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ACTION/DIALOGUE

1. Opening Scene:

Main spokesperson in front of iconic building at ND

(maybe the Dome)
maybe calming acoustic music in the background
A college campus can be a very busy place

2.

Flashes from afar of different activities/events on

campus:
- the crowd of students on South Quad at 9:15
- a sports practice
- students playing on the Quad
- a large lecture
- focus on person on bike trying to get through
Upbeat music?

3. Back to the spokesperson..

Notre Dame is a beautiful campus exploding with

vibrant student life, or is it?
after or is it? maybe like a dun dun dun kind of
music

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4.

Repeats of the same kinds of flashes, but zoom in

closer to reveal students on their cell phones.
- the students in the crowd are on their cell phones
- students stop game on quad to call someone
- students in lecture are all on their phones
- person on bike pulls out their phone
*spokesperson in background*
Most students are so caught up in their phones that
they forget about the world around them. Our
students are here, but are they really here?

5. Back to the spokesperson..

*serious music*
In the studio
Many young adults these days have fell victim to
cell phone sickness. Students addiction to their
cell phones have eliminated their attention to the
outside world as they are now immersed in their
online lives As students now live within their cell
phones, they have created a hazardous environment
in which they are not only dangers to themselves, but
to those around them.

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ACTION/DIALOGUE

6. Spokesperson describing the biking and texting

problem --------------------------->>>>>>>>
- VIVIDLY in the background is the
biking scene

For Instance, look at this student. Hes just on his

way to class like everyone else, but hes biking and
texting among this crowd of students.
*camera zooms in on phone to show the biker
responding to a text saying
yea.Ill be at Feve tonight!*
*Biker (not paying attention) runs into another
student, causing the biker to fall and the other
student to get hurt*
Show ambulance clip.. show a girl videoing the

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accident wow I should post this to Instagram
fade back to speaker..
this tragic accident could have been avoided if that
biker would have put down his cell phone and paid
attention to his surroundings.

7. Back to the Spokesperson

- VIVIDLY in the background is the
student in class texting scene

Academics arent that important at the University of

Notre Dame. I think texting your bae is more so..
*shows student in class texting bae during a preexam lecture*
*in the background the professor tells the class that
the exam is only over chapters 1 through 3*
Oh no, Bae is the most important! See! If she didn't
respond to bae she wouldn't have known that they
were having dinner at SDH.
*camera shows student at the dorm studying
chapters 4-6*
*student goes to class (hypothetically days later) to
pick up her test*
* test says F- See me during office hours!
Of course responding to bae wasn't the reason she
failed the exam, maybe she should have texted bae
back and said No lets go to NDH instead

8.
Friends on quad playing soccer

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9.
Lacrosse Practice
Bring in celebrity spokesperson (Brendan)
- in full lacrosse gear

Im Brendan Gleason. Notre Dame athletes are

some of the best, most focused athletes in world, and
even they arent immune the cell phone sickness. I
can see it among my teammates, some of them are
so disconnected from the team because they are
constantly immersed in their phones. 99 out of 100
teams dont win the national championship, and you
know why? they dont have good team chemistry due
to the prevalence of cell phone sickness.

10. Statistic scene

Narrator..

97.3% of all college students have fallen victim to

hazards of all sorts caused by continuous cell phone
use.

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ACTION/DIALOGUE

11.
Person lying in bunk

*scrolling through twitter late at night, drops phone on

face*
Narrator in background:
These hazards can strike at any time and can
happen to anyone.

12.
person walking down stairs

person walking down stairs, hears a text tone, pulls

out their phone to check, trips and tumbles down
flight of stairs

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13.
person walking to class

person walking to class, hears text tone, pulls out cell

phone to check, walks head first into tree
Narrator in background:
If you notice these symptoms happening to you or
your loved ones, it might be time to seek help from a
professional for your cell phone sickness

Counterargument:

*Narrator in studio*
However, some say that cell phone sickness is not a
real thing. These people believe that cell phones do
not cause hazards and that cell phones do not affect
how they interact with the real world

14. Counterargument:

RIGHT AFTER PERSON RUNS INTO THE TREE

Person A: Ouch! I hope my phone is okay..

I dont care about the hazards, I cant live without my Person B: Why dont you try putting your phone away
cell phone
for a little while? Things like this wouldnt happen and
you could experience the wonderful things in reality.
Person A: No way! My cell phone didnt cause this, I
just forgot where I was going..
*gets back on cell phone and walks away*
Person B: *heavy sigh*

15.

*Person B walks over to switch VERY OBVIOUSLY

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Wifi gets turned off

labeled WIFI*
Person B: Ill prove to them that there is life outside
of cell phones
*flips switch*

16. students realize wifi is no longer working

*students realize that their phones are no longer

working and look at each other and begin to freak
out*
Person: OMG what are we going to do now?
Person 2: IDK what can you do other than twitter
and instagram and texting
Person 3: maybe we can go see if other people are
having the same problem
they all walk outside and say really exaggerated
things about nature like OMG the leaves change
color and then they start to talk to each other..
proving the human interaction is possible without cell
phones

17. Back to narrator

*very serious*
Please, warn your loved ones about cell phone
sickness. It is a serious ailment that can affect
anyone at any time. Getting stuck in the virtual world
of cell phones can cause many hazards, so your their
safety and your own, show them that life can and
does go on without cell phones. Encourage them to
start small by putting their phone down for even an
hour per day. Together, we can beat cell phone
sickness and enjoy the life around us.