The Influence Award – Remake project

One Idea – “The Golden Eaglet” (1918) In the early days of girl scouting Juliette Gordon Low used the storytelling power of moving pictures to get the word out about the benefits of bringing girls together for leadership, fun and sisterhood.

Taking inspiration from The Golden Eaglet, promote your own Girl Scout experiences by scripting and putting together a similar short film or powerpoint, using video, photos or other media. Share it with other community groups or girl scout troops or with some girl scout friends and with us in the comments below.

Another idea – Create your own remake project.

Maybe you want to…

• ban stereotypes in a popular prime-time TV show. You could storyboard or script your own episode and you I could share it with students in a media studies class at your school or a local college. And you could also try I sending it to the original producers.

• stop fashion spreads of unrealistic models. You could create your own real-life spread using real-life models, and share it with a group of younger girls so they can gain a better view of what “beautiful” really means. And then you could send it to the magazine’s fashion editors, too.

• a blockbuster movie is way too violent or sexist, or just doesn’t show women in real-life ways. You could use the “movie trailer” format, remake the story line, and then I post it online for others to see!

• change an ad or ad campaign to debunk unhealthy body image myths, expose false claims and useless products, or address a harmful advertising-related issue you’ve found in your community. You could create a PSA to counteract any of the above and get it aired on your local TV station.

• rewrite a popular song that’s with loaded with negative or anti- women lyrics. You could write your own version and get some air-time for it or pass it around online, and send it original writer and performer.

• create a new soundtrack for an existing movie, TV show, or commercial because you think the original sends the wrong message. You could combine various kinds of music (classical, techno, pop, country…) to create your new soundtrack, one that changes the mood entirely.

Please share your remake project in the comments. What did you do? Can you share it with us?