FOUNDATION IN NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY [PSYC 0103]

FINAL PROJECT VIDEO PRESENTATION REPORT

“TOMMY”

GROUP MEMBERS:

ROSABELLA ZUNTIVAI MOBIJOHN 0322106

ONG JI EN 0323835

PAU JIN WEI 0323840

ALIMAN ROSLAN 0323811

MASHRUK ASAD 0322188

TUTORIAL GROUP/SESSION: MONDAY (3.30PM-5.30PM)

LECTURER: MR. SHANKAR TRIRUCHELVAM

SUBMISSION DATE: 1ST FEBRUARY 2016

Contents

i. Acknowledgement…………………………………………………….1

ii. Introduction……………………………………………………………2

iii. Method

a. Apparatus/ Materials Used…………………………………………..3

b. Procedure………………………………………………………….3-4

iv. Discussion

a. Concept and definitions of sketch………………………………….5

b. Storyboard Design…………………………………………………6

c. Storyboard………………………………………………………..7-8

d. Application and Analysis……………………………………….9-17

v. Conclusion……………………………………………………………..18

vi. Minutes of Meetings……………………………………………….19-21

vii. References…………………………………………………………….22

viii. Appendix………………………………………………………….23-25

i. Acknowledgement

First and foremost, we would like to express our gratitude to our lecturer, Mr.

Shankar for giving us the golden opportunity to conduct a psychology theory video for our

Social Psychology final project. In addition to that, we would like to thank Mr. Shankar for

guiding us throughout this final project and we really appreciate his kindness for sending us

the lecture notes to us as it was very helpful for our final project.

Furthermore, we are grateful and would like to extend our sincere regards to all the

participants that were involved in this filming. Throughout this whole video, we would like

to thank all our friends who were willing to help us as we needed more people to conduct

this video filming.

Last but not least, we would like to thank our group members for cooperating with

each other and working hard as a group to complete this project. We divided our jobs

equally and would like to thank all our group members for their contribution. Also, we

would like to thank Taylor’s University for allowing us to conduct this filming in the

campus throughout the whole project.

ii. Introduction

In this final project, students are required to produce a video clip which includes five

psychological concepts in a group of 5 to 6 students. We were encouraged to use concepts

from various topics taught and discussed in class. The purpose of conducting this

assignment was to promote the application of social psychology concepts through real life

situations.

In addition to that, this assignment enhanced our creative thinking skills, teamwork

as well as other disciplines. This project was divided into two parts. The first part of this

project was recording a video clip designated to incorporate the social psychological

concepts taught in class as well as to complete a written report. As for the second part, we

had to conduct a group presentation in class on the submission day.

Lastly, this project has taught us how to apply social psychology concepts into real

world experiences.

iii. Method

a) Apparatus & Materials Used

Filming Equipments:

• Nikon DSLR Camera

• Tripod

Props & Costumes:

• Tommy (before) : Handbag, colourful long sleeved shirt, mustard coloured shorts, a pair

of socks and sandals

• Tommy’s cool friend (Mashruk) : Sunglasses

• Tommy (after) : Leather jacket, black t-shirt, white pants and a pair of white stylish

sneakers

b) Procedure

Settings:

• Taylor’s Lakeside campus

• Block E lift of Tu

• Corridor in Block E of TU

• Hallway in between Block D and Block E of TU

• Outside Block D male toilet level 2 of TU

Operation:

1. Discussion

Multiple pre-discussions held to understand the script of the sketch, job division, role

delegation and finalising the video settings.

2. Role Delegation

3. Video Filming

Rosabella and Ong Ji En produced the script of the sketch. Ong Ji En who was also

the videographer for the filming of the sketch as well as the director together with

Rosabella. Tripod stands were often used to film the sketch when all members had to be in

one scene together or to produce a stabilised video.

During the filming process, group members studied the scenes carefully and

practiced the dialogues as well as carry out inter discussions among each other to avoid

misunderstandings and provide better ideas for the filming process.

Role Actor

Tommy Pau Jin Wei

Tommy’s cool friend Mashruk Asad

Tommy's chill friend Aliman Roslan

Tommy's crush/girlfriend Rosabella Mobijohn

iv. Discussion

a) Concept and Definition of Sketch

Each members of the the group were assigned to come up with different storylines

and concepts for our sketch. Finally, our team had made the choice and decided to choose

Pau Jin Wei’s idea for the sketch and improve it together.

Our sketch entitled “Tommy”. The general concept of the storyline is to show that

you should not “judge a book by its cover”. Just because a man has feminine qualities

doesn't make him gay. There's a difference between the two.

The leading role of this sketch is about a young man with feminine qualities who

people assumes to be ‘gay’ is prejudiced just because he dresses and acts a certain way. He

then finds out the girl that he has a crush on too thinks that he is ‘gay’ from a close friend.

He gets upset and his friend Mashruk persuades him into changing. Mashruk then teaches

Tommy how to act like a real man.

However, the sketch not only acts as an awareness to the audiences, it also reminds

the audiences it’s never too late to make the right change and walk the right path to a better

self.

Our main theme describes five social psychology concepts which are prejudice,

persuasion, self-awareness, social learning perspective and motivation.

b) Storyboard Design

Group discussions are held to understand and give suggestions on the techniques we

wished to use in the video through paper and pen. Furthermore, we improvised and

reinforced the message of the video and discussed about the application of five different

concepts in social psychology in five different scenes and merge them into a single

storyline.

Before processing to film the video, we sketched a visual storyboard that would help

and guide us through the filming process of the five concepts. In addition, we also wrote a

draft script for the video to provide the actors and actress a guideline to apply in the video.

However, our final storyboard however will have its difference compared to a hand

drawn storyboard.

c) Storyboard

Scene One Scene Two

Scene Three

Scene Five

Scene Four

Scene Six

Scene Seven

Scene Nine

Scene Eleven Scene Twelve

Scene Ten

Scene Eight

d) Application and Analysis

Our video consists of five scenes that each shows a specific social psychology concept in

the story of “Tommy”. The analysis of each scene and the application of psychology

concepts in the scenes are explained below.

1. Scene One - Prejudice

Tommy introducing himself.

Description

Tommy introducing himself femininely and saying that people assume that he is ‘gay’ just

because he has feminine qualities.

Concept Definition

Prejudice- is an idea or opinion that is not based on fact, logic or actual experience.

Prejudice is usually referred to as a negative attitude, especially when it is a hatred or

intolerance for certain kinds of people.

Explanation

Prejudice is a destructive phenomenon, and it is pervasive because it serves many

psychological, social, and economic functions. Prejudice allows people to avoid doubt and

fear. Other than that, prejudice gives people scapegoats to blame in times of trouble.

Furthermore, prejudice legitimises discrimination because it apparently justifies one group’s

dominance over another.

Application

People’s social identities depend on the groups Tommy belongs to. From a person’s

perspective, any group he belongs to is an in-group, and any group he doesn’t belong to is

an out-group. People generally have a lower opinion of Tommy and assume that he is ‘gay’

because he dresses and acts in a feminine way.

2. Scene Two - Persuasion

Tommy being persuaded by his cool friend, Tommy.

Description

Finding out from Aliman that Tommy’s crush, Bella already thinks that he is ‘gay’, Tommy

gets depressed and as seen in the picture above, Mashruk, Tommy’s cool friend tries to

persuade him into changing to a better behaviours and dressed Tommy.

Concept Definition

Persuasion - A process in which communicators try to convince other people to change their

attitudes or behaviour regarding an issue through the transmission of a message in an

atmosphere of free choice.

Explanation

Persuasion normally happens to change a person’s actions or mind-set of doing certain

things. There are two types of persuasion with on being a positive and the other being

negative persuasion. Positive persuasion helps people to stay away from negative doings

while a negative persuasion will lead to a person being involved in negative activities.

Application

Mashruk, Tommy’s cool friend persuaded Tommy to change for the better so that people

would stop assuming he is gay just because he dresses and acts in a feminine way but

actually he is not.

3. Scene Three - Self-awareness

Description/Application

After being persuaded by his cool friend, Mashruk, Tommy realises that he needs to change

for the better.

Concept Definition

Self-awareness - The capacity for introspection and the ability to recognise oneself as an

individual separate from the environment and other individuals.

Explanation

Self awareness is having a clear perception about one’s self. It allows us to to understand

other people’s perception towards us, as well as our own thoughts and interpretations we

make in our mind. It is important to have self-awareness as it allows us to see how we can

control our behaviour and personality as well as make changes accordingly.

4. Scene Four - Social Learning Perspective

Mashruk teaching tommy how to be a man.

Description/ Application

As seen in the picture, Mashruk teaching Tommy how to be a man. Other than that, Tommy

observing how Mashruk walk,talk and dresses. Tommy’s mindset of wanting to stop people

from assuming that he is gay and trying to impress Bella, his crush.

Concept Definition

Social Learning Perspective - Behaviour is learned from the environment through the

process of observational learning.

Explanation

Social learning perspective includes learning through the effect of psychological factors and

the responses to external stimuli. People normally learn to do something through the

exposure towards others’ behaviour or actions. An act is also learnt when a person has a

strong will towards the others’ actions, without considering whether it is negative or

positive.

5. Scene Five- Motivation

Mashruk and Aliman motivating Tommy with positive words to approach Bella, his crush.

Description/ Application

Tommy’s main goal is to impress Bella, his crush and hoping that she will accept him as a

companion. As seen in the picture above, Mashruk and Aliman motivating Tommy with

positive words to approach Bella so that he will achieve his goals

Concept Definition

Motivation - The process that initiates, guides and maintain goals-oriented behaviours.

Explanation

Motivation is what causes us to act. There are two types of motivation, extrinsic and

intrinsic motivation. Extrinsic motivation refers to an action taken in response to external

reward while intrinsic motivation arise from within the individual, where an action is taken

for the sake of enjoyment or believe of it as a positive action. In addition, an extrinsically

motivated person will do a task to avoid punishment or earn a specific reward.

v. Conclusion

All in all, this assignment most definitely helped all of us understand the concepts

and theories better. We now have a more in-depth understanding of the theories we chose as

well as the theories that we did not include in our video clip.

We would also like to express our gratitude to our lecturer, Mr. Shankar for helping

us throughout this whole semester. We thank him so much for allowing us to be his students

and we are undoubtedly grateful to be under his wings for this subject.

Last but not least, we would like to take a moment to appreciate each other’s

presence and ideas contributed throughout this whole preparation to complete our

assignment. The more man power and helping hands, the faster the task gets completed.

vi. Minutes of Meetings

Minutes of meeting:

Attendees:

Minutes of the meeting:

Date: 16th January 2016

Time: 10.30-12.30 p.m.

Venue: E 3.12 Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus

Name of Group Members Role

Rosabella Mobijohn Slides designer, main report writer, co-producer, video editor

Ong Ji En Videographer, director

Pau Jin Wei Script writer

Mashruk Asad Narrator, Costume Designer

Aliman Roslan Co-script writer

No. Activity Action Taken By

1 Distribution of Jobs All group members were given roles equally to be fair and

quicken the completion time of the task at hand

2 Start of the presentation We discussed on what to put on the presentation slides. Also, we decided to go with a simple yet eye-catching slides for an easier understanding for the audiences

Minutes of meeting:

Attendees:

Minutes of the meeting:

Date: 30th January 2016

Time: 10.30-7.30 p.m.

Venue: E 3.01 Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus

Name of Group Members Role

Rosabella Mobijohn Slides designer, main report writer, co-producer, video editor

Ong Ji En Videographer, director

Pau Jin Wei Script writer

Mashruk Asad Narrator, Costume Designer

Aliman Roslan Co-script writer, cameraman

No. Activity Action Taken By

1 Filming the video Everyone came on time and participated in the video clip

without wasting time. Each and everyone in the group, portrayed

their character perfectly according to plan

2 Set up of Materials Used We came early to set up the cameras and tripod at the right angles for a clear view of the characters. Most films were

filmed in symmetry

3 Costumes All costumes were brought by Mashruk such as Tommy’s floral shirt, shorts, socks, sandals and leather jacket. Other than that,

sunglasses were brought for the character Tommy’s cool friend,

played by Mashruk himself

Minutes of meeting:

Attendees:

Minutes of the meeting:

Date: 31st January 2016

Time: 10.30-11.30 p.m.

Venue: E 3.08 Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus

Name of Group Members Role

Rosabella Mobijohn Slides designer, main report writer, co-producer, video editor

Ong Ji En Videographer, director

Pau Jin Wei Script writer

Mashruk Asad Narrator, Costume Designer

Aliman Roslan Co-script writer

No. Activity Action Taken By

1 Video editing All videos and pictures were transferred into macbook pro and

video editing was done by Rosabella

2 Rehearsing the presentation We rehearsed our individual parts for the presentation slides to be

prepared for the actual presentation day the next day

3 Double check report, grammar/spelling error and video upload to

youtube

We double checked the grammar as well as the flow of our report to ensure it was easy to understand and has no spelling errors. Other

than that, we took about 10 minutes to upload our video to

youtube

vii. References

1. Learnaboutfilm.com,. (2015). The 180 degree rule, camera position and eyeline.

Retrieved from

http://learnaboutfilm.com/film-language/sequence/180-degree-rule

2. Simplypsychology.org. (2014). Lev Vygotsky. Retrieved from

http://www.simplypsychology.org/vygotsky.html

3. sparknotes.com (20140. Retrieved from

http://www.sparknotes.com/psychology/psych101/socialpsychology/section2/page/3/

viii. Appendix

(Behind the Scenes)

Ong Ji En and Rosabella discussing about the storyline for the video

Pau Jin Wei getting ready to get into character

Test shoot to test brightness and sound quality

Closeup shot to test brightness and to make sure the angle was right

Group members resting in the classroom after a long day of shooting

Aliman getting into action teaching Pau Jin Wei how its done