Group12 - Animal Adoptions

Group12's theme is about animal adoptions. I like this video very much, especially the pattern, which a little dog on hands, and the last one background music, which made me feel hopeful. In Taiwan, many people like to keep pets, but they always free those pets when they are tired of it. Then the 'free' pets will be caught and get mercy killing. I think this video can convince people to adopt those poor pets.

Group11 - Handicapped Help

Handicapped help is group11's topic. They really did a good job. The pictures and video, all the materials were made by them. They shoot the pictures in school, presenting that there were still some problems of handicapped help in our school. I really want to know where did they find the wheelchair! By the way, the background music was good, too. Plus, they put the posters in the end to replace putting the connection, this idea was special and good.

Group10 - Carpooling

Link to video: http://iam-leaf.blogspot.com/2009/06/we-are-group-10.html

Our group's theme is about carpooling. As our slogan, we think carpooling is a good way for everybody to save time and money. Our project was not very good, Aiden pointed out some problems. The voice was too soft. It could not be heard clearly with the background music. Also, in the end, the connection between the two backbround was not be made perfectly. We should use fade in or fade out. In poster part, there are some defects of the slogan. '...stock in the traffic'. It should be '...stuck in the traffic'. The other one was a grammar mistake. We should say 'With carpooling, YOU share cars, save time'. In my opinion, I like the music we chose, and our posters very much. With Aiden's suggestions, I think we can improve in next projects.

Group9 - Vandalism

Group9's topic is vandalism. I like they pointed out the main problem straight in the beginning. They used many vandalism pictures, and each picture is a strong warning. I like the pictures they used because those pictures show a real situation which connects to our society. However, the voice in some parts were not loud enough, it sounded a little strange. In posters side, I think their slogan was a little hard to know what they wanted to explain. It needed some inmagination to figure out the theme.

Group8 - Sportsmanship

Group8's topic is sportsmanship. I like the way they presented this video, esecially the part after the sportsmen's fight. They used the rewind part, I love the effect, and it shows that we do not need to fight at first. Their slogan also shows we have to respect one another with sportsmanship. In poster side, their design was simple but straight, and this was a good presentation.

Group7 - Animal Abuse

Animal abuse is group7's topic. They used a lot of terrible pictures to show how cruel the animals were treated. I was shocked when I saw a picture, and the dog was killed in a horrible way. I felt painful during watching this video. I like their slogan 'Amuse them better abuse them'. They used the words 'amuse' and 'abuse'. The spelling of the two words are a little different, but the meanings are totally diffenent. This is a great idea. However, the words of the connections were too small in the video. In poster side, every picture was well selected and the slogans were good. If they could erase the word 'recently', I think that would be better.

Group6 - Exercise

http://www.archive.org/details/PSA-Exercising_227

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Exercise is group6's topic, finally, there was a positive ad. I like the music they chose, it was very cheerful. When you hear it, you really want to move, and that is fit for exercise. They use many sport pictures to attract audience, to show the advantages of exercise. On poster side, I like their slogan. It is powerful, and can let people feel the positive side. Also, the pictures of two posters can show the passions of exercise.

Group5 - Child Abuse

Poster1 : https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4RkjB3vPfsRwCp0qf5rHRzJBR4bD4gbFeeA4w_g1Qw3a7kEn5VQGtX78_jUCv6F1F36ig_E4IDGVRfTQjIxxy7nzzEtqK-I7T9O3lN8zZu9oDmNK455EgwFV1gCKa9e9KBSnq255UZI0/s1600-h/ad1.jpg
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Storyboard : http://docs.google.com/View?revision=_latest&docid=dfn94p2_0g2sxzdg7&hl=en

Group5's topic is 'child abuse'. I think group5 did a good job. Their pictures were well chosen, and they appealed people what a child needs is complete family and love, they also offered the connections, I like the procedure they did. Plus, their posters are great! The slogan are fit for the theme, and the using of effects are pretty good.

Group 4 - Pet Care

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Pet care is group4's topic. I very love their story in the video, it guides people to know what they want to say. And the pictures they choose are good, too. The pets are very very cute! The slogan 'He is not your toy, he's your family' is fit for the theme. However, they did not post the connection of the organization. Their posters are good, but subhead seems too be a little too many words. Anyway the pictures are well chosen.

Group 3 - Littering

See posters: http://vincent520-wahaha.blogspot.com/2009/06/httpwww.html

Littering is the theme of group3. I think their video is good, they appeal us not to throw garbage randomly to anywhere. We need to protect the environment for animals. And they offer the connections of the organization, that's good. However, they do not need to post the resource websites on the video, they can put it at other document. Plus, their poster are good, the slogan can match to the theme,too.

Group 2 - Homeless

Homeless is group2's theme. I think they can add more effect to let people aware of those words, like in 2007.......to 2008......., I think they do not need to type all the words on the video. In their video, they said "the government should ...." However they did not note who want the government to do this, who did this video. Moreover, I think their posters are not well done, especially they did not note which organization it was.

Group 1 - Teenage Suicide

The theme of group1's topic is 'teenage suicide'. This is a society problem nowadays and they also pointed out the question: Can suicide really ease your pain? They used many pictures and matched well. I love the poem they offered, I think that really can let us think more if we want to commit suicide. Plus, the slogan of the posters are good, and related to the video's theme.

Pixton: The Lover

One day, Mark's lover was gone, and he asked the God for help. When the God was telling him the method to find his love, Mark suddenly ran forward. Why? Well, he finally found his 'lover'!

Susan Boyle Webquest

Susan Boyle, who comes from a village in Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland. On 11 April 2009, when she was 47 years old, she attended the third series of 'Britain's Got Talent', a British TV show that searches for talented people. When she was on the stage at the first audition, all the audiences, even the judges thought: "Can she sings well? " because of her unpolished appearance. She did not has a slender shape and pretty dress, she has bushy eyebrows and frizzy hair, well, she was not a charming woman. However, after she sang, she got a standing ovation. Every one were surprised by her beautiful voice ....See Susan Boyle's first round audition

After Susan's first show was posted on the youtube, it has been over 67,000,000 people that viewed the video. That was an amazing number! She broke the record of Paul Potts (the champion of first series). She became famous by 'I dreamed a dream' , the song from Les Misérables ( a novel by French author, Victor Hugo, and has been performed as opera), and she also sang other songs like 'Cry me a river' , 'Killing me softly' and 'Memory' from Cats, the song which was sung by her idol, Elaine Page (a famous British singer who has performed many operas, and always be the prima role).

Because of Susan Boyle became more and more popular, she was interviewed by ABC News, STV (Scottish Television), CBS, BBC, and NBC, she even interviewed by the American talk show host, Larry King Click here . Moreover, there were many media has reported Susan's story in Taiwan, of course, those news all said Susan Boyle was a miracle, and has a pretty, touching voice. Susan also has some famous fans like the actress Demi Moore. Demi Moore said that she was cring when she saw Susan sing 'I dreamed a dream'. Plus, I found a poem video for Susan on youtube, and it was written by John (musound). Click here

Susan Boyle is a downtown woman, she lives with her beloved cat with a humdrum life in a small village. However, with the popularity, Susan Boyle started to change her appearance to be more beautiful, and more attractive. She wore make-up and her dressing became fashionable as well. Some people hope that Susan could keep her original appearance, but some people like her new change. For me, I like the expression Susan gave me in the beginning so I hope she could be herself. She did not need to change her outside look because of others' judgements. But, no matter what appearance she is, I believe that her attitude is always the same.

By the way, there are many famous singers come from 'Britain's Got Talent'. For example, Paul Potts. He was a common mobile phone seller until he won the championship at 'Britain's Got Talent' in 2007. He became very famous all over the world and published his albums. He even had the honour to perform at the Royal Variety Performance in front of Queen Elizabeth II.

See Paul Potts' first audition

The other one is the cute child singer, Connie Talbot. She is one of my favorite singer. (I bought her albums! >0< ) She was only 6 years old when she attended the audition, and she was in the same series with Paul Potts and she won the second place in the competition. She and Paul are very popular after they attended the show. Connie also came to Taiwan to publicize her first album 'Over The Rainbow' in 2008.