A Point Loma High School junior has won a contest for his “See Something Say Something” video graphically depicting how it\u2019s easier to buy a gun than it is to get a driver\u2019s license.
\nTimothy Fraher, a student in Anthony Palmiotto\u2019s cinematic arts program, won a recent school district wide Public Service Announcement video contest, which was a collaborative effort between San Diego Unified School District’s Police Department and San Diego County’s Crime Stoppers.\u00a0
\nFraher was recognized for his 40-second PSA spot, vimeo.com\/332259484, at an April 23 Crime Stoppers luncheon. He received a plaque, and his PSA will air on Cox Communications more than 100 times this summer.
\n“It started out as something really simple,” explained Fraher, who\u2019s been making films since fourth grade, about his assignment, like everyone else in class, to create a relevant PSA.
\nDiscussing his concept, Fraher said, “There\u2019s been a trend recently, unfortunately, where students take out their own personal issues with violence and, in the most extreme cases, with school shootings, which have been escalating through the years.”
\nFraher pointed out it\u2019s legal to own a gun now in most states at age 18. “That\u2019s a big issue that I feel is not getting a lot of coverage,” he said. “I realized it was something that had a real strong emotional story behind it too.”
\nBut Fraher was confronted with a dilemma.
\n“Nobody has an answer for how to solve school shootings, and there\u2019s not a lot happening in terms of gun regulation,” he noted. “But you \u2018can\u2019 see signs of depression, that people are not happy with their lives or are being bullied, something like that.”
\nSo instead of “skirting the issue,” Fraher opted instead to do something about it via his PSA spot.
\nFraher\u2019s premise was to contrast the difference in difficulty between getting a driver\u2019s license and acquiring a gun. “It\u2019s so much harder to get a driver\u2019s license than it is to buy a gun,” he said, adding his PSA spot incorporates news headlines from school shootings, even audio footage with a woman at Columbine crying out, “People are dying all around me.”
\nFraher\u2019s PSA has a climactic ending with a bullet shattering glass.
\nThe student\u2019s aspiration is to go to New York University after graduation. “My heart is set on studying film and business, and I hope to get in the production side doing some fictional films,” he said.
\nFraher\u2019s PSA also had an unanticipated benefit.
\n“Tim won $1,250 for my (cinema) program,”\u00a0said instructor Palmiotto.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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