Working Title: Beach Etiquette
Theme/Concept: The Do's and Don'ts when going to the beach in the summer.
Genre: Non-fiction
Synopsis: Throughout my life, I have spent every day of my summer at Belmar Beach, New Jersey. I have some of my fondest memories at the beach and have a great love for it. I'm very fortunate to be only15 minutes away. From a young age my mom has drilled into me and my sister's heads proper beach etiquette. It is basic manners of the beach which many people fail to practice and can often times make your relaxing day at the beach miserable.
Video Style: It will be an informative video with narration and pictures and videos to describe.
Breakdown of Possible Scenes:
Rule 1: Do not sit on top of people keep a respective space
Rule 2: Do not feed the seagulls
Rule 3: Do not smoke
Rule 4: Do not be obnoxious
Rule 5: Do not Litter
Rule 6: Do play your music at a low volume
Rule 7: Do shake your towel away from a crowd
Rule 8: Do play games by the shore line or behind people, no one wants a ball hitting them in the face
Rule 9: Don't have obnoxious PDA
Rule: 10: Don't run through other peoples areas
Rule 11: Be respectful of life guards
Target Audience: Beach goers
Objectives: Inform people how to be respectful of others at the beach because they need to realize they aren't the only ones there.
Dear Melaina,
ReplyDeleteThis could be an entertaining piece, especially if you can make it funny and engaging. The only worry I have is that it may not have a ton of substance. Can you spend five minutes with funny copy about what not to do at the beach? One cautionary note: while I want you to use real photos if you can, avoid creating a montage of you and your friends at the beach and focus (as you have started to do), on images that are engaging and interesting and different. You're very creative and you're a good writer, so I challenge you to think about how you can approach this piece as an artist...How can you make this funny and also have some other second level--like, behaving at the beach is a bit like how you should behave in life--respect others, have a good time, but not at the expense of the people around you, etc. See if you can find an example of an essay that you like that discusses this topic or something similar. The more writing you do around what bothers you and why, the easier it will be for you to shape your piece into a video.