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> I had envisioned a commercial similar to the Humane Society commercials that inform and also tug at your heart strings. I think my team did a good job of lighting the mood of the Pubic service announcement. I think mine was a little to deep. I think the announcement was better because of the team input. As I thought about it more I thought of those Public service announcements on NBC where the stars of there hit shows talk about a topic. The best public service announcements are the ones that really stick with you over time. I remember the catch line from the G.I. Joe public service announcements but I can't remember any of the tips they said. I think that it is a hard job to get people to actually listen to commercials and most public service announcements don't have the budget of super bowl commercials. > > I think my team was very successful in achieving our goal of creating a public service announcement on internet safety. We had a difficult task in front of us because we wanted to have a large audience. We wanted the video to be appropriate for the whole school community. This includes the students, teachers, and parents. If that wasn't difficult enough we wanted to educate about the dangers, tips for avoiding danger, talk about actual cases, and have interviews. This proved to much for our 60 second announcement. We were not able to fit all of that into one video. We had to leave out specific cases and the interviews we were going to get. We wanted people to share their personal experiences involving internet safety. As we read through the script without the interviews we realized there wasn't going to be time to fit them in. When I read through it at a slow narrator's pace I got 66 seconds. I was glad that we were able to work it down to the allotted time. > > I think it was necessary to leave out the interviews but I do feel leaving them out hurt the video. I think by adding that personal touch to the video it would help dissolve the infamous "it won't happen to me" logic. I know that many times statistics don't seem real their just numbers not real people. Showing that real people from this city in a wide variety of age groups have had trouble with internet safety would help children understand the real danger that are out there. I Think it is important to give responsible tips so that students don't think we are trying to scare them off the internet. It is important that the students know we just want them to think carefully about the what they do and who they talk to while they are on the internet. > > I think my team was successful in completing the course assignments. I think we were successful because of the strong teamwork we all displayed. We all agreed to openly share strengths and weaknesses. We all talked about things we wouldn't compromise on. I mentioned wanting an A another team member let us know he needed to do his work before the weekend. It was this open and non-judging environment that led all the team members to put forth their best effort because we had a greed to making all the sacrifices up front it made it easier as we worked. It was also nice having jobs with timelines so all teammates were held accountable to the group. I think this offered motivation, I know I didn't want to be the weak link on the team. I also think that our team was focused on the goal so we all offered to help if needed. This created an open forum when a team mate had problems to look for help and know that we wouldn't leave them in the dark or even think less of them. > > As I worked through this course I discovered a lot about myself. First that I often step up to leadership roles. I wasn't the team leader but I did help coordinate the group and set up the discussion site. I was like a major. I was not the leader nor was I simply a follower. I was a important teammate that help in guiding the direction the project took. I realized I was very comfortable in this role. I like having input but I don't always like being the leader. I enjoy the not having all the responsibility all the time. I think many people feel this way. Many in this class are already leaders at our campus and are comfortable in that role. But I think because we are leaders on our campus that we don't want to overload our plates. I think good leaders know what they can handle and try not to over extend themselves. I had a background in video but hadn't realized how rusty I had gotten from not using any software for a few years. I definitely saw the changes when working in iMovie. My previous version and this one were almost unrecognizable as being the same software. I am starting to see the end of the program approaching it is exciting and yet calming. I have had to dig deeper this class to work on things early than I have in the past. I hope that this small dose of laziness, senoritis, or whatever is done. I take pride in my high grades and don't want to mess that up at the end.
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