Shooting the Writing Center

-Hands up!! There is a shooting!
-A What!
-A shooting!
-Where!?
- In the Writing Center!
- What do we do!? Oh, What do we do!?
- We plan the shots, edit our footage, and make the Writing Center look as good as possible!

We are making a short advertisement for the Writing Center. Through class discussion, I have heard some really great ideas as to how this could be shot.

I believe we have a general consciences that the class would like to see a variety of people speaking about the Writing Center: When it is open, where is is, and how it has helped them.

I really like the idea of having many different students speak about the center. However, I would definitely like to see a shot of the Writing Center in the advertisement.

I think that we should film the Center, and at half fade with a warm color, we should have different students speaking about the center. I think that each student should get a different color, to make them each stand out as individuals, but put them over the Center together in a final shot to show that though they are each different they have a common place: the Writing Center.

Block 1 would be an establishing shot, and it could even be a quick pan, over the first voice. Then each person would say a line or two about the center (Block 2 and Block 3) Finally, the very last shot could be everyone saying the final line.

This could even build progressively. Instead of one person at a time it could even have two people in the second shot, three in the third until the screen is filled such as in the 4th Block.

Regardless of our final outcome, we are still shooting the Writing Center. Fortunately, there is no need for bullet proof vests!