HELP!

[Bloodstain]

Hi, this is probably an awkward thing to do but i have a video PSA assignment due friday /monday and i have no idea what to do. A PSA is a public service announcement, like all those don't drink and drive, and smoking ones. What i am asking is for an idea. The best one ive come up with so far is doing "Don't drop out from school" (since its my last year high school...and by far most stressfull) and all i did was tape the hall ways and do a voice over and it was horrible. I have a writters block i guess you could call it. But im just asking for some basic ideas on what to do

 

 

 

Any ideas would be appreciated

[Devilsdragon]

How serious is this suppose to be? Can the actual announcement be a total joke as long as it looks and flow together good? Does it have to be so diehard that it might actually be of use to people outside of your school?

[Bloodstain]

Well, my teacher has kinda lost her mrbles so its pretty much whatever, lots of people do funny ones because their fun and interesting \

[Devilsdragon]

Ok, here's my idea then. Your opening scene is that *beep beep beep* this is a test of the emergency broadcast system screen/sound. You then slow cut(that's what I'm referring to as a fade in/out screen) to an a screen with a gradient of black to clear heading across the screen(I'm assuming you know how to do this, b/c I sure as hell don't =P ) over a cell phone. You fade out the gradient into a cancer cell picture(something like this http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/db_cancer_cells.jpg) super imposed over the cell phone. That's when you(or anyone with a good announcer voice :) ) begin talking about how the gamma rays(or w/e it is that is *suppose to give you cancer) are causing today's youth to experience increased headaches, tumors, and sign of forming brain cancer(yay for liberal bs!)

 

 

 

There's my idea of a good opening ^_^

[jemathonical]

You could do a 'Don't become a high school teacher' PSA and see the teachers reactions....

 

"Please kids, don't ever think of becoming a high school teacher, your hygiene will drop and you won't get paid much"

[xvillexvalox]

Or it can be a PSA about informing people about global warming =)

[jak722]

Some ideas:

 

 

 

1.) Look at TV commercials

 

 

 

-Remember those "This is you brain... This is your brain on drugs." commercials?

 

 

 

You can try that, but instead "This is you... This is what will happen if you drop out." And have yourself playing like a hobo or a prostitute or a druggy, whatever... (No offence intended)

 

 

 

2.) Look at *cough* old Sex Ed tapes and copy the style.

 

 

 

-By that, I mean kinda like this:

 

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting.php

 

 

 

Its not a Sex Ed tape, but you get the point right?

 

 

 

Same style etc.

 

 

 

 

 

3.) Ask your friends to role play the scenes with you.

 

 

 

-What are friends for if not for cheap/free labour?

 

 

 

 

 

4.) Humor goes a LONG way.

 

 

 

-Try to make it funny and entertaining. (Despite the fact that the topic you choose is about bad life choices...)

 

 

 

 

 

5.) If all else fails, Go Nuts...