is the most important part of your body that needs to be strong.)

9) Then, put the camera back on the actor and have him start walking out of the locker room and then look back at the camera and ask into the camera, "Do you have what it takes? If so, then proceed to fill out the Recruit Me form."

10) Have him walking out into the gym and start doing a shooting workout where the (shooting gun machine) is set up to where he is shooting the ball and putting his own time into getting better.

Storyboard:

Recruiting Facts - Research

Getting recruited as a high school athlete is very tough to do, I would know.  My two brothers and I all went to college while playing basketball and let us tell you, it wasn't easy at all.

- "According to the National Federation of High School Athletics, there are more than 15.2 million high school athletes.  There are only 2,200 colleges with athletic programs..."

- "Less than .08% of all high school athletes will have the opportunity to play at an NCAA Division I blue chip, major college program.  That's a lot of adjectives to describe the top of the mountain in college athletics.  Less than 1% of high school athletes will compete at the NCAA Division I level!"

AthleticQuest.Net

"Recruit Me" - Project 2

Do you want to be recruited by a certain basketball team or sports team?  Usually on their websites, they will have a form for people to fill out which will then send that form to the head coach. People can see it has sending their resume into a job and then the manager having to look it over to see whether they qualify for the job or not.  In that sense, that is what is on Indiana University South Bend's basketball website for a recruit to fill out if they want to attend on this University. For my video project, I am going to make a video for when a recruit pushes the "Recruit Me" button, then a video clip will pull up and it's going be of basketball players giving reasons why they should want to come to IUSB and play basketball.  Also, I am going to be asking the recruit at the end of the video and ask him, "Do you have what it takes?  If so, then bring it!"

Below is the IUSB website for athletic sports.  Scroll down and you will notice the "Recruit Me" button for recruits to fill out.

http://www.iusbtitans.com/

Anti-Bullying PSA Preview

Shane just getting home from school.

Upset about something.

Viewers now see his black eye.

He carries a knife in his backpack.  Therefore the audience can now see that there is something serious going on here.  

Mirror shot.

Erasing the mirror that had hurtful words on it.

Writes down positive words to send a message to the audience that, no matter what, he is going to think positive messages instead of seeing himself from what the bullies think of him.   

Video - Still need to put audio in and voice-over. 

PSA VIDEO DRAFT

Dreams Come True

Project 2:

We all dream. We sometimes remember dreams. We sometimes forget dreams. Do dreams come true? Are they real? Ever have deja vu because of one of your dreams? 

(More to come)

Bullying Statistics Research

BullyingStatistics

Throughout this website that is dedicated to the research of bullying statistics, I found many interesting facts that I thought would be interesting to read more about.

1) When people think about bullying, I think you would agree with me that people mainly think about kids in school being bullied.  The stereotypical kid who is being bullied is most likely a nerd or someone who isn't a jock.  But, there are many different types of bullies.  You don't have to be a kid to be bullied.  There are child bullying, adult bullying, teenagers, teachers, and one other interesting thing I thought about while people were critiquing my video was that athletes could be bullied also by their parents.

2) With regards to my PSA video and my research on bullying and suicides, I found on this website (see above "BullyingStatistics") that "Bully victims are between 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims, according to studies by Yale University."  My PSA video, it shows that this male is contemplating about suicide because it is very common in victims to where those thoughts go through their minds sadly.

3) Ever had to stand in a corner in school because your teacher told you so?  Research have now shown that teachers may also fall under the category of bullying and they didn't even know it.  But, not only could they be bullies, they also can be found as a victim which is crazy to think about.  The research says that "Vandalism, such as keying cars and causing flat tires, and theft of teachers' property, as well as verbal abuse are other ways in which students abuse teachers."  In past years, people probably didn't think much of it but nowadays, anything can be considered news and if it gets out to the public then it causes discussion which is what I can see nowadays because teachers can easily tell their stories to the media if they are being bullied.

Anti-Bullying PSA Revise

After watching the Anti-Bullying video and critiquing it in class, I've decided to do a few changes in order to make the video better.  For one, I am going to switch out the actor and have it be someone smaller than who I used in the video and also I am going to have him dressed up in a way where it would seem as if he has been bullied at his school.  I'm going to have him dress up in a nerd looking outfit and I'm still going to have him use make up for a black eye.

For the camera, I am going to give more light to each scene so that the viewers can identify with the actor more fluently to where they can see him.  Also, everything will be done on a tripod which will make everything look a lot nicer.  I am going to keep the background music and also the scene selection because I feel like it sets the mood of inside his own house where he does all of the thinking at.  Lastly, I am going to use a voice over throughout the video to give the viewers a voice instead of just background music.  The beginning and middle stages are going to stay the same but the ending of the video I am going to switch up by adding a scene or 2 to where it gives a more positive message to the audience.

Anti-Bullying PSA

For project 1, I wanted to make an Anti-Bullying commercial which could help possibly get me into the commercial advertising business.

I wanted to show different scenes to where the actor is looking as if he has gotten beaten up in his past.  He currently has a black eye which was done with make up.  During this video, I added a few facts about bullying and why it is important for us to pay more attention to bullying in schools.

I am not done with the video.  There are a few things that I would like to add to it.  Maybe do some voice over sounds and also re-shoot the video to where all of it is on a tri-pod instead of just some parts of it.