week of june 12

THE FILM FESTIVAL WAS AWESOME!!!!! it was cool watching films that classmates and even colleagues made and it was nice having the auditorium to show our films.

Week of june 5

This week we have finished our other film and finally have footage for our final film project. All we have left to do is finish our editing and see if extra film is needed and finish a good film basically.

week of may 29

well on this week of May 29 we have finally finished with our music video we made, it is incorporated with shots of lifting weights and motivational music. Also we have started on our other film and our nearly done.

week of may 22

Well this week what we've done is that i finally got footage and now trying to edit the footage and locate it with the music.

Week of may 15th

Well this week we finally got things rolling again pitched an idea, discussed scenarios of films and stuck with finally one and we have nearly finished storyboards. Now we are just waiting to go over our shots to see if they should really be shot.

Week of May 8th

Well on the week of may 8^th what we really got done was very little, we have thought about ideas and decided on types of films to make and we have decided. We have brainstormed ideas but now we need to start all  over since we need more narratives and we were planning on a documentary.

Week May 1

Week of may 1st all we did was think of ideas for our next film, we had came up with a brilliant idea but found out some other production had done a similar thing. So we thought about it some more and we are wanting to do a film on people who say they are really good at things but actually suck. We will make this a mockumentary but at the same time we want the audience to laugh.

Week of April 17

Well we finally have all of our shots and most of our editing is done. We just need to input our last clip and do some final editing touch ups. I also have to see if our PSA clears under the minute mark if not i have to chop and cut some footage. Other than that we are hoping to get some feedback from Lansdown on Monday.

Week of April 3rd

Well this week me and Kelvin are almost about done with our PSA, last week we set up our shots to see if we wanted a certain angle or not. This week we actually came up with some more brilliant shots and actually filmed most of our film we only need about one more scene to finish. I also got started on the editing part i organized  the clips and cut a bit but still in the process of finishing the film. Hopefully our last day to shoot will be Monday when Kelvin comes back and finish editing by mid next week.

Week of March 27

Well I am working with Kelvin Quintero and so far we have planned our PSA and what the film is going to be. Since there is no screenplay we have both finished the story boards and actually took a camera to the hall ways and set up our shots to see if its really what we want. We both liked a shot me and him both came up with and are going to be using that shot instead of one of the ones on our storyboards. Also the whole point of our PSA is to stop bullying especially bullying across schools in America our motto in the film will be "Break the Cycle".

What music means to me.

What music means to me, well I think music is really awesome and some people hear it for different reasons. Some people just listen to music whenever and other people absolutely need music to get thru the day. Sometimes I’m both on days like these when my earphones don’t work it seems as the hours go by so slow! and I’ve been in school for century’s. To me it serves as a time passer but also as entertainment. What I like about music is that in music there’s many styles and it changes within the years but all of it has to have some kind of originality root. Music serves as an escape sometimes especially when I’m really frustrated, sad, or mad. It helps me relax and not do anything stupid, also some styles that I like are Hip Hop, Spanish music like corridos, and some alternative and although I might not know as much about alternative it is still awesome to listen to. 

Problems and Struggle

Some problems kids at Bell High School have to go through are being expected to do so many things to accomplish many goals and do everything at the same time. They expect you to get perfect grades and be an ideal role model. So I guess you can say some people at bell are forced to be who they are not such as groups and such. Other people can say, labels are put on people without even knowing the person, judging somebody based on their looks. In reality everyone is different and just because they participate in something that has a bad rep doesn’t mean he or she is a bad person those are just things people generally think of you when they first meet you.  It’s the quiet ones who hide many things and maybe are not proud of them but then again what human being hasn’t made mistakes in their lifetime. 

The most interesting person i know.

The most interesting person I know is my grandpa his name is Alfredo, he is interesting because of you pay attention to him he will make you laugh just by looking at you. The thing that makes him funny is the stories he tells you, if you make just the slightest effort in making a conversation with him he can go hours talking starting from the subject in which you guys are talking about and end up talking about dolphins. His humor also makes him interesting, not to mention that everyone calls him cayotee, which is coyote the thing is he does kind of look like the nice version of the coyote that comes out in the little red riding hood. Also he expects too get better in health by not taking his medication yea he’s stubborn. He also has the ability to piss of my grandma, which is funny because he annoys her and then they both start making fun of each other as in appearance. He also always has something to say on a subject and has many perspectives on things he is very wise after all he is kind of old. 

My anti drug

I have about 2 anti drugs, one of them is working on cars or even just sitting outside and staring at cars. My other anti drug is secluding myself from everyone, such as staying home alone and turn on the living room stereo system and connect my phone to play my music. Usually I turn up the volume pretty loud to the point where I can barely hear myself talk if I was trying to talk to someone. The working on cars anti drug I hardly do that because I only work on the cars whenever my father does and he only does it when there is something wrong with our cars. For the most part my main anti drug is just bumping music really loud and just wander off in my thoughts. The music that I mostly play is music that makes me happy such as Rap and Hip Hop occasionally I will put some alternative music really sometimes I just put Pandora and let her take over to listen to new music when my other music gets boring. After my session I feel relaxed, joyful and have a positive attitude getting lost in thoughts of childhood memories and of people who have left us and imagine the future.  

An Inconvenient Truth

What really caught my eye in Al Gore’s movie were the pictures of the planet Earth. One of the first actual photos that were taken was from a spaceship and at that time the world really looked natural and peaceful as if it was really healthy. Then years later they take another picture from another vessel that had been sent into space and the Earth looked real nice but you can tell there was humans living on it. The period of time in between the photos was maybe 20 years but it was definitely different. At that point it really caught my attention, I started questioning myself are we really killing our very own and only mother nature? I found my answer and I didn’t like it also due to the fact that because of our fault other animals like polar bears are suffering and dying in Antarctica. The funny thing was that many T.V. shows came into my head such as the Television series “The 100” and I really could see humanity destroying the Earth to the point that we have to leave the planet for many number of years then coming back later to try and start over and reestablish our connection with mother nature.