Drowning in Debt
Video Title: Drowning in Debt
Theme/Concept: Follow a student for the day, and include photos and videos to show the overwhelming cost of attending college.
Genre: Nonfiction
Free Write: I want this piece to give an insight of how expensive college is. I would like to show how everything adds up, and maybe show some statistics about how college has grown increasingly expensive, and how student debt is consistently increasing. I will use Rutgers as a vessel to show the price of college.
Video Style: Vlog style filming, with pictures to break up the videos.
Breakdown of possible scene: I will go to Brower and swipe in, while explaining the cost of a meal plan and residence life in general.
Target Audience: Prospective College students, current students.
Objective: Show the price of college, as well as provide advice for others.
Setting: Rutgers Campus
Theme/Concept: Follow a student for the day, and include photos and videos to show the overwhelming cost of attending college.
Genre: Nonfiction
Free Write: I want this piece to give an insight of how expensive college is. I would like to show how everything adds up, and maybe show some statistics about how college has grown increasingly expensive, and how student debt is consistently increasing. I will use Rutgers as a vessel to show the price of college.
Video Style: Vlog style filming, with pictures to break up the videos.
Breakdown of possible scene: I will go to Brower and swipe in, while explaining the cost of a meal plan and residence life in general.
Target Audience: Prospective College students, current students.
Objective: Show the price of college, as well as provide advice for others.
Setting: Rutgers Campus
Hi, Jimmy. My first suggestion to you is to spend more time writing about this. Your free-write portion of this post is under 200 words. Time spent writing about the project will be a huge help when you sit down to try to put this together. It won't be enough to prove the point that college tuition is too high for most--let's say that's a given--so think more about what it is that you're trying to show and to whom? Current students will already know that there are unexpected costs for college, so they aren't your audience. High school students might be more surprised by how everything adds up, but then, is your point to discourage them from attending college? Or to discourage them from attending college out of state? Maybe you could think about how to illustrate how you've coped with costs--do you have any short cuts or tips for incoming students? Are there unexpected places on campus where you could get a free lunch? Or certain discounts if you use your student ID? Maybe you can focus your energy on creating a solution or contributing your own valid experience as part of the project. In that way, you will avoid only illustrating the problems without coming up with ways to solve them.
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