ETERNAL VIGILANCE

1st and 5th slide: Nissa
6thand 7th slide: Eric
8th and 9th slide: Min Wen

Everyone:
Good morning principal, teachers and fellow Teck Whyeans
We are from 2D.

Nissa:I am Nissa, this is Min Wen and do not forget Eric.
We are going to present our topic on propaganda.

Nissa: Hey Min Wen, do you know what is the meaning of “propaganda”?

Min Wen: Hmmm… I am not too sure myself…

Eric: I know a video that will tell us more details. Let’s sit back and watch the video.

VIDEO BEING PLAYED…
After watching…

Nissa: I see… Now I know the meaning!

Min Wen: Yah that’s right! How about all of you.. Did you all understand it?

Eric: well…Hope you guys understand the video. Now we are going to present to you about the power-point slides that we did.

Nissa:Hmm..How is propaganda used as a weapon during WWII?

Min Wen:I know! Propaganda can be used to change people’s mindsets or even (pause) brainwash them…

Nissa: Yes! I read that the Japanese used propaganda to show that they are a good ruler. No wonder our group wanted to find out more about this.

Eric: We chose this topic as the word “propaganda” caught our group’s attention. We did not understand the meaning of “PROPAGANDA” at first. After we discussed among ourselves, we felt it would be challenging for us.

Nissa: There was once when we did not make a plan when we wanted to visit the Bealieu house in Sembawang. As we did not find out more, one of our group-mates was warned by a policeman on patrol for taking photos in a restricted area. If we had done our research, we would have enough time to visit Ford Factory instead on the same day. This incident emphasized the need of planning or we would just waste our time and effort.

Eric: How did we solve these problems?

Min Wen: Some solutions given by our group members are we would set deadlines and remind each other to do their work in time. We would give each other reminder calls, smses and emails to make sure everyone is aware of the deadlines. When we visited Ford Factory the next day, we made sure we found out relevant information for filming to go smoothly.

Nissa: So what did we learn from this project?

Eric: We learnt from the wasted Sembawang trip to always plan things before doing. Not only the skill of planning can be applied in our studies, we can also apply it in the future, in our work. Planning is very important in our life. If we fail to plan, we plan to fail. This is crucial as it can determine how well we will do in our future.

Min Wen: This is the end of our presentation. Thanks for your attention.

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SCRIPT:

1st and 5th slide: Nissa
6thand 7th slide: Eric
8th and 9th slide: Min Wen
Everyone:
Good morning principal, teachers and fellow Teck Whyeans
Everyone: We are from 2D.
I am Nissa, this is Min Wen and do not forget Eric.
We are going to present about our topic on propaganda.
Nissa: Hey Min Wen, do you know what is the meaning for Propaganda?
Min Wen: Hmmm… I am not too sure myself…
Eric: I know a video that will tell us the meaning of Propaganda.
Let’s sit back and watch the video.
VIDEO BEING PLAYED…
After watching…
Nissa: I see… Now I know the meaning!
Min Wen: Yah that’s right. How about you guys.. Did you guys understand it?
Eric: Well… let’s ask some of them.
We go to some students to ask some questions.
Min Wen: Looks like you guys understand the video.
Now we are going to present some power point slides.
Nissa: How is propaganda use as a weapon? This is one main question. Well…Propaganda brainwashes people mind..
You guys might be thinking how, am I right?
Min Wen: Well…like the Japanese, they used propaganda to reflect that they are good ruler.
Nissa: Yah that’s right! Now, why did we choose this topic?
Eric: Well, we choose this topic as the word propaganda caught our group’s attention. We did not understand the meaning of “PROPAGANDA” at first. After we have discussed among ourselves, we felt it would be challenging for us.
Eric: Some problems we faced previously are, work being delay as group members do not help one another when they need help. We do not discuss with one another as we find it hard to communicate with each other.
Eric: How do we solve those problems?
Min Wen: Some solutions given by my group members are, we would set deadlines. We also remind them not to be lazy and be encouraging to explain things that they do not understand.
Min Wen: THE END… Thanks for your attention…

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This propaganda is to tell the people that the British are not good rulers as they treat the people like slaves and that the Japanese are the their savers as they are here to free them from the Japaneses.

(Propaganda: Produce by the japanese.)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3145/2771145216_ed16f065a6.jpg?v=0

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Eric: As you can see, the picture in the background is an example of propaganda. The word “Go ahead, please “TAKE DAY OFF!” means that if they work less , they are helping the enemies to win the war. I know this as the British is an example.They actually work less and end up losing to the Japanese.They even had a party before that as they were to complacent that they would win.Therefore,the Japanese were making strategies and working hard.So this propaganda is referring to the Japanese being proud that the British took their day off.

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Eric :This news may be a form of propaganda too. As you have watched just now, Singaporeans will belief that they are well protected by the defenses like the cannons around the coast and the protection from the war ships like the prince of whales. But who knows, they are still defeated. The British make the Singapore in the war believe that the Singapore is invincible like a impregnable fortress, so when the Japanese struck the Singapore was totally unprepared.

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Jie Cheng: You may wonder what the word propaganda means. Propaganda is an official government communications that is publisize to the public to influence people’s opinion and emotions towards the other party. Which is brain washing the viewer. The information shown is mostly biased or one-sided. The information is always purposely being spread to help or harm the other party. Propaganda can appear in many forms such as poster and videos.

Nissa(talk while the background is showing the cartoon): As what Jie Cheng said previously, propaganda appears in a form of Video too. One of them is cartoon propaganda. Let me show you one example. Blitz Wolf is an early anti-German World War II cartoon produced in 1942 and directed by Tex Avery. This is another version of the 3 little pigs where the evil wolf is represent by Adolf Hitler. In this cartoon the Wolf
The pigs are defending themselves from the wolf but the sign here says that no Japs allowed thus it shows tyat the wolf show the jap and german are both enermies of the amercans.
This scene shows the wolf in a makeshift tank and has to carry his tank sometimes. The wolf is also shown wearing a lace petticoat which is usually worn by females. Hence, the wolf is seen to be as weak, incompetent, and powerless against the more powerful and smarter americans.

Poster no 1
Min Wen: Let me share about this propaganda poster. This propaganda poster was published during WW2 by the Japanese and the message to the viewers is “welcome to my world” (point to the top) . This means that the japanese is welcoming the other countries to live with them. Each country is represented by children from different countries.The Japanese want people to know that they will bring harmony.

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Jie cheng: Good Afternoon this is Jie Cheng reporting the news at Singapore Fortress – Fort Siloso. As you can see from the back, there are many people near the cannon, let me interview them.

Jie cheng: Are you worried about the attack?
Hu Yu: No. of course not we are well protected.

Eric: As you can see, we have cannons facing the sea to prevent any attack

Min Wen: We also have good facilities like military airfields and underground bunkers

Hui Yu: Yah! don’t forget we also have Naval Base and also protection from the prince of whales.

Jie Cheng: This is Jie Cheng signing off at Fort Siloso 6 August 1941.

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1. write up on definition of propaganda. (by Sunday)
2. write up on the *cartoon propaganda (by Sunday)
3. pick and write up on 2 *poster propaganda (by Sunday, discuss on blog also)
4. cut out relevant parts from the cartoon propaganda (on Monday)
5. download the kimigayo song (by or on Monday)
6. recording for the Fort Siloso part as too much background sound and voice not clear (on monday)
7. write up on the “NEWS” (by Sunday)
8. write up on the beheaded heads part (by Sunday)

[All write up:later be converted into scripts for the narrator and actor]

I think we do write up first so that we can improve. When confirm already then we write into a script for the shooting on the coming MONDAY.

NEED to RE-RECORD and to RECORD

• voice of Fort Siloso part
• beheaded head on stool
• introduction (definition of propaganda)
• explanation of the NEWS
• explanation of the 2 propaganda poster
• explanation of the cartoon film
• 2 person bowing to the Japanese flag

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propaganda message: working less helps our enemies. Such advertisements are considered obvious examples of “covert” propaganda because they take on the appearance of objective information rather than the appearance of propaganda, which is misleading. Federal law specifically mandates that any advertisement appearing in the format of a news item must state that the item is in fact a paid advertisement. The Bush Administration has been criticized for allegedly producing and disseminating covert propaganda in the form of television programs, aired in the United States, which appeared to be legitimate news broadcasts and did not include any information signifying that the programs were not generated by a private-sector news source.

The propagandist seeks to change the way people understand an issue or situation for the purpose of changing their actions and expectations in ways that are desirable to the interest group. Propaganda, in this sense, serves as a corollary to censorship in which the same purpose is achieved, not by filling people’s minds with approved information, but by preventing people from being confronted with opposing points of view.

The term propaganda may also refer to false information meant to reinforce the mindsets of people who already believe as the propagandist wishes. The assumption is that, if people believe something false, they will constantly be assailed by doubts. Since these doubts are unpleasant (see cognitive dissonance), people will be eager to have them extinguished, and are therefore receptive to the reassurances of those in power. For this reason propaganda is often addressed to people who are already sympathetic to the agenda. This process of reinforcement uses an individual’s predisposition to self-select “agreeable” information sources as a mechanism for maintaining control.

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1, Introduction
– Definition of propaganda
– Forms of propaganda (leading to cartoon propaganda and slight explanation of other forms)
– Cartoon Propaganda ( to be showed at the side using chroma key method + explanation)
~ cut out more relavant points
– Propaganda poster ( need to choose about 2 more and make it 3 )
* We need to pick out the main points and to talk lesser
* add in background effects
~music (example: Kimigayo )
~get 2 or more person to bow to the Japanese flag (to show that the Japanese want the people
respect them)
2, -Filmed at fort Siloso (The News)
*need to record voice over
*add subtitles
*explain the news (because people may not really understand what the “NEWS”)
~when begining, the narrator will says let’s watch, then the small TV at a corner will maximize
~when ending, the News will acctually minimize and the narrator will explain the NEWS.
3, – Behaded heads placed outside the cathay building
* need to change the actor ( cause Hui Yu is laughing too much ~ destroy the atmosphere )
* definatly need to change the script as, need to focus on main point more. (example, the
Japanese place the heads outside the cathay building is to produce fear to the people and
therefore will not oppose them.)
4, -ending credits
*using a photo of the current sucessful and independece Singpore.

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