The concept was to show people with disabilities as just that: People.
So GCDD and SplendidVid produced a mini-documentary on the 40th anniversary of the Developmental Disabilities Act of 1971 that looked back at 40 years of change, examined the lives of people with disabilities today and looked ahead to the challenges that remain.
All in the words of those who live with disabilities.
What to do about the mentally ill among us who are not receiving treatment? Here’s a possible solution from Treatment Advocacy Center.
Task: Turn The Sierra Club’s syndicated radio program into TV for use on CleanSkies.tv, an internet only news channel specializing in environmental and energy issues.
Process: work with Sierra Club to identify Sierra Club resources which were visual and self-contained. Shape these resources into short blocks of TV programming.
Two shooting days, four editing days for the first five programs; Three shooting days, eight editing days for the next six programs.
Outcome: Ten broadcast quality television programs of approximately 30 minutes each.
Budget: $$$
Task: Create a documentary based on complicated research and government studies to highlight issues important to the organization.
Process: Analyze the research to articulate a story line. In this case, the issue was communities which have a higher-than-average breast cancer mortality rate. Humanize the data – using Komen resources on the ground – to find people who were real life examples of the research and who were willing to cooperate. Bottom line message- early screening helps. Six days of shooting in two locations. Two weeks of editing.
Outcome: A fourteen-minute documentary, “I Don’t Want To Know”, used by Komen for education and fundraising purposes.
Budget: $$$$
Task: Produce and shoot on a tight budget a video profiling people who benefit from the Council’s work, highlighting the organization’s major legislative rally.
Process: Two days shooting, three days editing.
Outcome: Five-minute video for web use on many disability- oriented internet sites, in addition to DVD distribution.
We also produced a 30 second PSA for television, which you can see below.
Budget: $
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