Kevin+G.+Lee+MPPIP

The video that my group has made revolves around the idea that Mao was the a person that you could trust and that all others were untrustworthy. It would directly make people think that the communist group was under the support of Mao while the other groups were disapproved by him. There are 3 main characters that appear in this short commercial who represent the bourgeoisie, the ideal citizen, and Mao.

The first part of the commercial shows of how the bourgeoisie enters into the "Four Olds Store" to buy a drink from there. Obviously as both the bourgeoisie and the Four Olds were looked down upon during the Cultural Revolution. Thus, the drink bought from the store is bad, making even the bourgeoisie spit out the drink in disgust. Also, Mao comes in to show his disapproval for the drink itself. The second part of the video shows the ideal citizen walking into the Mao Mart to buy some LeMAOnade. The drink turns out to be good and Mao comes himself to approve of the citizen, showing that Mao was the "way to go." It emphisizes the fact that the Communist way was the way Mao had endorsed and approved of. Mao also comes together with the citzen to show that he cares for the individual. Finally, at the end, all 3 of the people come together for one last thumbs up, to show that with Mao everyone can be happy under his leadership.

Evaluation:

In this project, my co-workers showed that we could all work together with very little procrastination. During the 2 blocks that we received in class, we were able to come up with a single idea by putting in several different ideas. The group was able to effectively create a piece of propaganda that would show themes of the era of the Cultural Revolution with a clear and easy to understand message. Creating the idea was a process in which all three of us took part. Albert came up with the idea of using stores to show the idea of how one store was better than the other. Kevin and I took part in creating the introduction of Mao and the drink LeMAOnade. Then we all took turns in editing parts of the video in one location instead of pushing all the work onto someone else. Overall, everyone worked together on the same pace, giving a fair amount of work for each person.

• how well does you piece reflect the ideological goals of the time o are common themes from the era expressed clearly in your piece o is your message clear and fairly easy to understand o does it serve to motivate people • does the drawing or piece reflect a significant