Zhi+Gao+&+Emmy+Tu

Zhi and I chose out topic to be based on homosexual rights because we think the world should legalize homosexual marriages. The law should not focus on “GAY” rights and should be included as part of the human rights. We want to show people that marriage should not be based on gender, but rather love. We want the audience to stop bullying homosexual people and treat them just like other humans. We will show data from all over the world about homosexual marriages and pictures that display homosexuals being bullied. We want the audience to be able to sympathize and empathize with homosexuals.
 * Proposal  **

__Outline:__ - We will show a lot of couples together to show their love. (Male and Female) - Zoom in, and spread hearts all over. - Zoom out, in the corner, are couples (Male and Male, Female and Female) black and white. - Zoom in to the black and white couples, and throw words like “gay”, “mental illness”, etc. - And then, the couple is being forced to separate. - Words and data, showing how we should legalize the homosexual marriage. - At the end, we say “not gay rights, but human rights” and we will use the glue or tape to fix the couple image again [] Source: National Education Association In a 2007 study, 86% of LGBT students said that they had experienced harassment at school during the previous year. (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network -- GLSEN) Research indicates that LGB youth may be more likely to think about and attempt suicide than heterosexual teens. (GLSEN) In a 2005 survey, students said their peers were most often bullied because of their appearance, but the next top reason was because of actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender expression. ("From Teasing to Torment: School Climate of America" -- GLSEN and Harris Interactive) According to the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network 2007 National School Climate Survey of more than 6,000 students... • Nearly 9 out of 10 LGBT youth reported being verbally harassed at school in the past year because of their sexual orientation • Nearly half (44.1 percent) reported being physically harassed • About a quarter (22.1 percent) reported being physically assaulted. • Nearly two-thirds (60.8 percent) who experienced harassment or assault never reported the incident to the school • Of those who did report the incident, nearly one-third (31.1 percent) said the school staff did nothing in response Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth. Benjamin Disraeli

No government has the right to tell its citizens when or whom to love. The only queer people are those who don't love anybody. Rita Mae Brown Speech, 28 August 1982

No matter how far in or out of the closet you are, you still have a next step. Author Unknown

You'll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart. George Michael Kissing A Fool

"Gay and lesbian people fall in love. We settle down. We commit our lives to one another. We raise our children. We protect them. We try to be good citizens." California Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa Monica (after the California Senate approved gay marriage bill AB849)

**  Script    ** Black Text: Homosexual Marriages

Typography way to show the title, fly in, change position, size of font, etc.

Images of Male & male, female & female, and male & female (all holding hand together)

Images fade out

Black text fades in: “Not gay rights but human rights” – typography

Background: white

The texts change position and fly in

The words “Gay” and “Human” are in bigger sizes and all capital letters

Image of holding hands and homosexuals couples

Background – white

One heterosexual couple appears, and then others heterosexual couples fade in

These couples are in red because red symbolizes love and emotion

Camera: Zoom in, move and show their faces

Camera: Zoom to the right corner and stop there

Right corner: male & male couple

Camera: Zoom in and focus on the male & male couple (they are in black)

Background: the heterosexual couples behind the homosexual couple become smaller and smaller

Words like love, care, unique, etc, and their pictures, fade in behind them (showing their love is the same as other couples)

Later words like racism, gay, etc, breaks them apart

Camera: a slow motion when they break apart

Rid apart their pictures (vacation)

Camera: Zoom in to the pictures (vacation)

All the things fade out

The data of the world about homosexual appear (fading in)

Data based on National Education Association, for example: - In a 2007 study, 86% of LGBT students said that they had experienced harassment at school during the previous year. (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network -- GLSEN) - Nearly 9 out of 10 LGBT youth reported being verbally harassed at school in the past year because of their sexual orientation - Nearly half (44.1 percent) reported being physically harassed - About a quarter (22.1 percent) reported being physically assaulted. - Nearly two-thirds (60.8 percent) who experienced harassment or assault never reported the incident to the school

Back to “Not gay rights but human rights” – typography

The letters change position and fly in

The words disappears

Quotes fade in (still by using typography and different camera angle)

Quotes, for example: - "We are not the first but I am sure we will not be the last. After us will come many other countries, driven, ladies and gentleman, by two unstopable forces: freedom and equality" Jose Luis Rodrigueaz, Prime Minister of Spain (in a speech given after Spain legalized gay marriage) - Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.(Benjamin Disraeli) - No government has the right to tell its citizens when or whom to love. The only queer people are those who don't love anybody (Rita Mae Brown. Speech, 28 August 1982)

The words fade out

Information about how people can help them, community association, websites, what not to say, what to say, what not to do, and what to do. (Fading in)

Colourful tape appears and fixes the homosexual couple that has been rid apart

The heterosexual couples fade in with the colour red

The homosexual couple turns from black to red

Pause

Black text (typography) fades in: “Not gay rights but human rights”

Camera: Zoom in to “HUMAN RIGHTS”

“Human Rights” in red and other texts in black

Background: white

Text fades out

END

Background music: slow and soft piano sound