Blog: My group still has a little bit of work to do. Our filming is not quite done, but it will be by Tuesday. We have a camera for the whole weekend and have times set aside to interview Leah and her sister. We are going to email someone from Children's Home Society to ask if we can interview a worker this weekend. We would ask them about what the typical family is like that pursues adoption, how their job works, and other specific things about the adoption process. The most challenging part for our group will be editing all of our footage to create the documentary. Making a 30 second trailer took 4-5 hours, so I'm a little worried about the amount of time it will take for the 5 minute film.
Response: A lot of this article by Martin Luther King, Jr. stuck with me and made me very sad. The parts about young boys witnessing horrible things, not having any sort of stability in their lives, and being able to restrain themselves when being fought against. Only knowing violence and having no supportive family around is nothing that I am familiar with. This is a completely foreign lifestyle to me. Reading this article made me much more aware of all the wonderful things I have in my life and take for granted at times.
I also admire the courage that these young men showed, especially in the specific Chicago marches. They witnessed women and children of their race being attacked with weapons and tear gas, and all they had were their own bodies. Even when they were verbally abused and had objects thrown at them, the men still didn't lash out and cause more trouble. They were able to show their strength by containing themselves. They were the real heroes. After all the challenges they faced in their lives the young men rose above the evils and bad choices they could have made, and chose to give the gift of love. The act of nonviolence shows more courage than that of violence, which I truly admire along with Martin Luther King, Jr.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Blog post/Reading response #6
Blog: I think that my group is definitely going to be ready with our trailer by Monday.We have all the necessary footage to create a great trailer, now all we need to do is put it together. Sarah and I will be going to MTN tomorrow to start the trailer and if we need more time we are all open on Sunday to go when Alex is there to help us. I really happy that when at the Final Cut Pro training on Sunday, Sarah and Leah were able to get Alex's help with transferring Maya's first night with Leah's family onto the computer. That will be really good to use in our trailer as something to grab the audiences attention. I am not worried about anything as of now with my group and our ability to make a good trailer.
Reading: I think that I understood the basic meaning of this reading, but not the deeper one if there was one. I can't help but wonder if there is a significance regarding the house or the gate that the 5 friends come from. If there is one I can't figure out what it is. When I read this, it made me think of high school, especially freshman year. I noticed many friend groups that were hard for others to join, as if no new members were welcome because the present members, friends, didn't want others to come and ruin the bond that they had. As the article says, the friends "don't know him and don't want to know him". I think that this is a problem everyone has. We are unwilling at times to be accepting of others, too afraid that it will break the connections we already have and appreciate. The part where the friends don't want to explain why the sixth can't come in because it could lead to accepting him from so much exposure of one another. This strikes me as very mean. They don't even know this person, and they have no trouble hurting their feelings by not having an explanation. I believe that everyone deserves an explanation as to why they can't be a part of something. I don't think that this title should be "Fellowship" because when I think of this word I think of brotherhood and a want of new members in that brotherhood or fellowship, not blocking people out of it.
Reading: I think that I understood the basic meaning of this reading, but not the deeper one if there was one. I can't help but wonder if there is a significance regarding the house or the gate that the 5 friends come from. If there is one I can't figure out what it is. When I read this, it made me think of high school, especially freshman year. I noticed many friend groups that were hard for others to join, as if no new members were welcome because the present members, friends, didn't want others to come and ruin the bond that they had. As the article says, the friends "don't know him and don't want to know him". I think that this is a problem everyone has. We are unwilling at times to be accepting of others, too afraid that it will break the connections we already have and appreciate. The part where the friends don't want to explain why the sixth can't come in because it could lead to accepting him from so much exposure of one another. This strikes me as very mean. They don't even know this person, and they have no trouble hurting their feelings by not having an explanation. I believe that everyone deserves an explanation as to why they can't be a part of something. I don't think that this title should be "Fellowship" because when I think of this word I think of brotherhood and a want of new members in that brotherhood or fellowship, not blocking people out of it.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Blog post/Reading response #5
Blog: I am so happy right now with my group. We finally have some filming done! Last weekend Leah was supposed to film her family at their cabin, but Maya was sick the whole time and Leah wasn't able to accomplish much. But last night we interviewed Leah's parents. The interviews went really well, both subjects were engaging and told interesting stories that will hopefully draw in the attention of our audience. I was the one asking the questions and it felt really professional which I am also happy with. We have the camera for the whole weekend and we hope to interview Maya then since she will be almost completely healthy again. I believe we have great footage to create a good trailer and documentary, even from our first two interviews.
Reading: As I was reading the beginning of the page written by Langston Hughes, I was confused with his form of language and didn't see where the paper was going. The ending is what made it click in my head. The paper seemed to not be very organized. I don't know if it was Hughes' intention to be this way, but I felt that the paragraphs were in no order and I couldn't connect how they flowed together. I also wondered why he wrote this paper in the form he did. The lines weren't complete, as in a sentence would cut off and be continued on the next line when there was plenty of room left to have the whole sentence on one line. Even from reading the paper, my question wasn't answered.
My favorite part of the paper was when Hughes said "You are white- yet a part of me, as I am a part of you. That's American". I like the way that he phrased this thoughts here. As Americans we are a part of one another. We make up the country, through learning and interacting with one another. Therefore we are a part of one another. I guess that when this was written this wasn't as well known of a fact, but I believe that it is today. Hughes was ahead of his time when writting this paper.
Reading: As I was reading the beginning of the page written by Langston Hughes, I was confused with his form of language and didn't see where the paper was going. The ending is what made it click in my head. The paper seemed to not be very organized. I don't know if it was Hughes' intention to be this way, but I felt that the paragraphs were in no order and I couldn't connect how they flowed together. I also wondered why he wrote this paper in the form he did. The lines weren't complete, as in a sentence would cut off and be continued on the next line when there was plenty of room left to have the whole sentence on one line. Even from reading the paper, my question wasn't answered.
My favorite part of the paper was when Hughes said "You are white- yet a part of me, as I am a part of you. That's American". I like the way that he phrased this thoughts here. As Americans we are a part of one another. We make up the country, through learning and interacting with one another. Therefore we are a part of one another. I guess that when this was written this wasn't as well known of a fact, but I believe that it is today. Hughes was ahead of his time when writting this paper.
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