Sunday, February 9, 2014

Video project team

So for one of my classes, we were divided into groups to complete assignments throughout the semester. One of our semester long projects was to create a public policy project to improve something around us, it could be in the university, the city, or even globally. Most of the projects involved the university and improving student life, especially for international students coming to the university. Our group's project was to install some photoluminescent tape in the staircases at one of the dorms. To me this was a pretty good project idea because this particular dorm is very ugly and run down. It was built in the mid 80's I believe and it is very utilitarian- big, blocky, concrete. The hallways have a tremendous echoing effect, the lights are few and far between, and there isn't much for emergency safety in it. A couple fire extinguishers here and there, and all the lights are on a timer, so in the hallways and staircases you have about 3-4 minutes from lights on to lights off. So you can easily get caught in the middle of a flight of steps in complete darkness. Getting to get to the next closest light switch must be done in pitch blackness. I noticed this problem also in my apartment, that if I go a little slower up or down the steps, I'm left in the dark midway through a flight of steps. So here is our project group's video. Originally it was going to be 5-6 minutes long, but we had to cut everything down to roughly 3 minutes to meet the requirements.  So here's our shortened informational horror film. Full screen for better viewing pleasure.


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