Crit_group_3_script

 **Crit Group 3 Script and Planning Page Cathy this is fantastic. I am sorry you will not be with us to put it together. Thank you for the contribution.  Tuesday 7/14/09 What segments should be included in our news broadcast? How about this: 1 ****) Anchor One - Ben 2) Weather - Sharon 3) Sports - Chrissy 4) Food - Rebekkah

I put together what we had. Please check to see if it makes sense and if I missed any direction, props, etc. I will check it again tomorrow afternoon and then post what we have by 6:00 PM. I think copy prompts are a good idea. Cathy **
 * ** Newscast ** || ** Group ** ||
 * ** LS to MS of anchors -news, food, and weather could be sitting at the same table. ** || ** Action: Anchors at the news desk talking, shuffling papers while Hawaiian music plays in the background. Dim music as anchors look up and start the first news segment. Keep music low in background. **
 * Props: Anchors to wear Hawaiian shirts or other appropriate attire. Background behind desk with Hawaiian style decorations. ** ||
 * ** LS of all three. As Ben starts to tell the Aloha story, zoom in on him to a MS. ** || ** Ben: Aloha and welcome to the Big Kahuna Show! Here at the Big K we have lots of news, weather, sports, and what's on tap to tantalize you on the menu today. First let's go to a Big K history moment on a topic near and dear to our hearts, the Aloha shirt! ** ||
 * ** MS on Ben so you can see the shirt; zoom back out as he gets to the last line to see all three anchors. ** || ** Ben: Believe it or not, these shirts came about as a covering for the early natives as the missionaries coming to convert them didn't like looking at them naked! It took until about the mid-1930's for the bright colors and designs to be in production and popular, the brain child of a Honolulu Chinese merchant, said to be made from left over kimono material. The exotic souvenir is still popular today, and I for one, have a closet full, one for every occasion. ** ||
 * ** Pan over to Sharon as she talks and then MS as she introduces the sports section. **
 * Cut to Chrissy or pan over depending on where she is. ** || ** Sharon: Thanks for history flashback Peni'i and we look forward to your next piece on "Luaus, more than just a pig in the sand." **
 * Now let's check in with Kaliki- Maka and see what's happening out in the surf and sand. ** ||
 * ** LS of beach scene with Chrissy in front. Zoom in to MS of her as she starts talking. **


 * At "According to our sources..." zoom in on a bottle/can of coconut juice as she talks about it. **


 * Zoom out slowly to MS of Chrissy **


 * Pan over to poster of coconut juice with circle and slash as she points to it and says, "Just say no." ** || ** Mahalo, Kalona! I’m Kaliki Maka on location at Hula Beach, the location of the popular dance competition, So You Think You Can Hula. **
 * Pandemonium struck when the judges announced earlier today that the competition was postponed due to an investigation that needs to occur. They would not give any details as to what that investigation may be regarding. According to our sources, however, the investigation may involve performance-enhancing coconut juice found in the dressing room of Kiki Haiku, the champion of So You Think You Can Hula for the last five years. It will break the hearts of many fans if this is true. **
 * This is the second coconut juice scandal of the year. As you may recall, windsurfing superstar Koko Kiwi was disgraced by having an asterisk put next to his name in the record books after being caught using coconut juice before a competition. **
 * We will be sure to keep you updated as this shocking story unfolds. And, remember kids, just say no! **
 * Back to you, **** Kalona! ** ||
 * ** Pan back over or quick cut. MS of anchors at desk. **


 * As Sharon starts talking pan over to her; zoom into middle shot until she gets to "other than the... zoom out so you can see her putting the sun on the island. Transition back out to seeing the whole panel. ** || ** (Background of an island behind anchors; can all be part of the original scene) **
 * Sharon: Well gang, there is a little sea breeze we are going to catch as the warm front coming from the West catches some of the North Easterly colder global wind. Other than the brief sea breeze, it's going to be hot, hot, hot! (as Sharon says hot, hot, hot, sticks a giant sun on the map of the island) That's all I have to say about that! Back to you **** Peni'i **** ! ** ||
 * ** Focus on Ben as he starts talking and then pan over to Rebekkah or quick cut ** || ** Ben: Now we all know that Poi, a gooey purple paste made from taro root is a staple food in Hawaii, but it isn't real popular with our students for lunch! Let's go to Lepekaha, our "cuisinist extraordinare", for today's menu. ** ||
 * ** LS of Rebekkah with food around her and then zoom in to MS as she starts talking ** || ** (Wearing apron and hat with fruits in front) **
 * Rebekkah: Did you know traditional luaus are eaten while sitting on the ground or floor without utensils? We won't be quite so traditional at our lunch luaus today since it would be kind of gross to eat with our hands, but we will still have some very special luau treats. You will enjoy huli-huli chicken, fried rice, sweet potatoes, and taro dinner rolls. Oh, and don't forget wonderfully sweet pineapple, mango, and papaya kabobs for dessert. So gear up your taste buds for some great Mea'ai, 'ai ** ||
 * ** Pan back to anchors, LS of all three; gear up music in back to increase after anchors sign off **
 * (bring music up, they talk to each other, shuffle papers, fade out) ** || ** Ben: Well, that's it for today from the big Kahuna. Have a Kupaianaha wave riding, hang ten kindof day! **
 * (all three together): A hui hou, Aloha! ** ||

I might be interested in doing the weather if we can come up with a theme. Just trying to get some ideas flowing - (srs) An announcements or upcoming events segment. I would be glad to write this and/or the food segment. By food, I am assuming you mean what's for lunch? - rrl

The following was written in courseden by Chrissy - I thought it was pretty significant so I pasted it here too. A summer theme would be fun. Maybe something luau related (Hawaiian theme, we could all wear leis or something... the "Aloha News" or something similar??) We could have beach-sounding music, waves sound effects, etc. Lunch choices could be pineapple kabobs, etc.

Just brainstorming...

P.S. If we decide to go with this, I found a Hawaiian name generator online... My name is Kaliki- haha! http://hawaiiannames.hisurf.com/

I really like this idea too! Sharon - Weather Rebekkah - School lunch and announcements/upcoming events I saw that Benji is taking a couple of days of R & R but he said he would be willing to do whatever too. (srs)

I think I have a Hawaii type backdrop from Party City that we could use. I need to look at it and make sure it doesn't have holes or something weird. I think it looks sort of like a Tiki Hut. I also have a little Ukelele with Hawaii written on it. (srs)

I will not be at the class on the 17th but will be happy to write the news segment if someone else will be the anchor. Cathy

7/8/09 - Chrissy Greenberg writes: I'm excited about this- how fun! Going off the segments listed above, I guess I could take sports... Maybe have a story/feature built in to sports on hula dancing or surfing or something. What do you think? Another thought - how are we going to manage the time portion? (i.e. making sure that our total script is 3-5 minutes? Perhaps we could indicate approximate lengths for each section. Let me know your thoughts on this!

I have a few leis and a Hawaiian skirt or two. I will bring those. rrl

Here is an idea for a script. Let me know what you think. I put in some basic direction. Cathy []

I think that looks awesome! I was wondering about the compilation of the document. Should we each write our parts, post them, and have one person compile them into the document that gets turned in? On second thought, I will copy the chart from the assignment on here, and people can fill-in information. When everyone has put the stories in, someone can copy the table to a word document and clean it up before turning it in. When I inserted the table, the formatting messed up, and it looks crazy. Not sure if this will work, but it's worth a try. If anyone else has a better way to do this, please share. Rebekah

Chrissy writes: I LOVE IT! I'll get to work on my Sports story. What else do we need to cover? -cg

I think that is the way to do it. Once we have all the parts filled in we can read over it and make sure it all makes sense and we haven't forgotten anything, or add anything good we think of as we go. I think if we flesh out the parts we have it will more than fill the 3-5 minutes. Cathy Here is an extra story if we see we need to fill more time. (Anchors wearing several leis, enough to be over the top) If you've ever been to Hawaii, many times you are greeted by a local with the gift of a lei placed on your head or neck. What you receving is actually a gift created to honor their Polynesian gods. Lucky for us, or most of us anyway, we wear them today as a necklace or headdress where as in the old days that was all they wore with a few vines draped on for decoration! Many items are used to create leis besides the traditinal flower such as whale or walrus bone, shells and feathers. If you were a true Hawaiian, you might wear your lei at any type of work activity, celebration or ritual. So next time you want to be a little festive at work or just hanging around the hosue, put on a lei and bring a little Big Kahuna fun into your day. (as they say the last sentence, have leis come flying in from all directions at the anchor)

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credit for aloha shirt story: [] I put my sports story in. I wrote myself as the sports anchor, but I'm flexible as to what part I do. Here are some thoughts: How are we going to have graphics and sounds for the piece? Any thoughts on how to do the beach background for the sports piece (not sure if we have access to a green screen or we could just put some props behind the sports person)? What else needs to be done that isn't already delegated? Does everyone know their Hawaiian name and what part you are dong? If so, we could go ahead and put the names in to the script. I think this is coming together nicely. -cg
 * Chrissy writes:

7/13/09: I think we could use a CD or download the cliips from FreeplayMusic and play it in the background. Two that could work are The Pineapple Shanty or the Hawaiian Chug. I also have the Hawaii Five-0 music which would be a good sports intro. File links here.

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For the sports background, maybe something as simple a poster with a coconut and a circle with the line through it. It would be great if we had green screen techonology so we could put a beach behind you but I don't know what's going to be available. Maybe wear a hat, zinc on your nose and sunglasses to give the impression of outside? Cathy Who is going to be anchors 1 and 2? Rebekah

Hey guys,

I am back from my vacation and ready to concentrate and contribute to this project. I see you have all been hard at work. I like the Hawaiin theme and I have a Hawaiin shirt that I can wear. I am not sure exactly what role you want me to play because there isn't a master list showing who is doing what. I am up for anything. If someone well tell me what role needs to be played (anchor, weather...etc.) I will get to writing something for the script. Also, this appears like it is going to be a lot of text. Are we going to have prompts, some sort of teleprompter, or are we going to try to be thespians and memorize the script and perform it from memory? Let me know what needs to be done, what props we need, and anything else.

Ben

I just looked up my name in Hawaiian and it is Peni'i, LOL, I think I will go with that. Ben  ---> I posted a discussion on the discussions tab of this page about assigning roles. Let me know your thoughts. Is anyone already going over the copy and editing/finalizing? Let me know if not; I don't mind doing it. -Chrissy

Yes, I will post it by the due date. will have a copy posted here this afternoon so people can look and see if I missed anything Cathy What segments should be included in our news broadcast? How about this: 1 ) Anchor One - Ben 2) Weather - Sharon 3) Sports - Chrissy 4) Food - Rebekkah 

I like the script and it looks like it will be fun. I will bring a pineapple (yum) and some kind of purple paste or poi, for the poi. Let me know if we need anything else. Ben