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RADIO IDEAS: Anyone got one? Post it here and then we could vote (or something) to choose one. I was thinking, since we're targeting a young adult audience, we could do one with popular song, and somehow tie in the slogan. Idk, just an idea- and a vague one at that. :) Thanks!

I think for starters, we could go with the classic radio commercial that asks you how your life is going and if your content, and then we could make a parody off that. -Noah

Nice one, Noah. Anyone else??? We also need to figure out when to shoot the commercial. I've tried inviting Theo, but his email is acting up- Noah, could you try, since you also know his address? Thanks (again!)- Kate

I think Noah's idea is a good start. We can tie that in to our slogan, with Diet Coke helping people rise above the rest and become content with their lives. I also think Kate is right, we need to find a time when we can shoot the radio and TV commercials. (Selfishly, it would be easier for me if we shot the TV commercial sooner rather than later so that I have more time if I do the editing--which I'm happy to do--to run it by you all and get your opinions.) Should we set up another page to converse over what dates are good for everybody to get together? I don't think we will be able to avoid getting together at least once to rehearse our actual presentation....I know this is probably not very helpful; I will continue thinking of radio ideas. :-) -- Madeleine

[|Coke icon.doc] Hey guys, this is the document where I have the Icon saved. This way we can all get the same one looking the same way. Just a little easier for all of us. -Alison

Ok guys- what are we doing with the radio idea??? -Noah on Kate's account

hey ali-son...can you send me the symbol thing so i can make the buttons? tanks, bekah

woah, sorry, my computer was being all weird, but i have the coke thing, so its all good ali-son....its still bekah...


 * NOTES FROM OUR DISCUSSION ON SATURDAY:**

TV Commercial Outline
 * 1) We begin with seeing the scientist mixing different types of sodas together in the lab
 * 2) Next, he/she adds in Coke
 * 3) We show a bunch of "bad stuff" coming out (calories, sugars, etc.)
 * 4) We pour the (now diet) Coke into a bottle, and the bottle glows
 * 5) We flash to a picture of our Diet Coke logo
 * 6) We show the experiment where the Diet Coke rises to the top. (Our slogan will be on the screen.)
 * 7) We also talked about having the commercial be silent except for humorous voiceovers from a narrator

TV Commercial Materials
 * 1) Camera (I can bring mine)
 * 2) Beakers/Test Tubes (To be supplied by the science teacher)
 * 3) Regular Coke Can and Diet Coke Can (Would anybody be able to bring either of these?)
 * 4) Other types of soda cans (I might be able to bring a few....let me know if any of you have any to bring)

For our radio commercial we decided on featuring landmark stages of a teenager or young adult's life; between each big event in the person's life the person would take a sip of Diet Coke.


 * If I wrote something down wrong, please feel free to correct it. This is just what I have written down in my notes....Thanks!***

---Madeleine

Radio script ROUGH draft (possibly)

(Teen speaking): So far, my life has been pretty good. I guess the most important day was when I was born (add date? or no?). The worst day of my life was probably the first day of kindergarten. *Sigh* All that freedom gone... The most fun day was definitely the first time I went to an amusement park. I threw up all over Goofy the dog after riding the spinny tea cups. Good times, good times. What's left? Oh yeah, the BEST day of my life.That's the easiest one by far. The best day of my life was when I had my first sip of Diet Coke. Totally. (Different, adult voice, possibly): As you can see, Diet Coke rises above the rest. Even above throwing up on Goofy the dog.

Idk, just an idea. I don't know how long it would be- it depends on how fast the speaker was talking. Let me know what you think- I totally don't mind if you guys don't like it. :) Kate

Kate, I like the basic idea of the radio script. Madeleine, I think everything was correct. Now, I feel bad about this one, and I don't know how far you have worked, Becca, but I was talking to people who did this project last year and was telling them about the button idea. They said that that most likely would not be good because they don't think a lot of people use buttons. I can see their point, but I think that if we make them neat enough, they could work. But, once again, I don't know how far you have worked on the buttons. So, I guess that what I'm trying to say is that if we stick with the button idea, they should be real and not just laminated paper. Sorry, once again, I don't know how hard you have worked and how far along you are on them. - Alison

Kate--I also like the basic outline of the script...I think that adding humor makes it better. :-) I don't think we necessarily need to add the date of his/her birth. I also think you chose some pretty good events because we want to make the commercial to apply not to just teens, but also to young adults. Thanks for putting in the time to come up with the outline.... ---Madeleine

Alison-- I don't know how to make real buttons, my sister said it would be fine to just laminate them. But if anyone has other ideas, I would be fine for changing it. Also, I can get a Diet Coke can. I just need to know when to bring it in. -Bekah

I thought the idea of making a Facebook page as our choice was a good idea, but I don't really know that much about Facebook, so if it's going to be too difficult, I don't think that we should make this harder than it has to be. If we can't do the Facebook thing, I think buttons will be just fine. We shouldn't stress over it too much. Hope everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving Break. ---Madeleine

Mrs. Bowen said we can do the video Wednesday after school. --Bekah I finished the rough draft of the brochure and its looking pretty great. Just thought i'd let you know. -Noah

Thanks for being so on top of things, Noah! I'm sure it's awesome...can't wait to see it ---Madeleine

Here's my rough radio commercial.-Theo With “In my life” by Beatles in background Speaker 1: Life is full of key moments. In third grade that was getting a sticker on your test. In middle school, making the basketball team. In high school, buying a car. And… Speaker 2: **Interrupting** there’s always your first sip of diet coke… Speaker 1: Oh ya, (Pause) dang… Narrator: With no sugar or calories, Diet Coke is the most healthy and delicious soda drink on the market. Drink Diet Coke. Rise above the rest. I timed myself reading it and it should take around 30 seconds.
 * Silence- I love you more twice (end of In my life)**

Sounds great, Theo! Now we need to figure out when/ who will get together to record it. -Kate

Hello Everybody! Hope you all are having a lovely Christmas Break so far. I know we are all dreading getting together to work on this thing, but since we know we have to, here are the days that I'm available:

Mon. 12/20 (I'm guessing by the time you all get this, it will be too late...plus, my brother won't be home yet so I won't know how to make the radio commercial yet.) Tues. 12/21 I have to go to a party that starts at 2:00...it supposedly only goes until 4:30 but I'm sure it will run longer... Thurs.12/23 I'm available all day. Sun. 12/26 All day. Mon. 12/27 I have dentist/orthodontist appts. starting at 2:00 and extending through 4:00. Tues. 12/28 All day Wed. 12/29 Most of the day...I have to go to my cousins' house sometime at night but I don't know when yet... Fri. 12/31 I'm available anytime during the day; I'm sure we will all be busy that night. Sat. 12/1 So far I'm available, but I might have to do something with my grandpa. Sun. 12/2 All day.

Okay, so that was kind of way too much info., but let me know when you are all available so we can set it up soon before everybody gets plans. --- Madeleine

P.S. I promise I will let everybody know where my house is once we actually get a date set up....it's not that hard to find. :-)

I'm free today, tomorrow evening (after 4?) or before noon Thursday, i think whenever i'm pretty sure whenever after thursday i'm free --Bekah

Kate says pretty much any time after tomorrow is good for her. --- Madeleine

Okay, so this is just a VERY rough draft, but I used the idea that we had to create a new logo. I know it's really simple; however, we probably want something less complex than before since people need to be able to understand it within a couple of seconds, right? Anyway, let me know what you all think....I'm happy to change anything. Just wanted to get something out there, so we can all make some progress. I know we are all waiting on it. Also, let me know if for some reason the link doesn't work for you....

---Madeleine

And for my third entry of the day.....I came up with an idea for the magazine advertisement. Now, when you see it, you will notice that it's not at all what we talked about!! The more I thought about the whole Atlas idea, the more I wondered whether it really applied to our target audience. So, (while I still think it was an awesome idea), I tried to brainstorm stuff that would apply more to teens/young adults. I'm happy to make more than one magazine advertisement to illustrate the point, but I was kind of going with people who are literally AND figuratively rising above the rest with Coke. This example features Kobe Bryant....I thought he'd be good because he's a good athlete (males) and he's not half-bad looking (females) :-) However, by no means do you have to like this!! If you have advice, that's great. Thanks again for all your help; I know this is the last thing everybody wants to be doing over break!

---Madeleine

I looked at my calendar and I can work: Dec. 22- morning/afternoon Dec. 23- all day Dec. 27- all day Dec. 28- all day Dec. 29- afternoon So... since all four of us can do it on Dec. 23 (this thursday), maybe that is the day that we should get together. Oh, and where are we meeting? Also Madeleine, I can't open the logo on my computer. But also, I thought that we decided that we are going to just keep the same logo and add 'Diet Coke' under it. Its kind of already on the billboard. -Alison

I think Madeleine's logo is fine, but I still think we should stick with Alison's. Madeleine-I tried to open the magazine thing, but it was like messed up or something, so I don't know what happened there...? Thursday's fine for me any time I think. --Bekah

I have to agree with Bekah, just because, like Alison said, the logo is already on the billboard, and we can easily add "Diet Coke" under the symbol. Thursday sounds good to me! Time preferences??? -Kate

Sorry, I guess we sort of had a miscommunication....I thought that was all good with Alison on Friday!! Sorry about that....yeah doing the old logo is fine. If it wouldn't be too much trouble, would you mind putting the "new" logo with the "diet coke" added to it on the Wikispaces soon? Only because I can't do the rest of the TV commercial before I have the logo. Sorry!!! Also, does anybody have any way to contact Theo and Noah? Cell phone number? E-mail? Facebook? Anything? :-) If not, I'll just call their houses but since they don't appear to be checking the Wikispace I'm not sure how to let them know about everything. And about Thursday.....do we even know that Noah and Theo can do it that day? Also, I won't be anywhere near done with the TV commercial by then, and I'm guessing it may be hard if we all try to edit it together. And, my mom officially designated the 23rd as our "family cleaning day" making my house unavailable for long periods of time (which I'm assuming we will need).....if anybody has solutions to these issues, let me know. Again, sorry for the inconvenience. --- Madeleine

I'm free until three or four on thursday and everyone try to bring their finished work and research so that we can do this in one or two days. I am done with the website and just need the links for the commercials when we do them -Theo

We can meet at my house- that is fine. It is 823 E. Willow Ave. It's a blue house right across from Lowell School. Willow is right off of President. Is from 1:00-4:00 good for everyone? I don't know how to get in touch with Noah, sorry. Now remember that the font for the big "D" in the logo that you guys have isn't correct. I guess its a font that only my computer has. So, remember to bring whatever you need printed with you on a flashdrive. We can just print in out here. And Madeleine, how should we get the correct "D" into the end of the commercial? Do we need to do it here? Ok, here is the correct icon for everyone, but just remember that the font on your computer probably isn't right: -Alison

So I made a new icon that I think will work, but let me know it you guys like it. Also, if you have already put the other icon on your portion of the project, let me know and we will just stick with the other idea. And yes, I am okay with switching to this icon. I agree, the other one certainly does not make sense. -Alison

1-4 on Thursday at Alison's is fine with me. Thanks, Alison! Madeleine- it's fine if the commercial isn't done yet- we still have to do the radio one anyways. Theo- if you have to leave earlier than 4, we can work on your stuff first, I guess. I can Facebook Noah, but I won't until I see that you guys can all do it at that time. -Kate

I can come tomorrow. -Bekah

OK- since Madeleine said she could come, and Bekah and I can obviously come to Alison's tomorrow, I'll go ahead and contact Noah since Theo is the only one we don't know for sure on. See you (all, hopefully!) tomorrow! -Kate

Hey guys! Since we are meeting on Tuesday (12/28 at 1:00), here's my address that I promised: 234 East Oak Avenue (on the corner of Oak and Scott)....my house is the red brick one with the green door and shutters. Also, in case you forgot what part of the presentation you are supposed to prepare for Tuesday, here's the outline again:

Introduction (Madeleine/Kate) Conclusion (Alison/Bekah)
 * 1) Website (Theo)
 * 2) Radio Commercial (Noah)
 * 3) Billboard (Alison)
 * 4) Buttons/Choice (Bekah)
 * 5) TV Commercial (Theo)
 * 6) Magazine Ad. (Madeleine)
 * 7) 3-D Display (Kate)
 * 8) Brochure (Noah)

Also, Bekah, did we ever get the button idea approved by Mrs. Pigoni? Just wondering because I know I didn't do it. If we didn't already, she said we could e-mail her so one of us can run the idea by her that way. Thanks everybody! --- Madeleine

Hello again....just updating you on the TV commercial: So, I have it down to 30 seconds, however....I cut out the ENTIRE experiment with the coke and the other sodas. Originally, I had the commercial structured like we had planned (experiment we did at school, flashing to the logo, then the experiment where the Diet Coke rises to the top), but it looked like two totally unrelated commercials smashed together. Also, the first commercial didn't make a whole lot of sense. Right now, I have the commercial consisting solely of the experiment where Diet Coke rises to the top (since that really applies more to our slogan anyway and it makes more visual sense to a viewer). If anybody has problems with this, let me know....or we can discuss it when you all come tomorrow. Also, if you have any magnificent ideas (or even less-than-magnificent ones) for voiceovers.....please bring those ideas!!! I hope nobody feels like I just changed everything without you....it was kind of a last minute decision and we can always alter it to make everybody happy....perhaps we can all discuss it more face-to-face tomorrow?? Alright, see you all soon. :-) --- Madeleine

I got the buttons approved, so it's all good. -bekah

Noah- We finished both the radio and TV commercials when we met. We also went over the presentation itself a little bit and figured that each person's individual project presentation should be about two minutes long. Also, don't forget about collecting and annotating articles for the panel discussion! Everyone- I think we finally finished! Yay! And thanks again to Madeleine for letting us come to her house and use her equipment to finish everything up! :) -Kate Thank you Kate. Im putting the new logo on the brouchure now. No forgetting here. -Noah I have a problem: how am i gonna do the radio commercial if i dont know what it is?!? -Still Noah

Noah-- the radio commercial is just the script Theo wrote up (with Live Your Life playing in the background), and at the end there is the sound of somebody opening a can of Diet Coke and pouring it into a cup. If you feel like you need to hear it though, let me know and I'll just burn an extra copy for you and give it to you on Monday when we get back...--- Madeleine

Hey everybody! Here's the meeting agenda so that we all can print out our 5 copies: [|Meeting Agenda.doc] I hope it works on your computer! If it doesn't, don't sweat it. I can always print out extra copies. --- Madeleine



heres the brochure thing

noah, 2 things... 1) don't forget the comma after like the 3rd word or something... and 2) my dad says you're supposed to write out zero instead of 0

[|Diet Coke Speech] Here's the introduction, Kate. We will have to talk slowly so that it lasts the proper amount of time, but I didn't know what else to say without being unnecessarily repetitive; if you can think of anything else, let me know. I was thinking you could memorize from "Our logo attracts...." to the end and I will memorize the first half, but if you would prefer to do it the other way around, that's fine too. I don't really have a preference. --- Madeleine

Here's the new meeting agenda: (it's two pages) [|Meeting Agenda.doc]

you can check out the website at www.riseabovetherest.webs.com- Theo