2) I will approach UF students as they are walking through campus and/or listening to music with headphones.
3) I decided that I will approach these students on campus saying "Hey, I am giving away a free dollar if you say GO GATORS on camera."
4) I don't really have a long plan for the conversation. I will start with my opening statement and hope to keep the exchange short and sweet while making sure to not mention it is for a class.
5) Out of five dollar bills I was able to give away 4. However, one of the four people pushed the conversation so far to the point I had to say it was for a club for her to do it.
This exercise was probably my favorite one so far. I enjoy going out of my shell and this exercise definitely makes you confront people in a way that you normally wouldn't around campus. I probably need to work on my camera angle for future video exercises to be sure to get the persons full body in the video for the majority of the video. I will definitely work out that kink for future reference but I am hesitant to use a 3rd person as a cameraman because I enjoy the spontaneity of doing it firsthand. Giving away the dollar was actually a lot harder than I anticipated. Girls, especially, were a bit hesitant to take free money from a random boy which I found very humorous. I did not really make any assumptions about the people I planned to talk to besides them being UF students on campus.
I also thought it would be interesting to do an extra video and give away a free dollar to someone who was single. So I've also included a video of that for entertainment's sake. Enjoy!
I think that your videos were very good and you seemed to be really involved in this assignment and I like the enthusiasm that you are showing. I also really liked your idea to keep it short and simple like I did also by saying it was to Make a Person Smile Foundation. Very good job overall with this assignment. Check out my blog at http://markemiablogs.blogspot.com/2016/02/free-money.html
ReplyDeleteExcellent job. I am glad you enjoyed the assignment so much. I am a little surprised that some of the people questioned you so much about the dollar, especially the one you had to tell it was for a club.
ReplyDeleteI think you did a great job coming up with ideas to explain why your are giving away a dollar. I would say your first reasoning would definitely allow most students to feel more comfortable accepting the dollar as they feel lke they are actually doing something to earn that dollar in a way, and they could probably link it to some school spirit project even without asking. I did find it interesting that the one girl refused to accept it. Maybe she is an FSU fan and didnt want to say GO Gators. But on a serious note, its funny to think that sometimes when strangers come up to offer free money to you, it can seem more creepy/confusing than exciting.
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ReplyDeleteGood job on this assignment. It was also confusing for me when someone rejected the dollar. Like literally, we say go gators everyday and don't get paid a single cent, cmon now. You seem to be a good speaker and are confident in interacting with others. That is, I assume, what part of the purpose of this project was for. Anyway, keep grinding, and be sure to follow my blog for friendship, entertainment, and insight into ENT3003
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