Group+4+-+Cancer+Support


 * Group 4: Cancer Support**
 * Group Members: Steven, Kelly, Reanisha**
 * Project Goal: To create a 3 - 3 1/2 minute Second Life Machinima Video Skit**

**@http://www.screencast.com/t/fbK7wenTEvN**
__Machinima Skit Description:__ The opening scene in this video will take place in a hospital room, depicting a doctor telling Karen (patient) that she has cancer. This will depict the cold nature of most doctors in this aspect of their profession. Karen has no direction and does not truly understand what may be in her future, or who to ask for help. Luckily, she encounters a friendly woman who is aware of her situation. Karen is offered help and direction and is taken by her new friend to a cancer support group, being that her new friend has the same type of cancer as Karen.

__Who is your audience?__ Our audience will consist of cancer survivors, people who currently suffer from the disease and their family/friends, medical staff, and everyone who was affected in some way by cancer.

__Goals: What do you want people to know about your topic or what do you want to teach them?__ 1. Cancer is treatable 2. There are support groups for cancer patients and survivors 3.There are support groups / foundations that can help cancer patients gain knowledge and help with their disease.

__Brainstorming: Sketch out a draft storyline for your skit.(each avatar must say lines and interact in the Machinima skit.__
 * What characters will be in your skit? (teacher, student, child, animal, political leader, doctor, musician, etc.)
 * Doctor
 * Patient
 * Support Group Leader
 * Support Group Members
 * Karen
 * Her friend
 * Who will say what?
 * The doctor will inform her of her cancer, the friend will be supportive. The support group will be helpful and the support group leader will give her good advice about living with cancer and that it can be treatable.
 * Who will do what? How will they enter/exit the scene?
 * Karen will leave the hospital in tears and her friend will comfort her when she runs into her outside. The roleplay will flash to a different scene in the support group.
 * How will they speak? (accents, casual/professional/authoritative language?)
 * karen and her friend will speak in a casual voice. The doctor will be coldly professional and the support group will be warm and kind.

__Skit Characters/Avatars:__
 * What will they look like? Karen will be in her 50, and appear like an average person. Her friend will be the same. The doctor will look busy and authoratative. The support group will seem like average casual people
 * What will they be wearing? Karen and the support group will be wearing everyday simple clothes. The doctor will be in uniform.
 * Will they have any object attachments? If so, what will they need? The doctor may have a paper or clipboard or folder. This would have the diagnosis on it.
 * Will they be standing, sitting, walking, flying, moving around, etc.? Everyone will be either sitting or standing
 * Will you need extra avatars? If so, what will you need and what will they do? We will need extras as support group members and people on the street

__Backdrop for skit:__
 * Where will the skit take place? In the hospital, and then in a support center
 * What will the backdrop or backdrops look like? A hospital and a comfortable room
 * What Second Life objects will you need for your skit? An area with benches and a room with a table or a circle of chairs
 * Will the skit take place in the morning, midday, evening or night? Midday
 * Will it take place on land, air or sea? Land

__Second Life Extras:__
 * Will you need a PowerPoint screen in Second Life?
 * Will you need a web browser screen in Second Life? Yes
 * Will you need a URL Giver in Second Life (this will give people links to web sites when clicked in SL)? Yes

=__**Draft of Script:**__=

Scene 1: Hospital room
 * Shes in the hospital room waiting for doctor to come in.**


 * The doctor comes in.**
 * She looks up at him hopefully**

Doctor: Your test results show that you have Breast Cancer, you unfortunatly have only one year to live.


 * Doctor walks out**
 * Karen starts to cry.**
 * Fades out to new scene**

Scene 2: Park Bench


 * Karen is weeping on a bench located across the street from the hospital.**
 * A woman walks up to her.**

Jill: Excuse me, are you ok?

Karen: I'm fine, please just leave me alone.

Jill: You look really upset, please is there anything I can do to help.

Karen: Unless you know how it feels to be diagnosed with cancer you can't really help me.

Jill: Actually, I know exactly how that feels, may I sit down?

Karen: Do whatever you want.
 * Woman sits down next to her.**

Jill: I was diagnoised with skin cancer about two years ago and my doctor was terrible. He left me feeling hopless and terrified, I had no direction as to what to do next.

Karen: Really? My doctor just told me I have breast cancer and he was so cold about it. I never felt so alone in my entire life.

Jill: I know exactly what you're going through. It will be ok. My name is Jill, what's your name?

Karen: I'm Karen.

Jill: You aren't alone, there are so much people who are in the same situation as you are.

Karen: I'm in complete shock, the doctor said I only have one year to live.

Jill: There are so many resources available for newly diagnoised patients that so many people don't know about.

Karen: Like what?

Jill:Well, I go to a Cancer Support group every Tuesday in building 241 across the street. I think it would be a good idea if you came tomorrow.

Karen:(Doubtingly) Are you sure?

Jill: Of course! It would be a great opportunity for you to interacte with other cancer patients. I promise you won't regret it.

Karen: Ok, I guess I'll come along.

Jill: Great! The meeting is at 2 o'clock tomorrow on the third floor, room 108.


 * Scene fades out to support group.**

Scene 3: Support group in room with her and her friend Jill: Hi Mike, this is Karen, she was just diagnosed with breast cancer yesterday. I want to introduce her to everyone, I think we can really help her.
 * Jill and Karen walk up to support group leader**

Mike (Support group leader): That would be a great idea.

Mike:(Turns to group) Hi everyone! I would like to introduce our newest member, Karen. She was newly diagnosed with Breast Cancer and is looking for support.
 * Jill, Mike, and Karen walk over to a circle of cancer patients.**


 * Everyone: Hi Karen

Mike: Karen, this is a place where we want to help cancer patients by teaching them to live their life to the fullest, and not to let cancer make them lose hope. Cancer doesn't mean that your life is over, it's an obstacle that you can get though. Who would like to share something with Karen that could be helpful?

Extra: I would, I also have breast cancer and when I was diagnosed my hospital sent me to the American Cancer Society. They told me i had six months to live and offered no treatment options. They made it sound completely hopeless. But that was two years ago! I didn't lose hope. I left the American Cancer Society and went to the Cancer Treatment Center of America. I proved the doctors wrong and didn't let cancer take over my life.

Jill: Something that helped me was connecting with other people through the internet. There are many websites on the best treatment methods of all types of cancer. Cancercenter.com helped me a lot when I was first diagnosed. There are also forums that focus on the pros and cons of different treatments, where you can learn about what has helped people more. Its also possible to read reviews on different locations to get treatment.

Extra 1: Yeah, everything is on the internet.

Mike: There is a table in the back filled with multiple resources to support cancer patients, I think it would be a great if you took a look at it.

Karen: Thank you so much. I feel so much better about my future, it's good to know that there are people that I can turn to who can really support me.

Mike: I'm glad to hear that, I think its important for people not to think that cancer is the end of their lives. There are so many resources available that many people don't even know about. Everything is at a person's fingertips he or she just needs to know where to look for it.