SCRIPT

• First 40-50 seconds
• Establish where the United States is, in terms of media by showing images of our past.  This will include images of wars, protests, riots, and political figures.
• This will give the message of how the United States' media was shaped and how we got to where we are at today.
• Most of the images/clips used will be bright, sunny, good-hearted, and hopeful
• 50-55 seconds
• Transition (dramatic, intense) to Egypt by asking the question, "How has media in Egypt been affected by what's happened IN Egypt?"
• 1:00
• Basically the format of how I show the content will be the same: using images of war, protests, riots--all of the things that shaped Egypt today.  The difference will be the feeling, or the "mood" of the content.  It will look darker, smoky, and fearful
• 1:30
• I will compare what famous people/authors/political figures from each country has said about their own country, showing that the experiences line up and are very similar.
• 1:45 
• The point of the video will start to come across here.
• The video has been a comparison/contrast, essentially, so why am I comparing?
• I will use a form of dialogue, where I will figure out how to say to the audience how Egypt will ultimately end up like the United States (just an idea right now) because the two countries have similar tumultuous histories, but the United States has had 300 years in the making of becoming a democracy lead by a president.
• I will end this with white text against black background.  The text will fade in and it will be my Knock Your Head Off Idea, which is still a work in progress, but will follow the lines of "Egypt is being mediated and might either end up like the United States, or it might destroy the country from the inside out.  And who's to say that isn't happening to the United States right now either?"
• 2:15
• "Hopeful" images and scenes will be displayed to show that although there might be big problems with Egypt's newfound sense of mediation, there is hope for the future.  
• I will most likely switch back and forth between images of the Revolution (which is mostly seen as riots and chaos) and images of a bright new future.
• 2:30
• Finish up with a dramatic scene of children waving (showing what the future of Egypt might become) and maybe a scene of a destroyed civilization/city (showing the other possibility of Egypt's-and maybe the world's-future).
• Credits