Group++-+Tolerance


 * Group 5: Tolerance**
 * Group Members: Erica, Catherine, Mykia, Egan**
 * Project Goal: To create a 3 - 3 1/2 minute Second Life Machinima Video Skit**

=**Title of Machinima Video: "Tolerance"**= =**VIDEO LINK:** @http://www.screencast.com/t/VnHEOZPzwUPF=

__Machinima Skit Description:__ Four avatars are at a party, having a good time. One avatar is being pressured to drink, and others are joining in to the peer pressure. The avatar who doesn't drink is heckled for a while by her peers until one avatar comes over and stands up for her. After speaking her mind, the sober avatar continues to have a good time without alcohol. Then, at the same party, another avatar is being picked on for being perceived as gay; people are using bigoted slurs and are ganging up against him because of his mannerisms.

__Who is your audience?__ Young adults, teenagers and older

__Goals: What do you want people to know about your topic or what do you want to teach them?__ 1. To inform them of the benefits of being open-minded and tolerant. 2. To offer different ideas and perspectives to obtaining tolerance and acceptance. 3. To educate people why it's important to be accepting and the consequences if you're not.

__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.)
 * College students, having fun at a party
 * Who will say what?
 * One avatar, who is a female college student, will repeatedly refuse to drink at a party. Other people are telling her that it's not a big deal, it's fun, stop being a loser, etc. Then later in the skit, a male avatar that is perceived as gay is being confronted by people who say insensitive jokes. He doesn't really know how to react, but he tries to laugh it off as much as possible. In both instances, the people being bullied stand their ground with the help of friends that stick up for them.
 * Who will do what? How will they enter/exit the scene?
 * A handful of young adult-looking avatars are at a bar/club/dance. When the scene starts, they will already be in the club, and most of the action will take place in the club itself. At the end of the skit, they leave.
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 * How will they speak? (accents, casual/professional/authoritative language?)
 * The avatars will speak in an informal manner, but the bullies will be speaking very authoritatively, maybe even sounding like they are drunk. The people being bullied will be unable to defend themselves until someone else steps in to help.

__Skit Characters/Avatars:__
 * What will they look like?
 * One avatar will be a gay young male, dressed in stereotypical attire. The other will be a young woman, dressed in regular clothes, who is being pressured to drink. There will be a group of other girls and a few boys that are pestering the woman to drink and bullying the gay kid.
 * What will they be wearing?
 * The gay person will be wearing tight clothes, sunglasses, maybe an earing or bracelet. Something he is wearing should be rainbow so as to make it obvious to the audience that he is gay. The girl who doesn't want to drink is wearing party clothes. The bullies will be wearing casual clothing.
 * Will they have any object attachments? If so, what will they need?
 * If our people can be holding drinks of some sort, that would be helpful.
 * Will they be standing, sitting, walking, flying, moving around, etc.?
 * Standing at a lounge, party, bar, or something of the sort.
 * Will you need extra avatars? If so, what will you need and what will they do?
 * Yes, we need a group of young female and male avatars to make the group of bullies.

__Backdrop for skit:__
 * Where will the skit take place?
 * A bar, club, or lounge
 * What will the backdrop or backdrops look like?
 * A dance floor with house music
 * What Second Life objects will you need for your skit?
 * A TV, couch/chairs, drinks
 * Will the skit take place in the morning, midday, evening or night?
 * Night
 * Will it take place on land, air or sea?
 * Land

__Second Life Extras:__ __Skit Dialogue:__
 * Will you need a PowerPoint screen in Second Life?
 * No
 * Will you need a web browser screen in Second Life?
 * No
 * Will you need a URL Giver in Second Life (this will give people links to web sites when clicked in SL)?
 * No
 * A first-time party-goer and her gay friend enter a bar, talking to each other and having a good time. The two part ways when they get to the bar, and pretty soon the girl is approached by a group of people who are pressuring her to drink.


 * They walk into the bar. The girl says, "Thanks for taking me to this party! It looks really cool." The boy says, "Yeah, no problem! I'm gonna catch up with some friends. I'll see you soon."
 * The girl walks over to a group of people dancing by the bar. Everything goes well in the beginning, but then they start to pressure her to drink.
 * Different Avatars pester the girl in a group: It's fun, you know you want to, we'll take care of you if anything happens, everyone does it, you'll be fine, etc
 * One boy is really pressuring her, and won't let up. He begins to make the girl feel uncomfortable. He keeps shoving a drink at her and laughing when she repeatedly tells him no.
 * The gay friend comes over and stands up for his friend, telling them to back off and just leave her alone. Eventually, he is able to persuade the bullies to leave the girl alone. He'll say something along the lines of, "She obviously doesn't want to drink. Why can't you just back off? She's not doing anything to you!"
 * They begin to dance again, and the same group eventually comes over and starts confronting the gay kid because of his appearance. They call him names and imitate him, obviously making him uncomfortable.
 * Some people in the group begin to speak in a "gay lisp" and imitate the stereotypical mannerisms of a gay person. They act really feminine, obviously making the guy upset and hurt. But he doesn't really know how to stand up for himself because he's outnumbered and has never experienced this kind of intolerance before.
 * After a while, the same friend that had been pressured to drink comes over and defends her friend, telling them that what they're doing is wrong and inappropriate. Eventually, the bullies leave them alone, and everyone exits the bar.
 * Acceptance is the key. The girl and the guy start to defend each other against the pressuring group of guys.