So here is my idea:
PSA The Reading Zone
Mild ripoff of "The Twilight Zone" TV show...
Video will start off with "Zonish" introduction
Images of swirly thing, words, clock ticking – V/O "You unlock the door to imagine through series, books, chapters, pages, words and letters. There are people who read and people who do not read... you have entered the Reading Zone" (words, clock, swirly thing) clock breaks and transitions to the words The Reading Zone
Scene One:
A girl who reads all the time has a best friend (boy) who doesn’t read much. She catches him when he’s fake reading and he's sent to reading book camp.
Scene Two:
Boy is strapped to a chair at book camp. Bad cop/good cop questions boy to find what kind of book would be interested in. The boy can't take the interrogation any longer and tries to escape. He jumps out a window and lands on a book. The book is his "genre" that was discovered during the interrogation, and it catches his interest and he immediately falls into The Reading Zone. His friend walks into the scene and tries to get his attention, unsuccessfully.
Closing:
Scene fades up into darkness -- V/O "Sometimes finding the right book is all you need to take you into The Reading Zone"
Frank Maggi
Sep 30, 2008 7:25 PM
I love the concept. Having talked with you, I think you've skirted the copyright stuff just right. My biggest concern is getting believable performances from your kids. But i think if you plan the script/storyboard in small enough chunks (where they only have to perform for a brief moment at a time) you could pull it off. And I think you'd get big buy-in from them. Anxious to see it develop.
bradpascoe
Oct 1, 2008 8:42 AM
I agree completely w/ Frank. BTW we have a huge collection (~7GB) of copyright friendly music at the DO. After you get your external HD at the meeting Monday, you might want to copy the collection - FreePlay Music - it is on the libary computers. There is probably a piece of music there that would work as a theme for your movie.