PSA-Child Trafficking

Did you know that an estimated 2.5 million children, the majority of them girls, are sexually exploited in the multibillion dollar commercial sex industry? Or did you know that an estimated 14,500 to 17,500 foreign nationals are trafficked into the United States each year. The number of U.S. citizens trafficked within the country is even higher, with an estimated 200,000 American children at risk for trafficking into the sex industry? Or did you hear that in 2006 there were only 5,808 prosecutions and 3,160 convictions throughout the world. This means that for every 800 people trafficked, only one person was convicted in 2006. These are statistics of Child Trafficking.

Our latest project in my Acting for T.V. and film class was PSA's. For those who don't know what a PSA is, a PSA is a Public Service Announcement. Public Service Announcements raises awareness about many problems happening around the world (i.e. Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, e.t.c)

My PSA was on Child Trafficking. Now some of you may be asking, what is Child Trafficking? Child Trafficking is the transporting, harbouring, selling or buying of a child through slavery, prostitution, or illicit activities. Some people think that Child trafficking only happens in certain countries but the truth is-it happens EVERYWHERE. Children are trafficked for four main reasons: exploitation, drugs, slavery, and army. Our group decided to do this topic for our PSA because there isn't enough awareness about it. I even asked some people if they knew what child trafficking is and they didn't even know. That shows you how much people knew about the topic, which is why we need to spread the word and tell people so we can all try to end it.When I was researching Child Trafficking, I was shocked at all the statistics I've read. Here I am, complaining about life and school work whereas there's other children who are around my age group being used and abused for all the wrong things when they should be getting their education NOT selling drugs or being used for pornography. But there's always a solution. We can speak up against child trafficking. We can even help stop these dirty minded criminals from forcing children to do their dirty work. If we all join together, we can make a difference and help save those children and many other children from being trafficked.

Children should not be used like this. Children should have the opportunity to enjoy their childhood and not have to be slaves. Be involved and put an end to child trafficking. Speak up. Speak up against Child Trafficking.

Live. Laugh. Love. And End Child Trafficking.

A WICKED Musical

Do you like musicals? When was the last time you saw a REALLY good musical? Well, if  you like musicals but keep on seeing disappointing musicals then I have the perfect musical for you to see: Wicked.

When I first heard about this play, I thought that there would be witchcraft and my mom is defintely against it. But when I saw they play, good prevails at the end. This Musical is the prologue to The Wizard Of Oz. Before Dorthy showed up in Oz, there was The Wicked Witch of the west, named Elpheba and the Good Witch Glinda. Glinda was a beautiful and popular girl, whereas Elpheba was misunderstood due to the fact that her skin was green and because of her mysterious powers. Everyone though she was evil and judged her which is the reason why she had no friends and her father disliked her. I learned that its not good to judge people without getting to know them first. It doesn't matter what's on the outside-its what matters on the inside. Imagine if we were living in a world where everyone was prejudice Would we all get along? That's why its important to not judge people and get to know someone before you make accusations.

Besides the storyline, what really made me have an aha moment while watching the musical was the lights and the set. When I was watching the play, I realized how the set, and the lights really have an effect on the play. Without these elements, you won't be able to attract the audience and keep their  interest on the play. Everything about the play, from the characters to the set, you could see that they made a lot of effort to make this play perfect. The music was great as well. You could feel the emotion in some of the songs which helped me learned how the characters felt and what they are trying to tell the audience. Best of all was the characterization. The acting was amazing and you could really tell all of the actor's personalities. From watching the actors perform, I learned how it is important to get into character and study how your character and understand how they act along with other characters.

 

I highly recommend people to watch this play. Wicked is not just a musical. You learn life lessons from the story such as not judging others and good always prevail. Also, you get to see how the music, set and lights really contribute to the play and helps keep the audience amused and leave them wanting more. Believe me, when you watch this play, you'll Live as you see this wonderful musical, Laugh at the funny parts of the play and Love the show.

Live. Laugh. Love.