week 06/12

The film festival was really good. I think there were plenty of good films. i really enjoyed watching all the final products and seeing the reactions of the people. Also hearing what my friends had to say about the films, they really liked them and some are really looking forward on taking this class next year and do their own films.

Week 06/05

We are working on our final film. We got the footage we needed for our final film and are starting to edit.

week of 05/28

We edited the music video for power and did all the small little touches and details. Finished the credits and everything and we finally turned in the final project.

week 05/22

We pitched in the idea of making a PSA on trash reduction in oder to help the environment. And we also got some footage for the music video.

week 05/11

we finally finished the cheer documentary and we pitched in the idea for the music video. its going to be a motivational music video. we finished the story boards and are ready to start to film already.

05/08 week

we did all the clipping and sound editing of the editing now we are just making the credits and then the documentary will be done.

week of 04/27- 05/01

We are currently doing the finishing touches on the cheer documentary. We also thought of new ideas for our film and we pitch in a movie idea for a narrative film but we are thinking of changing it because its similar to another groups idea. so we are coming up with another idea.

week of 04/24

This week we worked on editing the cheer documentary. We edited all the interviews and are currently trying to put it all together so we can finish as soon as possible. we are trying to shrink it s much as we can because its a lot of footage.

Week April 13-17

This week my group finished getting all the footage for the cheer of the documentary. the interviews are done and we are currently uploading them to the computer and start to edit them. we also disided that the volleyball documentary want going to work so we started thinking of a new idea for a new film. we decided to collaborate with Kelvin and Martin in the new film. Maybe a narrative film that has an action film because kelvin wants one. we still aren't sure what it is going to be about. but the cheer documentary should take some time to edit but it is in the process. i don't think we will meet the first dead line but hopefully we will be done by April 24.

Week of April 10

This week was my first week back from the trip, this week i had a lot of catching up to do. I saw all the footage that my group had gotten while was gone. the cheer competion and the volleyball games. i also questioned how we were going to make-work because right now it seems a bit pointless. But we started coming up with ideas to make it seem more interesting. Also they told me my task which is to come up with the interview questions. i came up with the interview questions for the Guys Volleyball documentary.  we are currently working on two documentaries and I'm not sure which one is going to be finished first.

What Music Means to Me

music has many different meaning to everyone. in my case music is a way people can express themselves. a way to get distracted and just focus on the music you are creating or the music you are listening to. Music has a way to impact your emotions and your feelings. when i listen to music i like to pay close attention to the lyrics. the lyrics say a lot about the artist that wrote it, what they were feeling, what they were going through. it doesn't have to be sad it can be happy. music can give you a sense of comfort and happiness. i sometimes use it to block everything out, like if my mom is arguing with my sister or my step dad, i tend to just grab my earphones and block their voices. and i'm not worried about them anymore, music distracts me.

Problems and Struggles

Many things are going on at Bell or at many other high schools where the kids go through many serious problems. They could go through drug or alcohol abuse. they could suffer from deep depression feeling like they are not wanted or alone. some could have a lot of hate and anger toward situations that are going on in their house. like if they don't have the parental support they need they seek ways to get attention. it could be by many different things like acting up, trying to get in trouble all the time and having the "I don't care" attitude towards everything. Some suffer from peer pressure or bullying which causes them to have many other issues and not feel safe. i think most of them are scared to speak up because they don't want other people involved or think that they could handle it on their own but most times it is important they have someone to talk to about things. many many teens that have committed suicide or done bad things wouldn't have if someone would of listened to them.

The Most Interesting Person

There isnt just one person that i find interesting. i think my group of friends all bond together and my sister we all bring something that makes our friendship interesting. We have Gaby who brings up many random things and says random stuff that makes all of us laugh all the time with her jokes. we have Dana who always listens to us and shes so easy to talk to about practically everything. Nairbis also a very caring and cheerful personality that plays around a lot. Ashley and Vivi who are loud and always talking about their celebrities and concerts and music. my best friend Natalen we can talk about anything. Food TV shows, music, relationship problems, family issues random things makes us laugh. my sister has got ot be the most interesting one i think somehow every time i talk to her we end up laughing or having a really serious conversation. i learn a lot from her too and we help each other out a lot on the simplest things. she has a lot of special qualities that make her interesting, like the other girls in my group of friends.

My Anti Drug

i honestly don't know exactly what my anti drug will be, but i think it could be being outdoors. i enjoy a lot going to the beach or hiking. going to the beach and just seeing the sunset and hearing the waves relax me and makes me feel better. its a good place to think or read a book. another thing that could be my anti drug will be anything that will keep me occupied and busy. like cooking homework reading a book watching a movie being around friends that are also anti drugs. I'm honestly not the type of person to do drugs, so i haven't put much thought to it but those are some of the things i would do.

"The Incovienient Truth"

This film touches many serious topics. the one that impacted me the most was the fact that because of global warming the ice from the poles is being affected. they are melting and with this they are increasing the sea water level. which at the long run could have a catastrophic outcome like destroying many coast cities and living people without their houses. also because of the melting the polar bears are being affected they are drowning because of the lack of ice for them to live in. Another thing that impacted me was the fact that we are hitting record temperatures, either really hot or really cold which is also affecting many people and the habitats of the animals. people have died because there was too much heat in those places like India. and many animals have to look for other other places to live because they aren't used to those temperatures. or also animals that lived in lakes that over time have dried out due to the increase of temperature. also the increase of natural disasters like tornadoes and hurricanes from the increase of ocean water evaporation. i think the people should do something about this its our planet our home and we should take care of it because in the long run this will only affect out way of life, it will affect us; so we should help and do out part to take care of the issue of global warming.