Sketch #1 – Divestment Dave
As an introduction to the course Green Media, the exercise to produce and edit a short sketch proved to be initially difficult – perhaps due to the extended uni break.

After deliberation amongst our group and with Alan, we settled on the idea to create a campaign that encourages the audience to divest their money from non-green companies, specifically super funds.

I believe we spent too long discussing the specifics of things such as phrasing and character traits, when perhaps we should’ve finalised a script as a group in the allocated class time so it wasn’t left for someone to complete at home.

In saying this, however, our sketch idea is certainly a creative one, and something that I believe will genuinely spark interest in a wider community and inspire personal research amongst viewers.

Though I wasn’t present during shooting, the footage certainly matches the initial idea discussed during pre-production. One thing we could have executed better, however, is the length of the shots; there is not enough time in each shot to fit the script we had written, thus during the editing process I decided to scrap the voiceover altogether. Next time, for a more seamless execution, we could time the shots more perfectly or adapt the script together.

Overall, I am really pleased with our idea and truly believe it to be something worth spending more time on.