MULTI-MEDIA PROJECT
The Water Crisis
The purpose of the group multi-media project was to explore "the history of a public controversy." Through researching and analyzing certain key-players, ethos, logos, and pathos, along with government, business, and individual initiatives, our 7-9 minute multi-media clip, was intended to give our audience of Penn State students a clearer understanding of the water crisis.
Our original idea was to create a movie about a foreign exchange student that comes to India only to be shocked by the amount of water that is wasted here at Penn State. However, when we realized that our idea was using more broad generalizations than facts to relay a message, we changed our concept. This time, we would be newscasters, "Liz Drizzle" and "Deshawn Rivers," accurately informing our student body on the water crisis, only through a false sense of ethos. Only 48 hours before the project was due, we came to the conclusion that we needed credibility. Our current idea wasn't working; we were talking around the crisis, instead of getting straight to the point. This time, as true Penn State students, we would show different perspectives, supported by facts and statistics in hopes of truly informing viewers.
It's obvious when watching our multi-media project that we were under a time constraint. Although we had most of the research needed to back up our ideas, our final product lacked the organization and execution really needed to grasp our viewers attention and inform them in a straight-forward manner. Although it by no means is a bad video, I know that it could have been a lot better with only a little more time to develop our final concepts and ideas. All in all, I couldn't have asked for a better group to work with; this project taught us a lot about sticking it out and really pushing through at the very last moment.
Our original idea was to create a movie about a foreign exchange student that comes to India only to be shocked by the amount of water that is wasted here at Penn State. However, when we realized that our idea was using more broad generalizations than facts to relay a message, we changed our concept. This time, we would be newscasters, "Liz Drizzle" and "Deshawn Rivers," accurately informing our student body on the water crisis, only through a false sense of ethos. Only 48 hours before the project was due, we came to the conclusion that we needed credibility. Our current idea wasn't working; we were talking around the crisis, instead of getting straight to the point. This time, as true Penn State students, we would show different perspectives, supported by facts and statistics in hopes of truly informing viewers.
It's obvious when watching our multi-media project that we were under a time constraint. Although we had most of the research needed to back up our ideas, our final product lacked the organization and execution really needed to grasp our viewers attention and inform them in a straight-forward manner. Although it by no means is a bad video, I know that it could have been a lot better with only a little more time to develop our final concepts and ideas. All in all, I couldn't have asked for a better group to work with; this project taught us a lot about sticking it out and really pushing through at the very last moment.