Reflection
Domestic violence is a very touchy topic and is not spoken about that much. This is because is is mostly done by people who are dear to us. People mostly don't talk about is because it happens behind the walls of the home and no one know about it.
We created a video which portrayed domestic violence at home. Our advert showed the effects of domestic violence on children and its effects in school. We where going to start with the brother abusing the little brother and sister. The brother makes his siblings do all his homework and he despite his mothers attempts to stop him he doesn't..... but it doesn't work out.
The kids return after a long day in school and create a mess in the house. The mother is secretly working and trying to save money to run away. She was late because of work and when she returned home is tired and exhausted. She try to tell the kids to clean up the house and starts to prepare dinner when the father arrives at home. He has had a long day at work and is really angry he starts hitting the mother and the elder sibling tries to stop him. The other kid runs away and the scene freezes.
I learnt about the various ways in which we can present the horror of domestic violence and try and convince an audience to contribute to the cause and save people who go through under a minute or so.
We created a video which portrayed domestic violence at home. Our advert showed the effects of domestic violence on children and its effects in school. We where going to start with the brother abusing the little brother and sister. The brother makes his siblings do all his homework and he despite his mothers attempts to stop him he doesn't..... but it doesn't work out.
We thought that instead of the brother we can put a farther in his place. Although a brother would be unusual having the farther abuse the family would have a greater impact.
So we decided that Ali will play as the father and Emiliya as the Mother. The kids were played by Shahin and me. Our tagline was "Nobody asked for this".
The kids return after a long day in school and create a mess in the house. The mother is secretly working and trying to save money to run away. She was late because of work and when she returned home is tired and exhausted. She try to tell the kids to clean up the house and starts to prepare dinner when the father arrives at home. He has had a long day at work and is really angry he starts hitting the mother and the elder sibling tries to stop him. The other kid runs away and the scene freezes.
I learnt about the various ways in which we can present the horror of domestic violence and try and convince an audience to contribute to the cause and save people who go through under a minute or so.
Well done, your advert shows that your group responded creatively to this task and thought about how to use drama to communicate a message. Your description gives a good context to the scene and explains the characters, and your group's intentions. For a higher grade you could develop your reflection further by giving examples of how you used dialogue, gestures and actions to establish character. You could also be more explicit about your group's intentions and the reaction you were hoping for from the audience. 6/8 Criterion C
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