This is my proposal for the Literacy Project that we are assigned to do for Contemporary Literature.

I am choosing to do the Video Commercial for this part of the project. I have chosen to do this type of medium for this project do to the fact that I am fairly do with videography and like to use a video camera. I also believe that it will be quite effective in getting the message across to the U of D Jesuit students about how important it is too read, along with the benefits of reading and why they should read.

It is a good way to reach the students for a number of reasons. First of all it is a video so they do not have to actively pursue to understand what is being said through the video they can simply passively sit and watch the video and be completely fine with receiving what the video is about in the way. Another reason that this medium will really work is because of the Cub News. When the Cub News goes on most people do not play attention to the Cub News and they only do when there is a video or a special such as Sports With... If/When (Possibly??) my video makes it on the Cub News it will grab people's attention since they will actually pay attention to the Cub News because it is a video and people only pay attention to the Cub News when there is a video.

The video will be of the benefits of reading. It will also exhibit some of the problems that boys face involving reading and why so many of them do not read. Secondly, there will also be a little bit of humor implemented in the video to make it enjoyable and not some droning on about why a person should read.

Similar to the last point it will include the positives of reading, why a person should read, and the added benefits of reading, including but not limited to, better comprehension, faster reading speed, and a greater undersanding of the world around them.

The basic premise of the video is that there is one person who could identify as a complete bookworm and is always reading and basically always has their nose in a book. On the other hand there is this person's "friend" who never reads and is completely baffled as to why there are people like his friend who simply spend all of their free time buried in a book. By the end of the video basically there will the bookworm will get his "friend" interested in reading and he starts to really enjoy reading and wishes that he had found out about reading and had succumbed to his friend's constant wishes earlier since there are so many benefits from reading.

The video will look like a basic video with editing and graphics where needed.

The information that will be included will be from credible sources such as the packet that Mr. Davidson gave us about reading.

As previously stated there will be the bookworm and his "friend." It is possible that if the plot doesn't run smoothly enough there may be another character who will play as the "friend's" "friend" however, this is probably not going to happen.

There will only be text as an introduction to the overall video.

There will be basic colors with the possibility of filters and color editing if needed.

There will be the sounds that would be in the video. If wind or background noise is a problem these will all be dealt with accordingly. Music may be added if I can find appropriate royalty music.

The overall edits will be done through Windows Movie Maker. The possibility of Photoshop is not completely out of the overall equation yet.

This video will be posted online to at least YouTube and possibly to Vimeo. Depending on how it turns out it may also air on the Cub News (will probably need to get the overall approval of the class for this to happen).