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This is the wikispace for the Documentary Production Club. If you are a member of this club, please check the discussions page and links to scripts occasionally. The discussion page will be where the majority of our critiquing will happen outside of meetings, rather than emails.

Here are the [|supporting documents].

__**Current Scripts:**__
Script 1 -- comparing schools Script 2 -- butcher/surgeon/medical Script 3 -- child soldiers/slavery Script 4 -- kids are the same all over Script 5 -- what's up in Afghanistan?

**__Elevator Pitches__**
Our video would be looking at the comparison of schools in Sudan and the schools we are used to in the United States. We would not only contrast one school with another but a school in a refugee camp in Sudan to another school in Sudan not in the refugee camp as well as with public education and private education within the United States. We would not only be looking at the facilities, but the availability of education, quality, and children’s attitude towards that education.
 * Alex and Cat- Comparing Schools**

Our video is about the medical issues in Sudan. We plan to emphasize the kind of equipment that the people there have compared to the tools that we have in the US. We want to interview US citizens to see what their impressions are of the Sudan medical situation, and then compare those impressions to the actual truth. We also might include some information about healthcare that can tie into the current issues around that situation. Please view our video and get involved in helping improve the medical situation in Sudan. Visit [|www.sudanmedicalrelief.org] for more information.
 * Amanda and Lauren -- medical issues**

Our video will be looking at the history of Sudan from a little before the civil to the modern crisis. We are really looking at how Sudan became what it is today. In our video, we will be mapping out the national movements and separation within the country. We are planning to use Jing to use that, if it works. As we make our way to the current situation we will be using more of the footage to visualize the situation. We will briefly go over displacement and if we get footage we will talk more about the government backed militias. Furthermore, our video will touch on the political situation in Sudan, the importance of oil, and other crucial issues that have lead up to the situation we are now faced with.
 * Ryan and Chiraayu-** **History of Sudan.**

Our video will be animated (we'll be drawing on a whiteboard, paper, ect., ideally a chalkboard and we'll speed the footage up) with a voiceover of our information. The basic idea behind our video is that everyone, taking away their luxuries, disadvantages in life, ect. are all the same and all have similar goals and wants. We'll start with the drawing of a typical American kid on one side of the board with a house, iPod, friends, laptop, nice clothing, Facebook, ect. and continue from there, erasing things as we go along until we're left with a simple kid. On the other side, we'll do a similar drawing with a child soldier, with minimal/no clothing, no home, no friends, no emotions (not allowed to; usually leads to beatings). From there, we'll make a comparison that we're all the same, no matter where we are and what conditions we're in. Maybe afterwards we'll include some footage from Karen Muller with one of the kids (can't remember the name… we'll have to look through the transcripts to figure out exactly who it was) who said that they wanted a normal life with a family and a home of their own just like anyone else would.
 * Briana and Chiraayu - we're all the same**

**If you have found any articles of interest...**

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__**Video Links:**__
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1. [|girl effect video] we looked at this video and analyzed it (was it effective? why? should it have had voice-over? should it have had images of actual girls, or is it more effective to keep it abstract: GIRL)

2. [|A Powerful Truth]: 5-minute video using still images. Created by the New York Times reporter/columnist Nick Kristof.

Kristof and his wife just wrote a book called [|Half The Sky], about how we need to educate and empower girls in the world. As you view videos, please describe whether (and why) they are effective in the **video commentary discussion thread**.



__**More on Discussion Tab:**__
As you read more information about the Take 2 Videos project, Sudan, and the footage we will be receiving please post your comments under this discussion thread.
 * Thoughts Discussion Thread:**

If you have QUESTIONS about the material or about life in Sudan, please post them under this discussion thread.
 * Questions Discussion Thread:**

If you have any other ideas and would like to discuss them, please feel free to create a new discussion. If you do create a new discussion, remember to just put something down here about what the discussion is about.

Here are some links to video I took in the Kibera section of Nairobi Kenya this summer:

The video clip I showed you of [|walking through the interior of Kibera]

[|Walking on garbage]

[|Passing clothes lines]