CREATE A PSA ABOUT THE MPAA RATING SYSTEM.

ITORO ETIM-BARBOSA

Is the Film Industry desensitizing children to

violence ?

Mentor

Lisa SullivanFormer  member of the Community Outreach

team at WNCN NBC 17 in Raleigh, North Carolina. 

Currently a Digital Media Marketing Director for Fonville Morisey Realty

Steps

1. Brainstormed ideas for the video. 2. Figured out a way to distinguish my video

from other videos.3. Found out what Creative Commons was and

gave my mentor a quick report of my findings.4. Decided what clips I wanted to use for the

video.5. Found out the emails of the film production

companies that were owners of the clips that I wanted to use and emailed them.

Steps (continued)

1. Made a list of the locations to shoot the video.

2. Came up with a “plan B” if I could not use the clips from the movies.

3. Created a storyboard for the video.4. Looked up songs that I wanted to use in the

video. 5. Tried to get clips of the movie from

whatever source that I could.

Steps (continued)

1. Chose who I wanted to use to act in my video and what role they would play.

2. Created the script for the video.3. Did test shots with the camera.4. Shot the video.5. Edited the video.6. Went over the video with my mentor7. Fixed any last minute details.

Video

Trailer

Obstacles

1. Film Production Companies Emailed many different people and never had the

response that I wanted, if even got one.

2. Working around Mentor’s Schedule She had a very busy schedule that I had to fight my

way into.

3. Working around Actor’s Schedule The people who acted in my video all worked during

the time of the production.

4. Horrible Editing Software I had Windows Movie Maker to work with which was

a great hindrance in the editing process.

Successes

I had a “Plan B” for everything. Not being able to get the responses that I wanted

from the film companies, I had to find a way to complete the video without their aid.

The first date that I had planned for shooting was not a good day for the cast and crew to shoot, thankfully I had two other fallback dates to shoot the video on.

Reflection

What I learned about myself: That I can function on a few hours of sleep. That I tend to slack off if I do not have a good support

system encouraging to work on what I am supposed to be working on.

What I learned for my future career: I want to be a film director, so having experience in

creating a film production will be beneficial for my future career.

Was this project worthwhile? Yes, being able to put together a PSA on the MPAA

rating system gave me an essential base to start off my career as a film director.

Thank you for your time.

Do you have any questions?