Video Project Proposal

I believe that a video is the best way to promote literacy at U of D because the format is more interesting and attention grabbing. Students will be able to relate to the video and will be more interested in the wit and will eventually see the end lesson for themselves. Students want to see a video that is funny but also informative so they can get the best of both worlds. The video will include other students and friends to act in so that people around the school will be familiar with the actors and want to read. The video will be a reversal of traditional roles, where the “cool” kids read books. They will be reading in a room when a kid who does not read walks by, where he is then bullied for it. He gets up and takes the book to read, where he instantly becomes one of the cool kids with books. There may be some inspirational music after the kid realizes that books are actually cool and he instantly gets sunglasses. He will say a clever saying for why Reading is cool, and for why students at U of D should make an effort to read. The closing will have a transition of text that will have an inspirational quote about reading to top off the video. I feel that this video will be really effective in promoting reading around the school in a fun and casual way that does not put a lot of pressure on teenagers like us. This video will be posted on YouTube, so it can be seen by everyone, and it will have a link from my blog account.