Between my initial and final draft of this video, many small adjustments were made. I continued to find video clips that were essential to making my point, and inserted them in between text slides that were previously back-to-back. I spent a good amount of time adjusting the volume of the background music I chose and the volume of the YouTube clips so that all the speakers could be heard but the drop in volume of the background song was not too noticeable.Once I was finished, I uploaded my completed project to YouTube as “The Truth About Schizophrenia” so as to reach my target audience, as well as sharing the link on my Facebook and Twitter accounts to spread the link past the host site.
Throughout this process, I learned a great deal about iMovie and a great deal more about schizophrenia. Going into the project, I thought I knew a good amount of information about the disorder and myths about it, but after watching interviews with people suffering from schizophrenia and hearing the pain in their voice caused by their struggles with the disorder, I knew I had made the right choice in creating a PSA about schizophrenia. It was not the easiest project to complete; I had to watch some clips over and over again until I found the right piece for my project, and I watched some interviews with children suffering from delusions and paranoia that even medication cannot always help. I’ve always had a penchant for learning about mental disorders, and I wanted to take something I was passionate about and bring that to the community of which I am part.
