Finished PSA

Just yesterday I have finished with the help of my partner, Taku, our PSA. I would have to say that this activity was quite fun, at some parts. I wasn't really happy with the finished product because the quality was quite affected upon putting it into a windows movie project. Also, we couldn't put any transitions into the video, or credits, making the video quite bland for my taste. I am happy with the message of it, I think that a final serious tone was achieved. The message about marijuana being an addictive and therefore dangerous drug was achieved, I felt that this really was clear. Furthermore, the videos of my classmates were quite good actually. The work progress was quite reduced, shooting was separated into three different days. Also, these last two weeks were filled with pressure since we have had lots of work and exams. Finally, I would hope for a second chance to do this activity.

With this said, I would like to make some corrections to my work, as it was far from perfect. First of all, the video quality was horrible, I would like to change that. The resolution was horrible changed upon the format change from .mov to .avi, and so I hope for some more time to fix that issue. Actually, I could consider reshooting the whole thing, with some more time and on another occasion of course. Second, I would love to put in some more transitions as well as some credits, even subtitles. The trouble with the lack there off the last things was that windows movie maker didn't allow us to actually put in those details. I would have loved to put in those details as it would boost our video to a whole new level, from bad to good. Third, I would like to include some sort of more scientific approach to the addictive drug. This last change actually would take some time to actually put together, actually I am not really sure about it. Having a more scientific approach to a drug might actually loose the attention of the audience, bore them. In the end, I was generally happy with the video, and I would make this activity again, in another time that is.

I have watched all the other videos from the class, and my favorite, the best of the best was the Internet Safety PSA. I felt that this PSA was really complete, great quality, awesome acting, attractive and informative. What I liked about this PSA is that it was funny and yet it was informative. I loved the fact that it is so true, stuff like the internet scams depicted in the video do happen. Sometimes approaching such a serious subject in a humorous manner does not work, but in this case it worked perfectly. I would like to make a PSA like that, cool, funny and yet interesting. In the end, I would like to send congrats to the makers, Eduardo, Sebastian and Rodrigo, which made the best video of the class.