Writer: Shane Stricker Title: WISPIRG at UWSP Client: WISPIRG / 122 State St., Ste. 309 Madison, WI 53703 / wispirgstudents.org Estimated Length: 60 seconds Target Audience: UW Stevens Point students Objective: persuade students to volunteer with WISPIRG
Visual
Fade in to slow motion dimmed video
Shot
Audio
1.
Epic violins playing. (0:07)
2.
Afrobeat music begins, plays throughout.
of students holding signs at a protest event.
CHARACTER GENERATE TITLE:
The youth is the hope of our future. -Jose Rizal
Old timey, sped-up clip of early politicians in Washington, smiling, waving, signing bills.
NARRATOR: Politicians aren’t thinking of college students when they cut education funding or give way to greedy corporate interests. (0:12)
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Cut to various clips of “WISPIRG
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NARRATOR: The Wisconsin Public Interest
tonight at 7” with a big arrow chalked
Research Group known as WISPIRG is a
on buildings, sidewalks, and written on
nonprofit, grassroots organization that takes on
paper signs. Students bustle past in the
powerful interests on behalf of Wisconsin’s
direction of the arrow.
students and citizens. (0:22)
The last few students enter a classroom
4.
and gather around a SPEAKER.
NARRATOR: The UW Stevens Point Chapter of WISPIRG meets every week to plan events. (0:27)
Close-up on SPEAKER.
5.
SPEAKER: WISPIRG is doing a lot of exciting things this year. We’ll contribute to Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week… (0:32)
Cut to short montage of students
6.
Nat sounds (0:37)
7.
We’ll help fight against the governments Big
working in soup kitchen, show students serving soup.
Cut back to SPEAKER.
Agriculture subsidies… (0:41)
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Cut to short montage showing table
8.
GIRL 1: Hello. Would you take a moment to
with $20 worth of healthy and $20
sign our petition against Big Ag spending?
worth of unhealthy food, show a girl
(0:47)
convincing a couple to sign the petition.
Cut back to SPEAKER.
9.
SPEAKER: And finally, we’ll launch our Sustainable U campaign… (0:50)
Cut to short montage of students
10.
GIRL 1 speaks over Nat sounds.
lighting a campfire, playing acoustic guitar and drums, dancing and
GIRL 1: No TV, no microwave, no lights, no
laughing.
computer… (0:55)
GIRL 1 smiling, holds up a sign that says “No Energy Waste”
Shot of SPEAKER with entire group.
11.
SPEAKER: Are you guys ready to change the world?
Dim video as students cheer, overlay CHARACTER GENERATE TITLE:
Students cheer. (1:00)
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