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**__CHANNEL 6 NEWS __**
Anchorman Kirk Goodman (Sacha Pike). Field Reporters Destiny Child (Willem de Gouw), Gary Chase (Rhys Burroughs) and Paul, Bob, Kevin (Ashley Adolphe). This crack team of news reporters will, tonight, bring you 3 shocking stories about risk taking. Stay tuned for more.

Group members: Stimuli: What we are doing The idea of a news report came to be when we decided we wanted to show multiple facets of risk-taking within our performance. All of us could choose a role and/or article and present it the way we desire. Also, if we film the performance, we can perfect it so that in the end, the final product will be of a high, professional standard. The performance is designed to inform the audience of various forms of risk-taking (both positive and negative) through real world examples that we have found and could happen to people of our age. In addition, we plan to make the report entertaining by combining the information with humour.
 * Ashley
 * Sacha
 * Rhys
 * Willem
 * Newspaper article ‘Finding a silver lining beyond the big blue’ - NRL star Preston Campbell (Titans) talks about his suicide attempt, depression and his fight against it.
 * Newspaper article- ‘Man eaten by bears at Serbian zoo’ - 23 year old (drunk) Serbian man mauled to death by 2 bears. He entered the enclosure (naked) and thought the bears were ‘cute’ and wanted to hug them. He was found dead the next morning by zookeepers.
 * Sportingo website article ‘Andrew Johns’ drug-taking confessions puts Rugby League to shame’ – NRL star Andrew Johns confesses that he took recreational drugs for the last 12 years of his sporting career, thus tarnishing the NRL’s reputation. He was caught by British police in possession of ecstasy, claimed it was planted in his pocket but he was considering taking it.

Music and Sound We intend to use a variety of background sound effects and music such as studio applause and quintessential news program intro music played via iPods, speakers or amplifiers.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ICT and Technology <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We will use a myriad of ICT including, wikis/blogs, filming the actual performance, iPods, projectors and screens speakers or amplifiers and the aforementioned sound effects.

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Props and Costuming <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We will require tables, sheets of A4 paper, chairs, preferably swivelling, suits/shirts/ties like that of a news reporter, a banner for the news desk, microphones (real or fake), white background and maybe, assorted backdrops.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How the piece relates to the topic <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The piece explores various facets of risk taking and decision making: <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rationale <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">‘Finding a silver lining beyond the big blue’ involves a myriad of concepts involved in this term’s subject. Preston Campbell has taken various risks, before and after his suicide attempt such as entering into the world of elite NRL (as a life as a professional sportsmen always holds innate risks) and coming out into the public to fight his depression and show the younger generations that the illness can be defeated. This is equally risky, as it can attract droves of the media and result in criticism and a tarnished reputation. It also demonstrates the risks associated with balancing one’s personal and professional life and how life changing counselling can be. It also explores the effects on family of the decision to suicide and a busy professional life. The article also looks into life after a suicide attempt and choosing to fight depression without medication. All of these topics, incorporated in the article, pertain to the topics of risk-taking, decision making and the concept that fame is not invincibility. ‘Man eaten by bears in Serbian zoo’ involves the risks of giving in to peer pressure, especially when one has decided to consume drugs and alcohol. This is clear through the fact that there were empty cans and bottles of alcohol as well as multiple mobile phones strewn across the ground, in and around the bear cage. ‘Andrew Johns’ drug-taking confessions puts Rugby League to shame’ is a testament to the concept that fame does not equate to invincibility, how decisions to be involved with drugs and alcohol can result in huge backlash, shame and life-threatening addiction.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finding a silver lining beyond the big blue’ – The risk of trying to become an elite sportsman, balancing life with a career, deciding to try and end your life, deciding to genuinely attempt and stick with counselling, coping with life after a suicide attempt and fighting depression without the use of medication, the fact that fame and fortune is not always a blessing, the risk of coming out into the public to talk about and fight the problem.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">‘Man eaten by bears at Serbian zoo’ – The risk of alcohol and drugs, the risk of caving in to ‘peer pressure’, how drugs and alcohol impair decision making.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">‘Andrew Johns’ drug-taking confessions puts Rugby League to shame’ – Fame does not mean you are invincible, the hazards of drugs, the bigger they are the harder they fall

These themes incorporated in the articles clearly reflect the term’s topics of risk-taking, decision making and that no-one is invincible. This is why we chose these articles. They also allow plenty of room for elaboration a la 'butterfly effect' to demonstrate how such risk-taking can affect others.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How we each contributed Sacha Pike's main duty, so far, has been writing the basis of the script for the news report. He has written the 'in between sections' at the news desk, and left the rest of us to write our stories. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rhys Burroughs has conducted internet research to find a risk-taking scenario with high levels of media exposure, leading him to the Andrew Johns drug scandal. He has also written a portion of the script to showcase the story. Willem De Gouw has written a brief report on the incident at the Serbian zoo, found when searching the Darwin Awards, a mock awards ceremony for those who die in bizarre fashions. Otherwise, so far, he has been involved in filming the opening of the movie. Ashley Adolphe, has added a report to the script and taken care of administrative manners such as the rationale and filming requirements which he has added to the Wiki. He continuously updates the Wiki, in particular, the Progress Log, which had to be restarted from scratch after a Wikipedia administrator erased the page.

Progress Log

Week 4

With the script well underway and the chronological flow of the news report decided, the main aim was to finish off the paperwork ie. the rationale and criteria for our project. We made good use of our double in the library, procuring hard copies of our stimuli, compiling the rationale and printing it out for submission. At the moment, we are a fair way ahead.

Week 5

While the class went down to the hall to practice and plan, we were permitted to stay in the room and begin to film. We completed the opening sequence and some of the converstional sections of the movie. Once again, this allowed us to keep ahead of our work.

Week 7

This week was very busy regarding the CLP. We used both of our doubles to finalise all the written work to be displayed in our portfolios. However, on Thursday and Friday, we utilised lunchtimes to film the remainder of our film. The task was significantly larger than we surmised but due to our headstart, we finished just in the nick of time. Sacha will take the film home to edit it and hopefully, we will have a good quality end product for Tuesday.

Sources If you wish to view the sources of our information, first hand, below are the links. Copy them into your browser or follow the links. [] - 'Finding a silver lining beyond the big blue' [] - 'Man eaten by bears in Serbian zoo' [] - ‘Andrew Johns’ drug-taking confessions puts Rugby League to shame’

Questions to ask the audience 1. What was the best/greatest example of risk-taking and why? 2. What did you enjoy most in our presentation? 3. Why do you think the risk-takers in question took these risks? 4. How conscious of the risk and its repercussions were the risk-takers? 5. Did you enjoy the presentation? 6. Do you have any feedback as to what we could improve?

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What we have learnt through doing the CLP <span style="font-size: 90%; color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Through this project, we have gained significant insight into the scale of risk-taking and how varied its impact can be. We have also learned that quite often, the axiom 'the bigger they are the harder they fall' is often true, as demonstrtaed by the untimely fall of Andrew Johns and the near death of Preston Campbell. We have also garnered extra experience in the ins and outs of movie making. It has also become evident that in such tasks, conflicts of interests are somewhat prevalent, as the concept of a school assessment's weighting is often overlooked. However, overall, it has been a great learning experience.