Drama psa video and reflection

First, Ms.Ruiz introduced us to the new assessment where we were introduced to the PSA video. We watched a few examples as well to get an idea. Ms. Ruiz allocated us into groups of fur and I was with Yuya, Mario and Joseph and we first had to do a hot seat where we chose characters and then answer question based on your character. I was the victim and Joseph was the abuser. We started acting out a scene where the victim is noticed by the neighbors son and then the neighbors son complaints to the neighbor. This scene was about 30 secs. We did the scene properly except i did turn my back at one point.



Pre- Planning:

The day of filming:

We decided a few days back before filming that we should organize a day to shoot the video. On the day of the shoot (Sunday), after school hours we went to a street in Meadows four were we shot the PSA. I first did my makeup and changed my clothes as well. I think that the make make a huge impact on my character. Then we stop the scenes and it took about 30 to 40 mins to film everything. 


Props:

• Clothes for victim
• makeup 
• grocery bag
• football
• phone ( for the neighbor to sit and read)
• Lights for the shadow scene

Strengths:

• As a group we considered each others ideas and was contributive
• We shot the film on time and were organized
• Background music was utilized to create the tension and fear
• Shadow was used to represent the scary and torturing aspects of domestic abuse
• Sound effects for the fight scene was used (such as the knap)

Improvements:

• Get the preplanning and reflection done on time
• Stay in character during the shoot
• Improve the makeup look since it needs to look more intense and frightening 

How could we relate this to other subjects?

• We could use editing for ICT in case we need to make a video or a short film as an assignment.
• I could use the shadow effect for art as we were learning about shadow puppetry 
• We could lean new facts about domestic abuse and use the statistics for math, geography or history
• We could also use the background and sound effects for music.