Week of March 27

 My film group includes Nereida, Stefani, Sergio, Salvador and Andrea. This week we accomplished finishing out storyboards for two films, and deciding which days we are all available for filming. We also decided that we would do our PSA video first, since it was the most developed of our ideas. Another thing we accomplished this week was finalizing the order of the films we were going to make and figuring out what equipment and other resources we were going to need to make our film possible. In addition we also decided on a photo for our production folder. Overall we established our ideas, finalized schedules, and reorganized our group so that we can make all three films in an efficient and effective process.

What Music Means to Me

Music is everything. Music has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. Music has been my greatest friend,  my most genuine inspiration and most importantly my best motivator. Growing up I  remember that I always used to carry around a walkman (the kind that can play tapes and radio too) and no matter what was going on in my life around me i could always play a song and find happiness. As I grew older the songs that I listened to turned into memories and I could always recall exactly the way I felt or what places looked like that made me feel so strongly.
 I remember the first time that I saw a band live for the first time. It was at a house show and although the band was not even famous, the music was felt in the air. Everyone in the crowd stood and swayed to the music. I couldn't get over the feeling of standing in a crowd and feeling like I connected with the instruments as well as the whole band. The next time that I went to a show it was for a bigger band in a bigger stage. My sister drove out to echo park after school and although we were late we were still able to make it hear the last couple of songs. It was like magic, it was nothing like listening to the music it was about being able to really feel the music. The way the instruments seem to fit together and flow amazed me completely.

Problems and Struggles

Many people say that middle school is the hardest stage in growing up, however I disagree because I believe that high school is the most difficult stage of becoming an adult. It is the stage in which students are treated like children but expected to act like adults. Where students are not allowed to decide what classes they want to take but are expected to know exactly what they want to do with the rest of their lives. High school is the stage that does not transition students into adults but instead merely pushes them into the real world. From all the people that I have spoken to that have already graduated from high school, particularly from an area of minorities, claim that they were robbed of an education. Those that moved on to college believe that they were not adequately prepared for the work load, or the intensity of the classes. The others that followed another path and are now working regret being uninformed about their choices following their graduation. The biggest problem here is that high school students in areas of minorities often feel too heavily the pressure of having to know exactly what they will be doing after high school is over and are simply not informed enough.

The Most Interesting Person in The World

The most interesting person I know is a friend of mine who is on a quest to find the most obscure places in downtown LA. Although I've only been to a couple of places that he has discovered, it has really opened my mind to all of the beauty hidden in the streets of late night Los Angeles. This all began with music, while he was looking for the locations of local bands that he was interested in. Then he began to look for coffee shops and book stores. It soon grew into more than that as he began to gain interest in famous movie locations, secret rooftop pools, and even abandoned buildings in the heart of LA. Whenever he has the time and has recently acquired the street names or even just hints of any place with potential interest he simply drives down to LA and spends the night exploring or searching. From all his adventures there is always something to find or see that will definitely change the way you look at the city forever. Knowing that the city is so alive and adventure so willing.