Speaker 0: Okay. Excellent. We're going now to 24, please.
Speaker 1: Communication from Councilwoman Pryce recommendation to receive and file a public service announcement. Video on the dangers and impacts of illegal fireworks.
Speaker 0: Councilman Price.
Speaker 8: Thank you. I'd like to invite Daniel Alvarado up. Daniel is a graduate of Cal State Long Beach's film school. And in 2017, when our fireworks advisory committee was formed, we reached out to Daniel and had him create our first fire safety video. It's a really, really cool video and it really focuses on pets and pets safety around the holidays. So, Daniel, if you could just educate the council and those in the audience and those watching about what the process was and a little bit about the project.
Speaker 6: Yeah, of course. So, like, as you said, I'm the Alvarado, I'm a filmmaker, graduate of Cal State, Long Beach, and she hired me on to direct this PSA, which was a lot of fun. I got to use my degree, which is nice. So yeah, pretty much.
Speaker 3: I mean.
Speaker 6: I guess the process would be that it was just like I approached it as I was making, you know, a Hollywood film. You know, if I was doing that, I, you know, wrote a script, storyboarded and cast professional actors. One thing I was blessed with, though, was the assistance of several Cal State Long Beach students and alumni that I met while, you know, I was studying there. And this whole.
Speaker 3: This whole project was directed, written.
Speaker 6: And edited by me. But, of course, you know, there was a brainstorming involved with the fireworks advisory committee and Councilwoman Pryce and her team. But yeah. And then we also were able to film it at Homeland Cultural Center on Anaheim, which they were gracious enough to just let us use their blackbox theater and build our our entire set there. So, yeah, we constructed the whole set ourselves, you know, with nothing but Home Depot materials. And yeah. And I, you know, hope to make more impactful videos like this. I think the the message is very clear, and I think it's delivered, in my opinion, in a creative, colorful, you know, kind of what's the word I'm looking for and just engaging way. It's it's cute. It's fun. So. Yeah.
Speaker 8: Okay. Before we show the video, just a quick little success story about Daniel. Dan, I hired Daniel as an intern at the Orange County DA's office when he was still a college student. He was such an amazing intern. Daniel, what's your full time job now?
Speaker 6: I am the director of video publications for the training unit at the Orange County District Attorney's Office.
Speaker 8: Full time job with a pension. That's awesome. So proud of you. He's one of the only ones that graduated from the film school who has a full time job. So we're very excited about it for you. And another great thing about him is that I recommended him to serve on the Arts Council. He serves on the Arts Council and was recently selected as one of the young ballers for the city of Long Beach. So we're very I'm very, very excited for you and everything that you've done and super excited to showcase this video. And by the way, the dog in the video is my dog. So we did try to save money where we could and not have to pay actor dogs.
Speaker 6: But he did great.
Speaker 8: All right. We're ready.
Speaker 11: What? Hey, Ruth.
Speaker 2: I see you got your own fireworks. This neighborhood hasn't seen a true fireworks display. Well, I think that's dangerous. And poor Toby. He'd be scared to death. Oh, don't fret, Mary. I don't think it's too much for you to consider. Well, it's getting late. I must finish setting up.
Speaker 8: So thank you, Daniel. So we're trying to do a lot more public service announcements utilizing film students and film graduates. And this was one of them. And I thank you for sharing it with us in advance of our 4th of July holiday. Thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Thank you very much. Any public comment on this scene? Please cast your votes.
Recommendation to receive and file presentation of Public Service Announcement video funded by the Third Council District on the dangers and impacts of illegal fireworks.