Michelle,+Corie,+Joorhee+Propaganda

Advertisement Propaganda __Video __

VIDEO COULD NOT BE UPLOADED -> handed to Mr. Osterweil directly

__Script __

(nationalistic Chinese music coming out) N: Ni hao! Welcome to Mao Mao Mao Zedong's China In the great country of China, there are five rules that all citizens must abide by. These rules not only promise the happiness of all people, but also ensure that China will become the superpower of the world. The rules are:

1) Always always and always say Ni hao Mao to each other. (show video of people saying Ni Hao Mao whenever they see each other)

2) Always always and always dance the Mao dance whenever it is national holiday (show video of people dancing the Mao dance)

3) Always always and always be close to your media (TV, newspaper, and magazines showing Mao)

4) Always always and always carry your handy-dandy Red Little Book (show people carrying the Red Little Book and having discussions) and always make sure your book is nice and clean

5) Last but not least! Always always and always wear RED! a) red bag b) red shoes c) red pencil case d) red fingernails e) red teeth f) red underwear g) red scarf h) red trashcan i) AND most importantly, your Red Little Book

Follow all five rules, and you will get a big belly hug from our leader Mao So remember, follow the five rules, and you will become a true Chinese!

__Reflections

CORIE HAHN;__ Our piece greatly reflects the ideological goals because in the video, we discuss the issue and how we want everyone to contribute to Mao Ze Dong's beliefs by following the 5 rules we continuously repeat for the people to follow. The common themes from the era we express clearly in our piece is by following Mao Ze Dong, wear red, always carry the little red book, having red things, and many more. Our group definitely fits the standards of the Cultural Revolution and it relates to propaganda because we are clearly on the side of Mao Ze Dong and stating how everyone is following Mao Ze Dong and how people who are watching our video should too. It fits the patterns of a type of Propaganda because in this regime of Mao Ze Dong, we follow the standards of the Cultural Revolution.

All in all, I think our group did a pretty good job of portraying how we should all follow Mao Ze Dong and lead the Cultural Revolution with a great sense of nationalistic pride and love for our country. The leader is greatly emphasized because Mao Ze Dong was the face of the Cultural Revolution and we consistently show how we should follow Mao Ze Dong's principles and show it in a way that it is always correct, beneficial, and for the betterment of the country.

__**Michelle Kim**__

Throughout history, propaganda has been expressed in various forms, including posters, articles, music, and the media. Nonetheless, our group came to a conclusion that the most effective way of controlling people's thoughts was through the use of television media. Television media not only appeals to the visual sense of people, but also to auditory, kinetic, and other senses in a much more direct and progressive way. Thus, our propaganda was an advertisement of the five rules that all citizens of Mao Zedong's China should abide by. The five rules were:

1) saying Ni hao Mao to each other (like Heil Hitler) 2) dancing the Mao dance whenever it is national holiday 3) being close to the Mao media 4) carrying the Little Red Book 5) wearing Red at all times

Our group wanted to illustrate how through the manipulation of the legal system of China, Mao Zedong sought to manipulate the thoughts of the people and encourage nationalism for the state. By having everyone follow the same rules, the rules would have brought unity, loyalty, and an increase in nationalism for the Chinese population. This relates to the theme of the Cultural Revolution in that it shows Mao's motivations behind choosing to create certain propagandas and the goals he wanted to achieve through the propaganda. His desire to have everyone be loyal to him, supportive of the Cultural Revolution, and united together to create equality were well-illustrated through the five rules (imaginary rules) he set up for the Chinese population to obey. Hence, our propaganda was primary targeted towards the leader's point of view (Mao's point of view) of creating propagandas and the people's responses to such propagandas. = =

Our group's division of labor was well-balanced. Both of my coworkers, Corie and Joorhee, carried out their responsibilities at all times. From the beginning of the project, our group had a clear and set division of labor that assigned fairly equal amounts of work for each member. Thus, both of my coworkers contributed to making the propaganda more creative, effective, and inspiring. The writing of the script and editing of the video was my responsibility, however, I felt as though my coworkers did enough work to balance the work load I had. Overall, our teamwork was good, and all of us enjoyed making the propaganda together.

JOOHREE'S REFLECTION: Our group made a movie about Mao because we thought that a visual and auditory aid could further enhance the effect of the Cultural Revolution to the audience. We showed the power of Mao by emphasizing the color red; red bag, red clothes, red nails, red shoes, red glasses, red pencil case etc. - the communists/radicals liked the color red because it was the color of revolution and change (the Chinese flag is also mostly red).

Another theme we made emphasis on was on unity. We all wore red shirts and skirts and had our hair tied to symbolize unity and equality.