great! i'm finally getting some response.
I can easily get volunteer actors.
This wouldn't cost us anything to tape it and edit it and all that stuff because i have several friends in the businuess who have all the equipment. ( i am also writing a short film this fall, so i got all that kinda stuff covered)
we can get (non famous) actors to play the roles of us.. giving facts. My idea.. starting one PSA off like this.. to capture the viewers attention.
" If one of your parents robbed a bank is it fair for you to have to go to jail too?"
( i know that sounds kinda harsh because robbing a bank isn't the same as going into a country undocumented.. but we want to very BOLDLY explain how unfair it is..)
and then continue with a few facts, make them all BOLD and enough to get people to go like holy shit that's not fair! if they want an education, thats not fair! we need to brainstorm something that would break someones heart.
Maybe have something quoting Obama talking about the Dream act? Do you think that it will benefit us to capture Obama's supporters? Or is it more important to try to capture non Obama supporters? What do you think is more comprehensive?
-Who are we targeting?
-What do we need these people to do?
- Why is this so important and crucial ASAP?
THE ACTORS:
Multi ethnicities ( to show that the Dream act is going to cover alll sorts of young people and not just the stereo typical idea people have in their heads)
some of them should be young and innocent looking ( because you need the audience to sympathize, and that is just how we are going to get them to sympathize.
some would be older and talk about the things they accomplished all on their own. college education, honors, this that and the other.
The PSA.. so we can throw it on youtube.. for free.. initially. Then i am going to start asking my friends who have connections with tv stations to help me get the psa running for free.
and if you guys can think of anywhere else we can show this psa let me know, i am in ny, maybe you guys in other states know people that work for tv networks too?
I wrote a lot. tell me what you think. think of your own psa ideas and write them here,
Think outside the box! no idea is too stupid or crazy! You need to think BIG and then tweak everything.