The Bullying Epidemic: the Story of Amanda Todd
The Bullying Epidemic: The story of Amanda Todd
Logline: Bullying has become an epidemic in the USA and today, more than ever, we are hearing stories in the news about how kids are committing suicide at a younger age due to bullying.
The video starts off with cheerful music and the shots of a small town in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. Shots of the snow and schools and children crossing the street give off the small community feeling. The screen turns black and the following words appear in bold white letters, “It is estimated that 13 million American children are teased, taunted and physically assaulted by their peers, making bullying the most common form of violence our nation's youth experience in 2012. Every day, about 160,000 of American children miss school because of fear of physical and psychological attacks on the basis of their skin color, ethnicity, physical or mental abilities, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion. –USA Today” The cameras go inside of a school and we see students hanging out by the lockers. Camera continues to go to the cafeteria where the viewers just see a bunch of students enjoying their lunch and hanging out. The shot suddenly goes to a girl sitting in a chair, giving a “Confessional”(Confessional is when one person talks directly into the camera to introduce themselves and give of their point of view on a specific situation). There we see a big eyed, dark haired girl. “Hello, I’m Amanda Todd” she says. “I am a victim of bullying” Amanda is 15 and in high school. Amanda begins to tell her story. “In 7th grade, I was having fun with my friends. We went online and went to a video-chat website. I loved meeting new people so we were having fun. We eventually connected to some guy. He didn’t show his face but he didn’t look like a creep. We started to chat with him; he was very nice and was treating us like adults. He told me how I was beautiful I was and perfect my body was. He was flattering me. Not a lot of
Logline: Bullying has become an epidemic in the USA and today, more than ever, we are hearing stories in the news about how kids are committing suicide at a younger age due to bullying.
The video starts off with cheerful music and the shots of a small town in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. Shots of the snow and schools and children crossing the street give off the small community feeling. The screen turns black and the following words appear in bold white letters, “It is estimated that 13 million American children are teased, taunted and physically assaulted by their peers, making bullying the most common form of violence our nation's youth experience in 2012. Every day, about 160,000 of American children miss school because of fear of physical and psychological attacks on the basis of their skin color, ethnicity, physical or mental abilities, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion. –USA Today” The cameras go inside of a school and we see students hanging out by the lockers. Camera continues to go to the cafeteria where the viewers just see a bunch of students enjoying their lunch and hanging out. The shot suddenly goes to a girl sitting in a chair, giving a “Confessional”(Confessional is when one person talks directly into the camera to introduce themselves and give of their point of view on a specific situation). There we see a big eyed, dark haired girl. “Hello, I’m Amanda Todd” she says. “I am a victim of bullying” Amanda is 15 and in high school. Amanda begins to tell her story. “In 7th grade, I was having fun with my friends. We went online and went to a video-chat website. I loved meeting new people so we were having fun. We eventually connected to some guy. He didn’t show his face but he didn’t look like a creep. We started to chat with him; he was very nice and was treating us like adults. He told me how I was beautiful I was and perfect my body was. He was flattering me. Not a lot of