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My Research

 Provide web link or Video name?
1. Tsunami warnings issued in Philippines. http://topics.cnn.com/topics/natural_disasters
2. Lessons from Katrina and Sandy http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2012/11/01/exp-point-redlener-sandy.cnn
3. Colorado declared major disaster area http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2012/06/29/dnt-colorado-wildfires.cnn


 Reflect on how you think this film was created?
1. This is a newscast about the Tsunami and earthquakes in Philippines, and it’s talking about the Tsunami warning in Philippines, but no warning in Japan.
2. This is a newscast about the situation after the disaster, what lesson did they learned from the disaster and how to keep people safe.
3. This is a newscast about the Colorado destroyed homes and people have nowhere to go.


 How were interviews used?
1. They don’t have any interviews in this newscast video.
2. They have one main topic to stand in this interview “What lessons did you learned from the Katrina and Sandy”
3. They asked where would you go and what happened to the houses during this time.


 What transitions were used?
1. This video doesn’t have any transitions.
2. This video used cut transition.
3. This video used cut transition.


 What graphics/logos/effects were used?
1. They have a banner with yellow and white at the bottom with CNN TV logo at the right side.
2. They have the banner at the bottom, CNN TV logo at the right side. They have a small screen on the left side of the banner, showing the words “severe weather”.
3. They have the KDVR logo at the right top side, and CNN logo at the bottom right side. The have the black banner run from the right to the middle near left.


 How was text used?
1. The font is big and bond, color black.
2. The font is red, blue, black and white color background for the banner.
3. The used the Arial font and its color white, the background is black.


 What were the camera shots and angles?
1. They used the medium shot thought out the entire video.
2. They used the medium shot and bird eyed view in the video.
3. This video have many camera shot, like close up, medium shot, long shot, bird eyed view, and high angle shots.


 How effective were they used?
The videos have no effective has been used.


 How was audio used to reinforce the message and the video?
The videos have no audio except the reporter/guest’s voices.


 How were Still Images used? If so, how?
1. The reporter uses the remote control to show the pictures on the screen and they use Google earth to show the geography of the world.
2. The still images are shown on the video by cutting through the speaking voices.
3. They don’t have any still images in this video.

My Story Board

My Proposal

Rich Unit Activity Video

Create a convincing propaganda “Newscast”  1:30-2:00 minutes video about the Mayan Doomsday. I am putting the Mayan prophecy(how it connect to the end of the world, and how the calender affects the time).natural disasters about tsunami, tornado, the situation after the disasters.

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