This week we worked on our "This I believe" videos. We spent Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday working on them, and then Thursday and Friday we watched the videos from first and second hour. It was really inspiring seeing everyone tell such personal stories, and see the hard work everyone put into their videos. I honestly enjoyed every single one. If a person makes themselves vulnerable through an art form, or even in general, it's really hard to go wrong.
The night I finished my video, I went up to my mom and said "Hooray! I'm finished and it's not awful!" She of course, being a mom, insisted on seeing it. She ended up crying and showing it to all her friends, work colleagues, and all our family. They all loved it and left comments on the video saying how inspirational it was, one of my mom's work friends even commented saying that she was going to show it to her children that are in middle school and high school. It was a really great feeling, being that successful and feeling that good about something that I did by myself. Despite the fact that my video was about self love and self acceptance, oftentimes, I struggle with that when it comes to projects, papers, or any such thing. I love writing more than anything, and it stinks when you don't feel like you're good anymore at something that you used to be constantly praised for. This video has also inspired me to want to begin doing short films. I've always been interested in such things. In sixth grade I made a music video to "Come Together" by The Beatles, and I'm honestly still really proud of it. Out of all the projects we've done thus far in this class, heck, maybe in my high school career, I think this is the one that has had the biggest impact on me. I think that it should definitely be kept around for years to come, because it could really help a lot of high schoolers out. In high school, you go through so many changes, and it is nice to know that you believe in something.
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This week we worked on our "This I Believe" projects. It's refreshing being able to write a piece where I don't have to feel like a pompous jerk. Essays are fine and dandy, but I do find them unrealistic and insincere because not many people actually talk like they do in their papers. I sure don't. With this project, I feel like I can express myself 100% truthfully, which is very important to me.
I'm nearly finished with my rough draft, but there is just something off about it. I am not quite sure what it is, but I intend on figuring it out. I plan on finishing it up this weekend, and then recording me saying it. I'm not so excited about that because like most people, I am very self conscious about my voice. Not only am I uncomfortable with my voice, I also say a few words differently than other people, and that is somewhat embarrassing as well. However, I am super stoked about making the video. When I was in sixth grade I made a music video for "Come Together" by The Beatles, and it was a blast. I am excited to make this one because I am older, and have better technology. Filmmaking has also always fascinated me, and this is a nice way to get my toes in the water. |
Mattie BarberAP Lit student. |