Sunday, March 11, 2012

The treatment


Within Shepherd's gates are young minds in the pursuit of higher learning. The diversity of the students within the University are vast. Although they all come from different backgrounds each individual seek a better future. While attending Shepherd University many seek to join an organization or group, to be part of something bigger than themselves. Joining a Greek organization has been a College tradition for years and many students have been part of it. In Shepherd University however is a different story. It seems that Greek life on campus is not as big nor supported than other schools. Still it does not stop students from joining fraternities or sororities, although they are not heavily supported. Which is why I chose a documentary about the Greek Life at Shepherd University.

This documentary will show all the aspects of Fraternities and Sororities on campus. There are many stigmas about social Fraternities and Sororities such as heavy drinking, intoxication activities, belligerency,

but in fact there are many aspect that the public does not know about Greek life, the rumors and stereotypes about Greeks are just that: rumors and stereotypes. Fraternities and Sororities are not just drinking clubs, the word Fraternity comes from the Latin phrase Fraternaliswhich means Brotherhood. That's what the social fraternities and Fraternites are. In my Documentary I will show the viewer the real side to Greek life on Shepherd Campus. I will try to incorporate all the Fraternities and Sororities on campus. What really goes on, how some members feel about the their image and what they think about their own group and how they help Shepherd's social growth.

The technical skills that I will use are:

  • Lighting
  • Wide shots (ws), Close ups (cu), point of view (pov)
  • Editing
  • maybe motion graphics (titles)