PSA Video

Part of the Projects at Home Collection

Topic

Create a video about an issue you care about; give evidence for your point of view.

To get started with this project, check out these models:

Tips

A PSA video is a Public Service Announcement: a video to share important information to help a community—to convince people to make choices that will help keep their family and friends, the community and environment healthy and safe.
Pick a topic that you deeply care about, if you can, so that you will have passion for getting your message out as strongly as possible.
Your video should share evidence and arguments that will surprise people and make them consider the issue that you are addressing.
Think about what facts, ideas, images, and music will be memorable for people: what will stick with them after they see your video. A PSA is an announcement and also an advertisement. You need to sell your idea with information and a viewing experience that changes the way people feel.

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Topic

Create a video about an issue you care about; give evidence for your point of view.

To get started with this project, check out these models:

Tips

A PSA video is a Public Service Announcement: a video to share important information to help a community—to convince people to make choices that will help keep their family and friends, the community and environment healthy and safe.
Pick a topic that you deeply care about, if you can, so that you will have passion for getting your message out as strongly as possible.
Your video should share evidence and arguments that will surprise people and make them consider the issue that you are addressing.
Think about what facts, ideas, images, and music will be memorable for people: what will stick with them after they see your video. A PSA is an announcement and also an advertisement. You need to sell your idea with information and a viewing experience that changes the way people feel.

The Truth About Climate Change

Students created a storyboard, wrote interview questions and conducted the interviews. They also wrote the narration and participated in the acting, filming, photography, and the voiceover—and created the visuals (lobster drawings and greenhouse effect poster) for this PSA.