PSA

Reflection:

This picture represents the scene where a student is being beaten by his teacher and his classmates are laughing about it. We made it realistic by making the student have broken glasses, which suggests that he got punched/hit in the eye. Good things about the picture is that each one of the group showed their emotions in their faces. To improve the quality of the picture, I think I need to decrease the members of the group and take picture with first peson's view or zoom in so that the face expressions are clear. The picture above is extremely low quality in terms of the angle and the ability to make people think deeply about the child abuse.

Reflection on 3 music videos

Tracey Chapman--Behind the Wall 
This song is about a domestic violence(DV), which is one of the major social issues. She hears the screaming of a wife and police saying " they can't interfere with domestic affairs.", but after a wife gets injured and ambulance came, police say " they are here to keep peace." So she is basically complaining of irony that police will not act unless it's too late. Her way of singing makes us think that she might have been a victim of DV. Although the song is extremely short, she explains the situation clearly and sings with deep emotion. 
Tori Amos--Silent All These Years .

This song is about rapes and it was written to give her voice to her inner rage at being raped. "Silent all these years" suggest that she has been quiet for what people have done to her, but not anymore. "Funny lip shape" is certainly the injury she got while being raped. To confirm the fact that the song is about rape, she says "boy you best pray that i bleed real soon", which means she might be pregnant. This song vaguely tells us that women who got raped cannot easily ask for help and she claims that is the main problem of the raping.

Pearl Jam--Jeremy 
This song is about a 16 years old student named Jeremy. He had really tough life since he was born and until he committed suicide in front of 30 classmates in English class. According to my research, he had been lonely for the entire life and had some psychiatric problems and his dad didn't care about him at all. Nobody knows what crossed his mind, but he shot himself in English class at period 2 in front of 30 classmates with magnum and died at the age of 16. Pearl Jam later wrote song about him to raise awareness of child abuse and youth isolation. 

Drama: Argument Play

15/04/2016
Script:

Man: Ah. I'd like to have an argument, please.
Receptionist: Certainly sir. Have you been here before?
Man: No, this is my first time.
Receptionist: I see. Well, do you want to have the full argument, or were you thinking of taking a course?
Man: Well, what would be the cost?
Receptionist: Well, It's 50 dirhams for a five minute argument, but only 80 dirhams for a course of ten.
Man: Well, I think it's probably best if I start with the one and then see how it goes from there, okay?
Receptionist: Fine. I'll see who's free at the moment.
(Pause)
Receptionist: Ahh yes, Try Mr. Barnard; room 12.
Man: Thank you. (Walks down the hall. Opens door.)
Angry man: WHADDAYOU WANT?
Man: Well, Well, I was told outside that...
Angry man: DON'T GIVE ME THAT, YOU SNOTTY-FACED HEAP OF PARROT DROPPINGS!
Man: What?
A: SHUT YOUR FESTERING GOB! YOUR TYPE MAKES ME PUKE! YOU VACUOUS TOFFEE-NOSED MALODOROUS FOOL!!!
M: Yes, but I came here for an argument!!
A: (stops shouting) OH! Oh! I'm sorry! This is abuse.
M: Oh! Oh I see!
A: Aha! No, you want room 12A, next door.
M: Oh...Sorry...
A: Not at all!
A: (under his breath) stupid idiot.
(The man goes into room 12A. Another man is sitting behind a desk.)
Man: Is this the right room for an argument?
Other Woman: I've told you once.
Man: No you haven't!
Other Woman: Yes I have.
M: When?
O: Just now.
M: No you didn't!
O: Yes I did!
M: You didn't!
O: I did!
M: You didn't!

O: I'm telling you, I did!

M: You did not!

Old man with mental problem: Why are you flirting with my wife!?

M: What?

Old man with mental problem: Why are you flirting with my wife!?

M: Who is your wife??

Old: Her!!(pointing at other woman)

    My lovely wife...(hugging other woman)

O:Hey!! What is wrong with you!? I'm not your wife!! Get off me!(pushing the old man)

Oldman and Man fights and man hits the old man with a pot and old man is knocked out.

Receptionist: What is going on here!? What was that noise!!? 

Angry man: What's happening here!? Hey that pot is mine!! Oh my god! It's broken into pieces!!!!!!! Tell me what's going on here!!

M: He says I'm flirting with his wife.(pointing at the old man)

Old man: She is my wife! She is my.......

Receptionist: She isn't your wife!! Your wife died 10 years ago! (to man)Don't worry. He has some mental problems.

Angry man: So you broke my pot.(pointing at the man). My grandmother gave me that!!! 

M: It's not my fault. That old man was about to kill me!!

Angry man argues with the man about the broken pot and old man argues with the receptionist about his wife and the stage light goes off.

Reflection: This script was made by my group. I like the script as it ends with intense arguments, which is the whole concept of the play. We sought to make it interesting and mysterious by adding a old man with metal problem in it. His role was actually very important because he is the one that brings chaos. The play is unique and entertaining, I believe, but it turned out that the play needed more length to explain the setting and what is going on because the audience looked puzzled about what;s happening and did not understand the situation.