For+Your+Consideration

First off, congratulations to all of you in the first round of the selection process of the Children's Hall of Fame. Throughout the speeches, I was impressed with the effort and effectiveness of the work. Now, the next round whittles the contest down to ten candidates. In this round, each candidate will be put in a group with two other candidates. The audience will choose two candidates from each group to move on to the third round.

Throughout our society, earning honors/awards often are determined in favor of the candidates who can be attractively packaged and "sold" to the target audience. In business, politics, sports, and the arts, winning can be really a factor of marketing over ability/talent/quality. In this part of the contest, you will market your candidate with a 3-4 minute informercial/ video montage that states why he/she/it is a Hall of Famer.

This coming Sunday, the Academy Awards (aka "The Oscars") will be awarded. Prior to the voting, movie companies spend millions of dollars encouraging the voters to select their candidates. Likewise, your video will seek to convince the voters to choose your candidate.

The purpose of this project is not to tear apart (or for that matter, mention) the opposition. You need to focus on why your candidate is superior. What makes your candidate special? Videos can be no longer than 4 minutes. After all videos for one group are finished, voting will take place. Each voter will choose one movie. The top two vote getters from each group will move on. Those students representing the candidate will not vote in this round. All representatives in each group will be escorted out of the room during the vote.

Because there are fifteen remaining candidates, and 24 students, some of you will be working solo. The top vote getters from the first round will work solo. Below are the groups.

Group One Willy Wonka: Nicole Little Orphan Annie: Natalie, Alysa Scooby Doo: Carly C., Keeghan

Group Two Charlotte: Joe Homer Simpson: Danny, Chris N. Bugs Bunny: Mick, Brendan

Group Three Mickey Mouse: Charlie Harry Potter: Zach, Tyler Winnie the Pooh: Maeve, Chris F.

Group Four Group Five Barney: Tim Cinderella: Carly B., Ali Carly Shay: Lexi, Kate

Group Five Elmo: Andrew Clifford: Isaiah Scout Finch: Maddie, Katherine

This project is worth 75 points, and will be due at the start of class 2/20/2013 Accuracy: 40 points Visual Creativity: 25 points Audio Creativity: 10 points

Best of luck!