The fifth day at SAS consisted in working and finishing the project we started on Friday. The project was to make a viral video that spread awareness of SAS’s GatherIQ program consisting of clean water I’m developing countries. We started by brainstorming ideas for our video, thinking if several options that would make people to want to participate and share in the movement. My group of 3 decided to create a challenge where people would have to plank with a jerry can full of water in their backs. Many young girls in third world countries have to travel for several miles with jerry cans just for water, and we wanted to make the user aware of some of the hardships of these children. We reviewed the idea with the supervisors at SAS and took off to record. We recorded each of us walking with the jerry can and collecting water from a creek to use as B-roll for our video sharing the cause. The thought it was a good idea to make an Instagram video where SAS would donate $1 for every 10 likes the post were to get. After we came back from filming, we ate at the office. Today’s lunch was delivered pizza so that we could work and think on our projects while eating.
After we were finished, we wrote a quick script and proceeded to record our voices for the video’s voiceover. We stated some facts about clean water and reviewed the movement and challenge. We all pitched our final scripts to the SAS supervisors for their approval and started editing. The day concluded with a visit from Dr. Mac just to check in with us and ask how we were doing.