In teaching Participation in Government we were studying political advertisements for the midterm elections as well as throughout history since 1960. Most famously, the "Daisy Girl" ad showed a nuclear bomb going off within the pupil of a toddler to scare people into voting. Throughout the 2014 midterm elections, it seemed that the ads were just as bad with scare tactics. Have you noticed how scared we were supposed to be about ISIS and Ebola before the election, and now it has disappeared from the news? Blame the candidates' ads from both sides of the aisle for trying to instill fear in us.
My students saw right through all of this.
My students saw right through all of this.
I decided to ask my students to make fake political ads through YouTube video editor. I like how that tool is online and offers filters and layers like other "more powerful" editors like iMovie. In trying to teach them about how colors and audio can change an perspective, I came across a great Frozen parody. I put these two videos side by side for them. One is the trailer for Frozen, and one is a trailer for Frozen if it were a horror movie! It is an epic difference and it just may ruin your perception of Frozen, but I think it's magic for teaching propaganda. Watch the juxtaposition below, just don't show your toddlers!
Official Disney Frozen Trailer
If Frozen Were a Horror Movie
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