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Here is our finished video. Below you can see the planning process and division of labor for this group project. Group Debrief of this project is at the very bottom of the page.

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=Group Members = Kim Estes - [|mamaestes@gmail.com] - I will use black font (not all black is me - using black in group discussions, etc.) Karen Mann - I will use green font (if I remember to LOL) Norm Sands - [|normsands@sbcglobal.net]used pink font La Sheonda Martin - [|la_sheonda@sbcglobal.net] used red font

=**Notification of Academic Coach**= Kim emailed group names to Academic Coach on 6/16/2009 at 2:39pm and CC'd all group members.

=**Chat Schedule - We will meet in the wiki chat at 7pm central on Friday 6/19**= I can chat on Yahoo or wherever when the group is available. From the looks of "When is Good," this Friday evening at 7pm may be the only time when we are all available at the same time. --La Sheonda

*We need to either email each other about this week's (4) assignment or chat about the changes you made Kim, so we can add it to our script changes. Also, all members of this wiki, please be very careful and not change the editing of others'. Our Academic Coach needs to see how we each contribute to this assignment. Thank you for all your hard work! Please feel free to email me with any comments. :)

Here is the Chat Log from our conversation - =**Ideas for PSA**=
 * Just write out your ideas for PSA's and we'll all vote for the one we want to do! Add as many ideas as you'd like.**

Can Do || Autism Awareness (near and dear to my heart) || Bullying || Going Green || chain emails or death by PowerPoint ||  ||   ||
 * Norm || Kim || La Sheonda || Karen ||
 * Going Green - Steps Anyone
 * Bullying || Support the Arts in Public Education || Character Ed || Tech staff appreciation :) ||
 * || Teen Pregnancy || Volunteerism ||  ||
 * || Spread Kindness || Going Green--I like this one! ||  ||
 * THIS ONE IS MY FAVORITE!---> || Mock PSA about stopping the spread of
 * || Support Military Families ||  ||   ||
 * || Character Education for Teens ||  ||   ||
 * || Service Learning ||  ||   ||
 * || Alternative Energy ||  ||   ||

**VOTE for PSA - Voting has been turned off (not sure how we got 5 votes with only 4 people! lol!**
To vote for our favorites, Kim embedded a [|polleverywhere.com] voting widget and graph. We had to remove them as they caused slow loading of the wiki for members, but it worked to allow team members to vote (and see the immediate results of that voting) online. The results are [|HERE].


 * AND THE WINNER IS....(results graph from voting)**


 * Death by powerpoint**

=**Basic Project Outline and Brainstorming**=
 * Let's start an outline for the PSA here so that we can break down the shots and responsibilities from there. I've started...add your input!**

**Brainstorming ideas:**

 * Concept: Mock PSA for Preventing Death by PPT. Cheesy, B&W, 1950's feel like these videos from YouTube...**
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 * There are a ton more on YouTube.**
 * - Show presenter droning and audience asleep or bored**
 * - Shoot in B&W**
 * - Use 50's "Leave it to Beaver" style music**
 * - If we do Death by PPT - can someone get cemetery footage? or should we go that route?**
 * - NOTE: Kim is teaching classes with teachers next week - so I can get footage of myself presenting a PPT with lots of boring text and the audience falling asleep, doodling, reading a magazine, etc.**
 * - Or we could do cheesy B Movie horror type flicks (chicks screaming, people running, bloody font titles...DEATH by PTT...etc....)**
 * - I like the 50's/Leave it to Beaver/B&W style of what you are suggesting. (La S) **
 * - There are some funny things we can do with the horror/campy B movie idea, too, so I am in on both. The Leave it to Beaver is **
 * what I had first envisioned, too, though **
 * - What if we did - It Came From the Projector....(woman shrieking in typical B horror fashion)...Terror as you've never known it...Relentless Reading of PowerPoint Slides....Overly Decorated and Irrelevant....and the most horrible of all....Animated (show an animated line of text in a ppt here)...It will chill you to the bone...it will turn your brain to goo...it will numb your backside...(accompanied by shots of people overly dramatically acting these out)...it will turn your audience into...ZOMBIES (move from presenter to audience with arms upraised in the typical zombie shuffle, moaning, drooling, whatever)...etc.then go into how to prevent it......just throwing out ideas as they come to me... I like your ideas...a lot. My only hesitation is our sixty second time limit. If we can squeeze it all in, it will be a riot. Well, I think it will be a riot anyway. Just thinking that we have a short time and we have to limit some things. I hate to be Debbie Downer, but... **


 * These ridiculous videos always had a name for the person making the faux pas or wrong choice. Can we think of what to call the bad PowerPoint presenter? A zombie maker? A sleep inducer? An anti-instructor? Though frequently these names had nothing to do with the bad choice - a goop, a baddy bad... **


 * What about - The Hypnotizer? We could the whole swirly circles thing..lol...I'm going to google cheesy 50's slang to find some good ones!**

**Outline:**

 * 1) **Intro and Title Slide - Death by Power Point title slide, then a slide of a old-fashioned brick exterior school, happy 50's music Voiceover begins after title has been shown. Cheesy 50's voice says "As a teacher or administrator, you will be called upon to be a presenter..." **
 * 2)  **First Sequence - Go down a hall to a classroom, start Jaws theme I think we should stick with the "Beaver" music..Voiceover: Let's peep in on Jane... **
 * 3) **Second Sequence - Go into classroom door. Show teacher giving lecture, reading from a dry power point pres. (Kim, how much do you want to put your hair up in a bee hive and wear crazy old lady glasses?) ;-) I LOVE THE BEEHIVE AND CATS EYE GLASSES IDEA!! Voiceover: Jane is making a few mistakes with her PowerPoint presentation...(name each as they are shown) I am totally down with the behive and glasses... I'll find them both (don't have enough hair on my own...:-D **
 * 4) **Third Sequence - Cut to students, comatose in their seats, Jaws theme climaxes here ** **Again, "Beave" music keeps rolling. Voiceover: These mistakes can have a deadly effect on your audience... (I can get cemetery footage if we need it) **
 * 5) **Closing Credits - Encourage watchers not to let this happen to them or their students with Power Point overkill I think we need one more shot sequence (just text? maybe even lamely printed in marker on poster board?) reviewing the "don'ts" - voiceover: Remember, don't (name each) and you'll never end up being a _ (name of blunderer)  **
 * **Don't read your slides to the audience**
 * **Don't put too much text on the slides**
 * **Avoid cutesy, distracting backgrounds and animated gifs**
 * **Avoid animation overkill**

=**Video Shoot Schedule - Final Movie Due July 6th! EEEK**=


 * **July 1st - Kim - Presenter presenting in board room with students dead or dying (Asked my friends to come in retro attire, they're a pretty fun bunch...so will probably do so)**

=Assignment= **This week, you and your team will complete the pre-production work. Use this document to develop and record the following:** **Submit a completed copy of this document by the end of Week 3.** lots of Aqua Net. || cemetary || Sleep Inducer) || Edited script || June 22 June 21 || La Sheonda Martin  Karen Mann || Edited || June 22  June 21 || La Sheonda Martin  Karen Mann ||
 * This week, you’ll begin work on your public service announcement, or PSA. By the end of Week 5, you and your teammates will produce a PSA that: **
 * **·** **is 60 seconds or less.**
 * **·** **covers a specific topic.**
 * **·** **includes voiceover narration.**
 * **·** **employs video, text, or graphic effects.**
 * **·** **is finalized in Web-ready file format.**
 * **·** **follows copyright citation and fair use guidelines.**
 * **·** **Project proposal**
 * **·** **Script outline and narration script**
 * **·** **Shot list**
 * **·** **Copyright information**
 * Project Proposal **
 * Create your project proposal here. As you produce your public service announcement during Weeks 4 and 5, revise this proposal as needed before submitting it to your coach again in Week 5. Each member of the team needs a copy of the proposal. **
 * General Information ||
 * Name(s) |||||| La Sheonda Martin, Norm Sands, Kim Estes, Karen Mann ||
 * Project title |||||| Death by Power Point (???) ||
 * Purpose |||||| To inform the general public of the over-usage of Powerpoint presentations. ||
 * Audience |||||| All audiences ||
 * Program length |||||| 60 seconds ||
 * Costumes |||||| Polyester dress, cat eye glasses (preferably on the bridge of your nose) and
 * Sets |||||| classroom equipped with screen, projector, laptop
 * Props |||||| Poster board, pointer, screen, laptop, projector ||
 * Locations |||||| Burleson ISD Admin Bldg during inservice, McAllen Cemetary ||
 * Crew ||
 * Director(s) |||||| Kim Estes ||
 * Scriptwriter(s) |||||| Karen Mann, La Sheonda Martin, Norm Sands ||
 * Talent |||||| BISD Teachers (as PPT Victims), Norm Sands (as narrator), Kim Estes (as Sandy
 * Camera operator(s) |||||| Kim Estes, Norm Sands ||
 * Editor(s) |||||| Karen Mann and La Sheonda Martin script editors ; Norm Sands music editor; Kim Estes video editor ||
 * Schedule of Deliverables ||
 * Project phases || Due date || Owner ||
 * Preproduction--Narration
 * Preproduction--Shot List
 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Production - Cemetary shots || <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">June 22 || <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Norm Sands ||
 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Production - PD music || <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">June 22 || <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Norm Sands ||
 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Production - Voiceover MP3 file || <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">July 1 || <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Norm Sands ||
 * Production - Classroom and Presenter footage || July 1 || Kim Estes ||
 * Production - Front of school footage ||  || July 1 || Kim Estes ||
 * Post-Production - Editing of video clips ||  || July 2 - 4 || Kim Estes ||
 * Post-Production - Overlay of narration ||  || July 2 - 4 || Kim Estes ||
 * Finalization and posting of video on YouTube ||  || July 5 || Kim Estes ||

1. Title Narration 2. Introduction to Theme 3. Narration of bad examples and Consequences 4. Reminder to Public || **Narration Script**
 * Script Outline **
 * Add a copy of your script outline here. As you produce your public service announcement during Weeks 4 and 5, revise this proposal as needed before submitting it to your coach again in Week 5. Each member of the team needs a copy of the proposal. **
 * (No script b/c all is done as voiceover) ||
 * Script Outline
 * Add a copy of your narration script here. As you produce your public service announcement during Weeks 4 and 5, revise this proposal as needed before submitting it to your coach again in Week 5. Each member of the team needs a copy of the proposal. **


 * Voice Over (Norm) **


 * "Death by Power Point" **


 * "As a teacher or administrator, you will be called on to be a presenter. There are many hidden pitfalls that may befall the unwitting speaker." (wide shot, school) start the musical selection of the "Peter and the Wolf" **


 * "To see what we mean, let's peak (peek) in on Jane..." (down hall and through classroom door) (bring the music to a low level or off) **


 * "Jane is making a few mistakes with her Power Point presentation. She is reading directly form her slides, and there is too much text on the slides themselves. Jane is using some busy, distracting backgrounds and too much animation." (Show Kim in her bad outfit and worse presentation) How about here we do not say anything and just let the video capture these things? (because we are going to repeat this later at the end) **


 * "These mistakes can have a deadly effect on your audience, as it has on Jane's." (Cut to audience, comatose/dead, then cemetary) **


 * "Don't let this happen to you. To avoid death by Power Point, just remember: <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">AlTERNATE: "You can avoid death by power point by avoiding:" <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">You can avoid "death" by Powerpoint by... **
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Don't read your slides to your audience** <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**"Reading your slides to your audience"** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Not reading your slides word for word...**
 * =====<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Don't put too much text on your slides** <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**"Placing too much text on your slides"** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">putting too much text on the slides - =====

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**using bullets or important phrases instead of paragraphs on your slides**
**(posterboard being held by zombie victim showing the list of don'ts)** **"Don't be a Jane." (Kim smiling vacantly as those words are superimposed over her face)** <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**"When preparing your PowerPoint - don't be a Jane."** **I like this!!! I can do vacant!! ha ha!**
 * ======<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Don't use distracting backgrounds** <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**"Using distracting backgrounds"** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">and steering clear of distracting backgrounds ======
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Don't overdo animation"** <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**"Overdoing animation"** **(by wording this way, it changes the negative spin of "don't, don't, don't") I thought about avoiding the negative with don't so many times, but it can also be used to match or be parallel with our ending when we say "Don't be a Jane." What do you all think? ** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**I agree**


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Shot List **
 * Add a copy of your script outline here. As you produce your public service announcement during Weeks 4 and 5, revise this proposal as needed before submitting it to your coach again in Week 5. Each member of the team needs a copy of the proposal. **
 * Name(s) || Karen Mann, Kim Estes, Norm Sands, La Sheonda Martin ||
 * Project Title || Death by Power Point ||
 * Shot Number || 1 ||
 * Location || Exterior Burleson High School ||
 * Talent || n/a ||
 * Props || n/a ||
 * Special Equipment || camera, tripod ||
 * Shot Number || 2 ||
 * Location || BISD admin office-hallway and classroom ||
 * Talent || Kim Estes ||
 * Props || screen ||
 * Special Equipment || camera, tripod, and dolly for tripod if you have one, may need a deflector or reflector (depending on lighting) ||
 * Shot Number || 3 ||
 * Location || BISD classroom ||
 * Talent || Kim Estes ||
 * Props || screen, 50's type or retro attire ||
 * Special Equipment || People, desks, camera, tripod ||
 * Shot Number || 4 ||
 * Location || BISD classroom ||
 * Talent || BISD teachers as zombies, etc. ||
 * Props || n/a, 50's type or retro attire , projector showing a Powerpoint on a screen ||
 * Special Equipment || "zombie students", camera, tripod, dramatic music ||
 * Shot Number || 5 ||
 * Location || <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">McAllen Roselawn <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">cemetary ||
 * Talent || n/a ||
 * Props || n/a ||
 * Special Equipment || camera, tripod, lighting reflection/deflection panels (if needed) ||
 * Shot Number || 6 ||
 * Location || BISD classroom ||
 * Talent || Kim Estes ||
 * Props || n/a, projector showing a Powerpoint on a screen ||
 * Special Equipment || "zombie students", poster(s) of the 4 "don'ts", "zombie teacher", camera, tripod, lighting deflection/reflection panels (if needed) ||
 * Shot Number || 7 ||
 * Location || BISD Classroom ||
 * Talent || Kim Estes, BISD Teachers ||
 * Props || N/A ||
 * Special Equipment || Camera Tripod ("Don't be a Jane - then Zombies attack Jane!) ||
 * Shot Number ||  ||
 * Location ||  ||
 * Talent ||  ||
 * Props ||  ||
 * Special Equipment ||  ||
 * Props || N/A ||
 * Special Equipment || Camera Tripod ("Don't be a Jane - then Zombies attack Jane!) ||
 * Shot Number ||  ||
 * Location ||  ||
 * Talent ||  ||
 * Props ||  ||
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 * Copyright Information **
 * Note any citation and fair use guidelines to any visual or audio assets you use in your public service announcement here. As you produce your public service announcement during Weeks 4 and 5, revise this proposal as needed before submitting it to your coach again in Week 5. Each member of the team needs a copy of the proposal. **
 * __Cemetery Pictures__ **
 * __Cemetery Pictures__ **

"stock.xchng." __stock.xchng - the leading free stock photography site__. 19 June 2009 <http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=search&txt=cemetary&w=1&x=11&y=4>.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">** __Music__ ** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> ** Prokofiev, Sergei. (1960). “Peter and the Wolf.” On Macmillan/McGraw-Hill //Spotlight on Music// 1st grade CD. Columbia Records. Edited by Norm Sands. 2009. **
 * McAllen Roselawn Cemetery. Personal photograph by Norm Sands. 20 June 2009. **
 * __<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Sound Recording__ **
 * Sands, Norm. Personal Recording. Rec. 22 June 2009. **

**(Already did this)>(see above)** We also need to add the site where you found the goofy "Cat" and "Beavery" music in this area. **

Background "Leave it to Beaver" music: Love the music! (was not trying to change all of this to red, sorry!)

For silliness: The "Cat" theme (goofy, doofy) - Removed by Kim

A variety of emotions ("Beavery" to scary to exiting...some of it is bound to be what we need!) - Removed by Kim

These work great for what we are doing. Thanks, Norm! Video files of cemetary: - Removed by Kim

Note from Kim - I removed the video files so that the wiki would load faster.

Changes to original Plan - for week 5 document we have to turn in: 1. Addition of 1950's clip art to fill time in Norm's Narration - to meet rubric requirements 2. Addition of title slide and round video title slides with text to match the "don'ts" to meet rubric requirements 3. No beehive hairdo or cats eye glasses (sorry guys - work got in the way) 4. Addition of zombie scene at end 5. Addition of cemetery photo with credits and customized tombstones

=Group Project Debrief= Kim - I think we worked well as a team to create this video. Everyone did their part and worked together to vote, add ideas, and create the video. I was disappointed I didn't have time to get dressed Retro for the video, but my friends at work were really great and the zombie part of the filming was a lot of fun! I love the narrative voice over - you did a great job Norm! I think the music works well, I tried to keep in low and in the background so it wasn't distracting. I enjoyed working with you guys on this.

Karen - This was an exceptional class. I have learned so much. We were able to communicate enough to discuss what we doing, make decisions on topics, and work together by using Kim's Wiki (thanks Kim), emailing, and chatting to keep in touch despite our distance from each other.

Norm - The group was AWESOME to work with! Thanks to everyone. I love our finished product and can't wait to show it off!! The only thing I would have changed is the costuming thing - but Kim did such a great job with editing that you don't really notice. Also, I think the contrast between the 50's graphics and the contemporary look of the people added to the humor of the whole thing. Karen and La Sheonda - super job on the script. I know we had several suggestions as to how it should have been, but when it came down to recording it and the way it fit with the video, the final version was perfect. Great job everybody!

La Sheonda - I really enjoyed working with this group on our project for this course. Everyone played to their individual strngths, which I think gave us a great final product. We voted on things, met on the wiki to chat and discuss things, and we edited things in individual colors so that it would be easier to track individual contributions. It would have been great to be able to have costuming for Kim as the instructor and for the zombies in her class, but the final product is still wonderful. The music fit perfectly with what we were wanting to communicate, and Norm's voice was ideal for this. Thanks to all of you for being a wonderful group to be able to work with!