week of June 12

At this point of the week with the film festival, which was pretty amazing and fun. Being the first time of being part of a festival of this type it was a great experience. One of the films in which I participated in was actually viewed which was pretty neat. There was a couple of films that really caught my attention most of them were amongst them were mostly comedy. I find that comedies are big hits, rather than others. Also a cheesy films, depending on the audience. After that my production filmed for a bit in order to fix up our film, and hoping that the changed will allow us to wrap up the project.

week of May 29

In this week my production company just focused on editing, and finishing it overall. We fell behind due to the fact that testing was interfering with our schedules. We have finished with  the editing and are just going to see if it needs any final touches.

Week of the 24th

This week week the film productions just got some of the editing done,  to the point where we were done with the editing and ready to turn in. At the end it the result was not the one we expected as we wanted to make some chnages but we decided that we wanted to leave it the way that it was. As our first film it was kind of tricky, and now I know that a  Mockumentary is not an easy thing to pull of. For the next project hopefully it will go better.

Week of April 17

This week my group re filmed some of the footage that may have been offensive, due to stereotypes. We did this in our period and due to not having all of our members able we were not able to film yesterday which set us back a bit. Hopefully the footage is going to be filmed today and the film will be done one monday or tuesday.

Week of April 10th

This week my production members got some filming done and so far we have two of the three interviws we plan to get. I believe that the filming is going good, and if we continue the way that we are going about next week we will be able to have a final product. Since most of the company is in diffrent periods, Jose, David, and myself are trying to get the editing done and tryinh to see what other footage is needed if the guys did not gather sufficient footage of one take or so. While editing it is a little challenging trying to make the documentary into a mockumentary and trying to make others laugh. As it has to be funny but also not completly out of hand. I belive that we are going to get some of the fiming done as soon as possible and maybe that will be somewhere early next week porbably monday. The date that we will most likely have a finished prodcuct will be April 17 or that upcoming monday April 20.

Week of April 3rd

In this week the production company had a little of a rough time trying to bring all of the members together in order to film some of the shots. On monday some of the member recorded some footage that will  of course to be edited. On wednesday during 4th period some of the members and I went out to the "dark side" to conduct a interview of the "coach" of the mockumentary. Yesterday which was Thursday we uploaded the footage into the computer and manage to stitch some of the footage together and get a bigger picture of how we wanted our film to come together. We are planing to maybe film on the weekend as our schedules are tight and we need the members of the company to be able to make the shooting days. I have faith in this film and the group members as well.

Week of March 27th

This week of March I was actually having troubles with finding people to work with as some of the production companies were set, and I was confused as to who's I was actually on.  I have Began working with a production company along side with some of the guys and they had fetched the idea of a "mockumentary "of a runner, as some of the guys in the production company are runners. This week we have set up dates, as the story boards are done. Now we are just about ready to film and we are looking into the audio that we want the film to incorporate as it might be cheesy. Some of the paper work still needs to be done but since some of the members are in separate periods and due to AP classes we all have different schedules that we have to cope with and have time to meet up to work on this film.

What is music to you?

Music to me is a form of being able to clear my mind, or simply motivation. Music for me is what brings everyone together at one point, it's either a song or an artist that many are raving about. I actually met one of my friends through music, and having the same type of liking. With music I am able to clear my mind, and being able to identify myself with it, which is of course the whole use of music; musicians being able to express themselves and their audience being able to relate to it. I use music to pass time as well. For example when I am cleaning or doing other activities I enjoy listening to music just to make the environment a little more entertaining. I find myself singing along to songs that com up on 'pandora' and when I least expected I'm done with my cleaning. Thanks to music I don't realize the entire time it took to clean and it makes it less of a drag. Another thing that music would be for me is motivation, I think that everyone has that song or songs that they play when they need a little pumping up. Music also depicts certain events that will motivate its audience to keep going. Sometimes it's simply the beat that gets me in a good mood. For example when I have had a tough day I tend to listen to sad songs from Sam Smith or something along the line (which are depressing). Which don't help sometimes, but music is music the point is that it gives the person what is called " the feels"

Problems + struggles

People face different everyday problems or struggles that may or may not be such a "big deal" to others but in their own perspective they are. I think that one of the struggles to that most teens have at least had was fitting in. That is something that I would not say what much of a problem with me, but it was just simply being happy with the fact that not everyone is going to be okay with what you say, think, or even dress like. At the end of the day you have to be comfortable being yourself around those who actually matter to you. I always go by the saying "those who mind don't matter and those that matter don't mind". I believe that another thing that I would say was maybe meeting up to the expectations that parents have, teachers, etc. I learned that nothing comes out of the hard work you put in if you don't no it for yourself. I learned that at the end of the day the person who is going to be benefited by the hard work was yourself. 

The most intresting Person in the world!

There is not really a list of requirements that I think that defines a interesting person. If I would think of a person at the top of my head would be one of my close friends, Gaby. She is one of the most awkward people that I have known, but also the funniest. I find it funny because we have many of the same interests but we are distinct in several ways and we manage to be very close friends. I think that what I mostly find interesting is the way that she always seems to make me laugh, not only laugh but cry of laughter, and that is a very interesting trait to have. She goes to multiple concerts which is something that I find interesting because, I could only imagine her screaming out lyrics like she usually does but louder of course. Overall I can't distinguish the most interesting person in the world, because everyone has unique experiences that makes them interesting. For example all of my close friends are interesting because I do not know how they put up with me after years some range from knowing them since pre-kinder, in a good way. They are all unique and I think that my small group of friends are all the most interesting people I have known. 

My Anti-Drug

Many use distinct "anti- drugs" in order to resist temptation of using drugs and fighting their addiction. Me, I would use the term "anti-drug" as a things that I would do in order to not explode in anger or holding me back from doing something that I might regret later. There are many ways that I could say would help me to get my mind off of problems, but I think that the two on my list would be music and exercising. I just use those two things to blow of steam sometimes and exercising helps my health, so why not? Music also plays a huge part in being able to stay calm, I just put on my earphones and put my music on shuffle and let it play. I believe that being able to have friends to confide on is also one of my anti-drugs, as they are all different and they keep me grounded. They help me reflect on some circumstances, and sometimes relate to what I would go though, or certain thoughts. In my opinion it is important to have an "anti-drug" is it helps stabilize one's actions and thoughts. For me music, any form of exercise and having someone to be able to confide in is essential as my "anti-drug". 

An Inconvenient Truth

In Al Gore's documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" the awareness and dangers of climate change are expressed.  The audience is able to grasp a sense of fear towards upcoming events due to climate change which, we humans have caused. I am a strong believer that we are responsible of our own actions, even when it comes to the harm that we do to our plant. In this film the clarity of the dangers of global warming, and the actions that humans are taking which is little to none is in fact going to have a negative impact years to come. Impacts such as the extinction of species, loss of shelters due to flooding or any other natural disaster. Earth is making great changes some of which we have no control of but have had a great influence on. Sadly as Al Gore stated " Global warming has become an inconvenient truth for the world's governments and some of it's businesses..." which is why merely anything is being done. We have and are cornering out planet to give out on us, but due to the self interest many don't speak up. A point that Gore brings up is the future generations and how it will have a significant impact, and if action is not taken the burden will fall on us.