Week of 6/12

This week the Film Festival took place.  It was really cool watching all of our films being shown and it was a fun experience.  Our films were shown and it was fun seeing other people's reaction towards our films.  I can't wait to see this again next year as I'm hoping to take film 2 next year.  The films were really great watching as many of them were really good.

Week of May 29

  This week was very fun.  We are editing our PSA currently and should get that done very soon.  On Wednesday I went to the LAUSD Film Festival with my production company and it was such a great experience.  I loved it as I felt like a true movie star as I walked down the red carpet and met some famous actors.  It was a fun experience and I would love to do it again.

Week of May 22

  This week we were able to film our second film, a PSA.  We filmed everything needed in the film and now we just need to edit and add special effects.  We plan on starting our next film next week.

Week of May 15

  This week we were unable to film due to schedules and AP testing, but we plan on filming this week. We also went to the Latin American Cinema of Los Angeles film festival which was a success.  The films there were great it was a really fun experience seeing our film being played in front of all those people.

Week of May 8

This week we were able to finish our storyboards and screenplay for our 3^rd film.  We have yet to start shooting our second but we hope to start and finish filming by the end of this week so that we can edit this week and finish editing by next week.

Week of April 24

  This week we edited our film to improve it after we were told by Mr. Lansdown it could be improved.  We also shot another scene to include in our film.  We finished our first film completely this week.

Week of April 17

  This week, we edited the film and are now practically done.  I believe the only thing we need to finish is possibly the credits, which are almost complete.  We also finished our screenplay and most of our storyboards for our next film.  We are pretty much done with our first film and should be ready to start filming our second film by next week.

Week of April 10th

 This week, my production company, Baesic Productions, was able to film a couple more scenes and continue editing.  We now only need to film one more scene before we're completely done with our filming and can continue to edit.  I believe we'll be able to complete the film by the end of next week.  We've also started working on the screenplay for our next film, which we will start shooting immediately after we finish this film.

Week of April 3rd

  This past week we, Baesic Productions, were able to film a few scenes, putting us in a position to finish filming by the end of the weekend.  We were also able to do editing on some of the scenes we did finish shooting.  We completed the storyboards and screenplays in the beginning of the week to allow us to continue shooting.  We were able to complete the introduction and a couple of interviews.

Week of March 27

  This week was very productive for my production company, Baesic Productions.  The members in this company are Carlos, Leslie, Gisela, Julia, Ramon, and I.  We are making a mockumentary on how young children are preparing for college.  This week we were able to complete our screenplay and our storyboards, meaning we are now ready to film our movie.  We started to figure out who is going to come out in our film and have found the locations we are going to use.  We have agreed on using Bell Library and Veteran's Park as well.  I have started to memorize my lines for the film and have figured out how I am going to dress, as well.

What Music Means to Me

  Music to me is magical.  I can't go a day without listening to at least a few songs.  I love listening to music and even singing along with the artist.  I listen to many different genres but my favorite by far is rock.  Now when I say rock I mean practically every kind of rock, ranging from classic rock to hard rock to indie to alternative.  I'm not a big fan of today's rock much as there aren't any truly "just rock" bands out there.  I am a fan of hundreds of bands from the 60s, the 70s, the 80s, the 90s, and the 00s as well.  My favorite band has always been Linkin Park. I started listening to them since the end of elementary and I've been a fan since.  They are probably the only modern band that I still listen to regularly.  They have so many messages in their songs that I feel make them all more powerful.  Most of their songs from their 3rd album on speak about war and many effects of war.  These messages I find amazing and they almost always get me thinking about the world.  I am also a huge fan of Avenged Sevenfold.  I started listening to them in middle school as my friends were all big fans.  Their music I can listen to in any situation which is why I feel their music is great.  Their songs go from very hard rock to different genres, as a couple of songs sound a little western as well.  Another huge band I got into during middle school was Nirvana.  Their grunge genre I found awesome and I am a huge fan to this day.  Bands that always get me into a good mood are The Beatles and Queen.  Both bands are legendary and it's easy to see why.  I love both bands and they are great mood boosters no matter how I am feeling.

Struggles of High School Students

  What I see as the main problem for some students, including myself, is that our parents don't truly understand how school and education is very important.  Some parents, including mine, want us to start working at a young age which will affect us in school.  My mother wanted me to go to work at the age of fifteen and I felt it would turn my focus from school to work and give me a different mindset.  I honestly feel parents want their children to go to work rather than to get a good education and be very successful in their lives.  There are some cases in which it is necessary for a student to work as it is a hard time economically for some families; however, when it isn't necessary, the student should decide if they will be able to work while going to school.  My mother always compares me with my cousin that is in currently attending ASU, but she doesn't understand that college and high school are two totally different animals.  My parents don't understand that this year is probably the most important for me as this is the main year in which grades are looked at by universities.  I know if I was to go to work I would probably fall behind in school, which I can't afford to do, at least not this year.  Students need to be focused on their schoolwork, otherwise they'll end up having okay jobs when they could be getting very good jobs instead.

The Most Interesting Person in My Life

  This is a tough answer to give, as I know quite a few people who are very interesting.  I think the most interesting one of them is one of my uncles.  He has had one heck of a life, but he's had some not so positive experiences as well.  He has always been a troublemaker throughout his youth and that is what I think makes him so interesting.  He has done so many not so good things in his life, which make his stories almost unbelievable.  One story I will never forget is one in which he kicked his Catholic school principal in his privates, as his principal was giving him a handful over something my uncle had done.  Immediately after kicking his principal, he ran off out of school to his grandmother's house, scared of the consequences that were coming.  He knew he would get in huge trouble and sure enough his father picked him up in the evening and gave him a "whoopin."  He was also, obviously, kicked out of the school.  I will never forget that story as I found it hilarious and very interesting.  I have never met another person that has done that to an adult and much less their principal.  He's also talked to me about how he would spend time with his friends and how he would always run into trouble with the police while with his friends.  While these stories may not be one to try myself, they sure are fun to listen to.

My Anti Drug

  What tends to always get my mind off of things and what I feel my anti drug would be is playing video games.  I have played them all my life really and they are fun.  Not only are video games fun, but they are also a great way to just kind of get my mind off of things.  My mind wanders when I play and I truly get lost in the game, whichever game it is.  Playing games is very relaxing for the most part as one just sits down to play by themselves or with friends.  I honestly almost always feel better after an hour or two of playing during a bad time.  I feel this would be the best anti drug for me definitely.

What I Learned from An Inconvenient Truth

  An Inconvenient Truth is a film I will probably never forget about.  It is very influential and it certainly got to me.  It made me see the world a lot differently.  I knew about global warming and knew it was harmful, but I never expected it to be anywhere as bad as I witnessed from the movie.  I thought it was a minor issue that could be controlled and that we wouldn't have to really worry about.  I thought I personally didn't have to worry about it because I don't live in the arctic.  I was very wrong as we will all be affected in the next few decades.  All the statistics that Al Gore shared prove that we will all be affected very soon.  The coast of Florida is still expected to be underwater in the next 80 years and that is a very scary thought to bear in mind.  It's also horrible that the big companies and the government tried to ignore and deny global warming.  To think that we could've started to prevent it years before we actually started paying attention to it.  It's just unfortunate that money controls the world and people prefer that over a healthy planet.  Things are changing for the better, luckily.  We must make sure we continue to try to deplete global warming, or we will pay the ultimate consequences in the end.