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I completely forgot to post last week...

I'm basing my movie on health care, specifically that whether or not someone lives or dies should not be profit based. I've got a lot of information about people who have been dropped or denied, and died as a result. I also have information regarding the percentage of money brought in by the health care industry that is straight profit (30%, which is more than casinos are allowed to take). I also want to show how much certain members of congress are paid by the health care industry for their support.. which puts into context why there is such resistance to something that the majority of the american people want.

It's a little late in the game, but this is a good resource:

http://www.apple.com/findouthow/movies/

I found this the other day as well...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sam-gustin/net-neutrality-john-mccai_b_331298.html

I wasn't aware that net neutrality was still a current issue. I found it interesting that conservatives oppose health care as a government take-over, but think it's okay for the government and large corporations to regulate the internet. I think it just reinforces the point that money is the controlling factor, not the true interests of the public at large.

Concept for Project 2:

Documentary style video similar to The Crocodile Hunter. The topic for my episode will be the 'endangered SUV'. We will go on a short safari through the Cortland wilderness to observe these precious vehicles and there will be some background about why the SUV is disappearing from the planet - from economic recession, to increased gas prices to people being pressured to "go green".

This is a comical way to address a topic that is of concern to many people today.

Aislin Bates: Colorado Toddler Denied Health Insurance For Being Underweight

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/20/aislin-bates-colorado-tod_n_327309.html

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3 Media Examples

Gay Rights - Student Video

Student Religious Rights - Student Video

Animal Rights

i had to... just too ridiculous

green peace

global warming

Deforestation

I agree with joe to a certain extent, and I would like my project to focus more on a specific aspect of human's effect on this earth: Deforestation. The term that describes the destruction of forests in order to build roads, clear land for farms, provide lumber for commercial products, etc...

Cutting down these forests effects not only the plants and animals that once called the forests their home, but also has an impact on the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

For my video I would like to take my viewer through the emotional process of deforestation by starting with the beauty of a pure and rich forest environment, and ending with the extermination of trees by humans. Sound will be very important to this project. I would like the sound to also follow the process. Starting off with the natural sounds of a forest (wind, animals) and ending with industrial sounds (trucks, jackhammers, chainsaws). As my research continues I am debating wether or not to add poems which describe the feelings of being in nature, and its destruction.

Project Free Earth

I take issue with humanity. I know that may sound strange but bare with me. There are a number of political and social issues that are affecting our world today. The one thing they have in common is that they are human borne issues.

Humanity is a plague that has run rampant. Our issues have a negative effect on every living creature on this planet. We will never learn. We will never stop polluting. We will never stop going to war.

Unfortunately, I am human; I am well aware that I am a member of a species that could very well be the most destructive animal in the known universe. If God had given me a choice, I would have been a polar bear, but even then I would not have been free of man’s influence. Global warming is very real and yet our government is still handing out carbon credits, melting the artic poles and driving the polar bear into extinction. This is only an example of how man has disturbed the natural order of things and why I feel so strongly about my convictions.

I have always wanted to be a father; there is nothing that I wanted more out of life then to have a family of my own. I am happily married to a wonderful woman named Rebecca and we have two very loving cats named Samwise and Dewey. They are my children; they are the closest thing I will ever have to children. The savages that inhabit this planet have destroyed it, making it unfit for any offspring of mine. Leave it to humanity to take the one planet in the known galaxy capable of sustaining life and completely ruining it.

Man’s legacy is nothing more then cigarette butts, landfills and blacktop. What more could you expect from a species that kills it's own kind in the name of pride and love for money? A species that poisons everything it touches, without caring about who it hurts or who it kills. Fortunately, Mother Earth has existed for billions of years and will survive our captivity and heal from the tortuous wounds that we have inflicted on her.

My video will feature everything from exhaust pipes to the nuclear towers in Oswego. I am going to make it my mission to point out every misguided, short-sighted, narrow-minded thing that we do. The answer to my issue is not pleasant but it is the truth. The only way for earth and the countless other species that inhabit it to survive is for humanity to go the way of the dinosaur. It can happen and eventually will happen because I believe that there is karmic justice in this universe.