Jonathan+MPPIP

My group members, Sam and I, decided to do a commercial because it was the best way to show how Mao was great and his teachings were great. During the time when Mao was the leader, the citizens were able to watch television and they are capable of seeing commercials. Posters, stickers, and all those other propaganda items will not be able to catch the citizens attentions. By showing the commercial, citizens will be able to see the glorified Mao and his teaching. Also, because the commercial are real people acting it out, it is actually more entertaining for the people to watch. Although our commercial is short, it delivers a strong message to the audience.

The commercial was mostly about how people of the Communist party should take down the intellectuals. By showing Mao, which is Sam, ripping up the intellectual books, it may also urge the other people to rip up books. Also in the commercial, the “Little Red Book” is introduced, supporting the people to read the ideas and quotes of Mao. This commercial as a whole urges the citizens to actually join the Red Guards and to take down the intellectuals and to burn/rip up the book. Our commercial was successful of providing the message to the citizens.

Evaluation

My group members, Sam and I, were able to cooperate with each other successfully and everything went well with filming the commercial. Without cooperation, we would be unable to finish filming. Also, my group was able to finish really fast without any NG’s. One thing that I would change when I do this project later is to have clothing props. Our commercial lacked the necessary clothing props. Our props for ripping was great because it looked very real and gave the people the impression that it was actually real. Overall, we were able to have a good cooperation with each other.