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evaluate the PSA project unit--what did you learn? what helped you to learn? What was the most challenging aspects of the unit? How could the unit be improved

My group's PSA was a very good topic I thought. And the final version of our PSA  was great but it didn't turn out the way we thought it would. We thought our message  would be clear and that everything would be so easy. We thought it would be a breeze to  make this PSA but we found that to be untrue.           Stacy had alot of crazy ideas that Joe and I didn't agree with most of the time and  Stacy didn't like that one bit. He would always be focused on how to make things funny in  our PSA process when Joe and I were telling him we need to focus on the task at hand  and if we have spare time then we can work on stuff like that rather than doing things his  way. We found ourselves arguing every minute because I didn't agree with the way things  should be done in the process of making this PSA. I found Stacy to not be focused in the  pre-process and editing process of the PSA, in fact Stacy didn't help out at all with the  editing process.           Also, we found out that our times didn't workout with each others. I had a ski trip  one weekend, Joe was out of town for a week and a half (making it impossible to work  with Stacy), all three of us have jobs and different work schedules. But we did our best  with our limited amount of time working with each other.           By watching peoples reactions, I concluded that our PSA was good but could have been better. They thought that our PSA was strong but it could have been stronger and  that would have carried our key message across more, although they say our key message got the point across. Making a good PSA requires a lot of thinking and filming  and editing. We thought a ton about our PSA but as I said in the above paragraph we just  didn't have enough time to complete our idea. We were under a time crunch but we still  finished it with the same message getting across to our viewers - which was our goal. Our other goal was to try to change the way the South High community is with ordering  food. But it has not been viewed yet by the community as a whole.           Overall I have learned a lot. Next time I have a project I will not be working with someone who doesn't work well with the group. It just makes the process so much longer  and when two strong willed people have different views thing just tend to not work. Other  than this I have learned different filming techniques and I kinda figured out how to edit! I think  that this unit was great and nothing should be changed! Through the ups and the downs our  PSA was finished.

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Overall, do you think your PSA is effective? Why or why not?

Well at this point no not really because we are sending the wrong message. We need to to revise our key message and shorten our PSA.

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Are you content with your group's PSA? Why or Why not?


Yes, i am content with my group's PSA. I like it cuz i am an environmentally cautious person and i want people to change thier ways for the future of our world.

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Our PSA easily connects with the south high community and we show how easily we can make a change. We need to work on showing more emotion and using better camera angles. Considering most of the south high communtiy has had Pineda Tacos, we can easily relate to them and show them how easily you can make a difference.

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

The most challenging part of the PSA project so far has been trying to agree as a group as to what we are going to do in our PSA's and ideas and such. My group and i tend to argue about how we are going to get things done and it doesnt help us at all it just hurts us.

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1. Overall how did your groups pitch go...reflect and evaluate?

I believe that the audience got a good feel for about how our psa is going to be and we got some great feedback and we are considering a few changes in our psa.

2. Is your message of public/community interest?

Yes, the south high community is very environmental and if we get the message out the public will see what they can do to decrease on the amount of packaging material they get from restaurants and such.

3. Who is your target audience and how will your form/style appeal to them?

Our target audience is the south high community as a whole (and people in general). We will present our point to them by showing how much trash is being made by one person alone.

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1. What is the role of public service announcements in our media culture?

To make people aware of social issues in the real world.

2. What are some topics your group thought of for your PSA?

We thought of awareness of over packaging and distractions in school.

3.What is your groups plan for your PSA?

To display how much waste people use and to try to reduce how much they use.

4.What role did you play is creating the plan?

I helped come up with the idea and threw in ideas as to how we are gonna attack the filming and process of this PSA.

Blog post #2

Advertisements and media campaigns are effective because they are focused on a certain target audience so they are effective on that target audience.They put messages where you arent expecting them for example i saw an advertisement for Boost Mobile on the sidewalk. That type of ad is called gorilla. Advertisements convince you into being interested in a product or service by being creative and showing the product being used in a inviting environment. Brands logos on products such as clothes are advertisements. In saying so us as human in these times are essentially walking advertisements. One advertisement that catches my eye is the Snuggie commercials. In the Snuggie ads the people make the snuggie look so convenient and comfortable and the people are so happy.

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1. What have you learned from the last two MTN presentations?

The first time Alex and John came and presented we learned about media literacy by disecting PSAs as a class. The second day they came we learned about the pre-production process, synopsis, and storyboard. In the storyboard we had to consider the type of shot we would use.

2. What clip do you plan on using for your visual communications critique?

I plan on using a clip from an anti-drug campaign. The anti-drug campaigns tend to have interesting plots and shots and also alot of metaphors and hidden meanings. So with saying so it would be very intersting to read and interpret these PSAs.

3. Why is media literacy important?

Media literacy is important because you need to keep the watchers always on their feet trying to figure out what is going on in situations. So they strive to find the answer by paying more attention.