Week of June12

This week I chilled yet also enjoyed seeing the films and Mr Lansdown hard work in putting all the films in one video. I really enjoyed the film festival. I was the person that was literally there from the beginning and the end. I was part of the screen team so I had to be there early and than I enjoyed watching the films. I really liked that there was a variety of films, so not all the same films were in the same periods. I really enjoyed it and like to see how the evening film festival will turn out to be. In class im still just mind my own business and seeing my classmates do there last films. 

Week of June 5

Hello there! This week I contributed by sitting down and minding my own business, i had finished my film last week, and I am also excited to start helping the evening film festival. I am also apart of the BIG SCREEN CREW WOOOO!

Week of a May 29

Hello! This week we finished our final film! YAY! We submitted it on Wednesday! We are proud of our film and are just waiting to help with the film festival.

Week of May 21st

GUESSS WHATTTTT!! We just finished our second film! I am very proud of how it came out and I like how everything ended up falling into places. We ended up needed 18 people to complete our film, but overall it came out exactly how we wanted it to. Now its time to start planning our third film.

Week of May 15

This week we realized that our film is taking longer than anticipated. We need to interview more seniors, plus be able to edit everything. We also need to start on our next film and pitch our idea. This weekend however, I attended the film festival and it was pretty cool. I thought that it was great achievement that Bell took the first place and there was so may representation of Bell students. I also thought it was cool that our film was there. I however was buthurt that I didn't get a tshirt :(

Week of May 8th

This week we got a lot done, however we decided yo shoot things differently. We began to put the clips together and it resulted that we decided to choose a different selection for our back ground. We were okay with how it started and the editing we just wanted to film differently and make the film look better. this week we plan on fixing the shots and editing to than start our next film.

Week of May 1

This week we are starting on our Music Video. We finally got all of our props ready and during this final period, we are going to start filming. We hope to finish this film ASAP!

Week of April 24

We finished our FIlM!! YAY!! We were also able to submit our film into the film festival. Now we are planning to do our Music Video, we already pitched our idea and now we just have to begin filming! This video should be easy (:

Week of April 17th

This week our group finished our film!! Yay! However, as we edited  our film we learned  that we needed to redo some shots. This weekend we decided  to shot the films to be able to finish our goal of finishing  in Monday. All we need is to edit  the film and  add some music to the empty tests.

Week of April 10

This week we were unable to shoot, however we edited the parts we did recorded, and decided on our next film, which will be a music video. We believe to be done with our first narrative film by April 20, because we planning on editing and filming all of next week.

Week of April 3, 2015

During this week, we finished our planning and began actually filming. Surprisingly my mother was a good actor that it didn't take to long to record those shots. We are about halfway with our film and still need to film more, however we are doing well. We have also started thinking of our second production, and how it will be different and how to mange our time a bit better.

Week of March 27, 2015

Hello, I am working with Karelia Juarez and Jacqueline Garcia, and for our first film we have decided to do a narrative film.  Our situation is different as a result as one of our members is not in the same film period, however we are able to get work done. Right now, Karelia and I are almost done with the script, and Jackie is almost done with the storyboards. We are working hard and have decided that we might be able to start filming either over the weekend or start next week Monday. Most of our actors are ourselves plus maybe a little help of certain family members. We seem to be doing well cause all we need is to start rehearsing our lines, to be able to  begin our film. 

What Music Means to Me

I’m probably the only one maybe in this class, who isn’t hung up to music. I am not addicted to music or listen to music so much. What’s crazy to me the most is that the only time I really listen to music is when I’m driving to a place, and it is usually not that far. However, the music I do listen to is more laid back. I would like to say I’ll listen to anything, but as Mr. Lansdown pointed out, you can’t really enjoy everything, but in the most part I would listen to a variety of music. This is because I don’t really go into detail with lyrics, but if I like the beat and what it says ill enjoy it.  As a person, I like experience new things and I think that is why I have only been to one music concert, and that was because the ticket was free! Otherwise, I probably would have not gone. Every since I could remember, music for me is just a relaxer; I know others can relate or play music to express themselves, but to me when I listen to it just relaxes me. I like sing-along to the hit songs on the radio, or dance around to the music with beat, but regardless I wouldn’t consider music my passion or something I go home to every night. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a music hater I do enjoy music and do like listening to it, and I will occasionally have earphones if I feel a certain way and want to escape the world and listen to music, but other wise I don’t really listen to music, in my opinion I feel like I could go a day without listening to music and I would be fine, maybe not the whole time but I could survive a couple of days with no music. 

Problems and Struggles.

Many people endure many problems and struggles that can lead to many decisions, good or bad. Here in bell high school, students can face many problems. In our community, we can face gang related problems, financial problems and even family problems. Many students from bell have their own struggle, but the ones that seem more common are the ones that people don’t have sufficient money, there house is to small, they don’t have maybe a parent in their life, and maybe that they need to work to provide for themselves.  Many problems don’t have to be severe; there can also be the struggle of getting to school on time, having no transportation to school. Academically, students might struggle in a particular subject or are not doing well in classes, or aren’t okay with there test scores. The might also struggle in their sport, managing their time, doing their chores at home, or helping out by maybe babysitting. Holistically, students face many problems; we might also have the problem of bullying. Students in bell high school are bullied, or maybe don’t have any friends and sit alone, that is a struggle even though it might not seem like it. However, many students in my opinion have embraced their struggles and problems and are doing well and that what makes them who they are. (:

The Most Interesting Person In the World!

In my short lifespan, I haven’t really met someone who is really interesting and has many elements to make them interesting. However, someone I can keep a conversation going with even if we see each other everyday, is my cousin Nelly. She is now attending UCSB, and I find her interesting because we could go hours talking about anything that comes to mind, like school, boys, parties, trips, family, absolutely anything. She is those type of people that can make you laugh and can keep a conversation going. Not only is she a good talker, she is very responsible and like the rest of my cousins we keep in contact. My cousin and I have shared many different experience, so when she comes and visits we can just talk about what she is doing and college and how she is doing, and I can talk about school and what is happening in LA. She lives with her friends in SB, and its pretty cool how whenever she wants, she can throw a party, and she is independent, and if we miss her to much it is just a 2 hour drive and we can visit her.  I think we get along so well simply because we are only two years apart, and she tends to know my friends and I know hers. Just with my other cousins, we are all really close, but maybe because she lives farther and comes to visit; I can keep a conversation going because she and I have so much to share. 

My Anti Drug

My Anti- Dug, has to be either swimming or baking. Many people don’t know this about me, but I love to swim, not competitive, because I did competitive swim for 2 years and it killed! I like to swim freely and for choice. I love being able to just jump in the pool and swim for however long I want or just soak up the sun and be able to relieve my stress. My experience in competitive swim was not bad at all, but I didn’t like they I had to compete, and do well or swim under a certain time. I like the liberty of being able to swim whenever I want for however long. Another anti-drug I have is baking. Many people don’t know but I love to bake brownies, cakes, and even cupcakes. I love trying new things or different recipes. When I’m bored, or tired, or in a mood to celebrate, ill bake something to share. I enjoy this because there is no right or wrong as long as it tastes good. I can be as creative I want and who doesn’t like something sweet during the day. It not only relives my stress, but makes others happy. 

Inconvenient Truth

In an Inconvenient Truth the story is eye opening. While watching the film, I learned that Al Gore is very concerned with the rising climate changes. Throughout the film we see different diagrams and I learned how many factors come to play as we hurt mother Earth. I also found it very interesting to learn that although we don’t have the most amounts of people, we are the top producer in damaging earth. There are facts that if we keep polluting, and the climate changes worsen, that many of our cities around the bay will be under water. In this fill, it not only advised people to take care of earth but of the different risks that can happen if nothing is done. The film took place a while back, and its crazy to know that in the year 2015 there isn’t a significant difference, and we find ourselves in a drought. The powerful film from Al Gore puts global warming into perspective, allowing me to learn that as a person with not much power, anybody can help and do things. The film also shows then and now and how we can see glaciers almost are gone and how as people we can make a difference.  The film is kind of outdated, which makes me wonder if earth has improved since these films came out, and if it influenced the audience.