RAPID RESPONSE: mass shootings and gun violence

1. INTERVIEW ANOTHER STUDENT
2. SHARE YOUR OWN PERSPECTIVE

No editing required. (If you can, please cut the interview into the best sound bites and submit separately)

SAMPLE QUESTIONS: Please use these questions as a guide, not a script. Pick the ones that speak to you and help you tell a story about you or your subject’s experience. Add your own questions and ask good follow up questions. Make sure answers are full sentences. For example: “Adults should know that ….” or “I want to see elected officials …”

QUESTIONS:

• What should adults know about what it is like growing up in an era of school shootings?
• Why do mass shootings keep happening in America?
• How do mass shootings like Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo, New York affect teen mental health?
• When mass shootings happen, how do your emotions affect your focus in school?
• What would you like to see done to manage gun ownership?
• What can be done about the impact of social media on gun violence in America?
• What are the barriers to making changes to decrease gun violence?
• What would you like to see elected officials do to decrease gun violence?

• If you are doing a video diary and recording yourself, make sure to THINK about your answers.
• If you are interviewing other students, please aim for a diversity of voices - gender, race and ethnicity
• Record 2 shots of b-roll (10 seconds) for each student (examples: walking down a hall, writing at a desk, looking out a window)
• Record the interview(s) and make sure to thank your subject for their time. They must sign our media release if they are under 18.

ON CAMERA IDENTIFICATION: For the record, please say and spell your full name (first and last) on camera. Also please describe how you want to be identified in this video. For example, “I’m an 11th grade student at Canyon High School in Santa Clarita, California” NOTE: SRL’S EDITORS NEED THIS INFORMATION AND WON’T BE ABLE TO PUBLISH YOUR VIDEO WITHOUT IT

• Transfer your footage to your computer or device and transcribe using Otter or similar service.

Before uploading your video, watch it. For video diaries, is it great or should you re-record? Submit your raw video and transcripts using this SUBMISSION FORM to submit your materials. Signed Media Release Forms are required for anyone who appears on camera under 18 years of age. Use this link. You do not need to sign it if you already have this year.

USE/DOWNLOAD: RAPID RESPONSES SKILLS AND STANDARDS CHECKLIST

EXAMPLE OF DESIRED COMPOSITION FOR RAPID RESPONSES:

Subject is looking at the camera, centered, from the chest up, normal headroom.

Use this SUBMISSION FORM to submit your materials. PLEASE LIMIT SUBMISSIONS TO THE BEST 5 PER CLASS. Work individually, with your editor or as a class to identify the most compelling interviews.