Documentary Blog #8!

I think that everyone, in their lifetime has given a gift to humanity. This could be any type of gift. Mainly, their presence is a gift. All the gifts that they have contributed to humanity, have created our society today. Without the traits and gifts contributed by everyone, our society would lack any type of originality. Our gift to humanity is our personality, something that benefits us all.

Our documentary is coming along! This week, we re-did some of our interviews that were originally not the best. These re-do's will allow us to use larger segments for our final project. Our filming for our project is complete! We just need a little more footage of bikers on the greenway, but then we are set to edit! It seems like we might actually have this project done early!

Documentary blog # 7!

After reading this, I started thinking about social change and what it really is. I guess that before, I had assumed that it meant it impacted society as a whole.  After thinking about it, I think that Social change can mean either that or the impact that society has on an individual member of society and the changes they experience. Tying in with the theme of homlesness it this reading, I think that any of the people who stand on the corners asking for money have made meaningful social change, or have undergone changes as the result of society. The courage that it takes for one to stand on the corner and put themself out there to ask for money is remarkable. It is something that I don't know If I could ever do. This has to do with social change because the changing ways of society on this individual have led them to become homeless.

On Friday, we finished our documentary trailer, so we were happy to have that done ahead of time! We were not at MTN for as long as we were expecting, so that was nice. We are now working on lining up several interviews for our final documentary. We are talking to some environmental planners for the county and we are hoping to line up an interview with Mayor Rybak soon.

Documentary Blog # 6

A group that I feel I belong to is my neighborhood. I have been a part of it since I was born and have grown up immersed in it. My family is very close to all of my neighbors and we participate in activities with them regularly. They have always been there for em and I know they will be even when I am no longer living at home.

Our documentary is coming along well. We had three interviews this week, two with bikers and one with a man who works on transportation for the county. We will be editing tonight and tomorrow and will be able to have our trailer done by monday!

Documentary Blog # 5

The Langston Hughes poem on this weeks reading is one that I remember from sophomore year in Ms. Horswill's class. Poetry isn't something that really interests me, but I really enjoyed this reading. This also kind of tied back to the question form the beginning of the year of how  do our communities and associations we surround ourselves with impact us. Hughes says, I feel and see and hear, Harlem, I hear you. His communities he has grown up in have shaped him.

Our documentary is slowly coming together. Our project will be answering the question of is love the main part of human relationships. We will be looking at several types of relationships involving love such as mother and daughter, twins and one couple. Our person we will be interviewing is Eva, who works at south. We will talk to her about her thoughts on love and relationships.