PSA Film Week

Hey guys! 

So this week we were filming our PSA's that I was talking about last week. It was actually exciting to start designing the posters asking people to be in it and actually carrying it out with the filming. We had three students and one counselor be apart of the PSA.  We finished filming today and I think next week we are going to start editing and finalizing. I have NO CLUE how to do either of those things, so I have a lot learn about it and I am pretty excited! 

I guess I should tell you what the PSA is about....well like I said last week, it's about Copyright rules. Most people who make projects or reports don't really think about copyrighting laws (besides when they have to do a Works Cited page), but there is so much more, and that's what our PSA is trying to explain. 

Off topic....but last night I was apart of Miss LNC Scholarship pageant. There were 14 total girls in the pageant and everyone did so amazing, I'm so happy to have been involved with this with such awesome girls, I started some new friendships and learned more about previous friends.                            I was 2nd runner up and even got $100 scholarship and a really pretty sash! If you are in top 5 then you have to answer an on-stage question, which for me was really scary, because I have a tendency to trip up on words, but my question that was based off of my interview was about what toxic charity has taught me when I go on mission trips. I instantly felt relief because I am so comfortable talking about toxic charity and what it has done for me and even though I said um(which you aren't supposed to do) I was still really proud of my answer. 

My picture this week is a picture is a picture of all 14 girls who were involved in the pageant because every single one of us worked out booties off for last night and the second one is the sash that I get to wear today to school.

Thank you so much for reading! 

Blog 11

Exciting things have been happening in our DigCit class. We are starting our PSA storyboarding this week. My groups topic is Copyright laws, which for a PSA, is a pretty tough topic. But my group choose MY idea! I'm so excited that my group thought my idea is good enough to show to people. So while we have been finishing up on the storyboards, we also got to talk to Kevin Beatty who went to school and got his B.S. in film which is pretty cool. But he pretty much focuses on photography. 

He basically is a freelance photographer, at first hearing that he just waits for jobs freaked me out because he never knows where his next paycheck will come from. I'm the type of person who likes to plan out everything and if I don't then I worry. I totally commend him for living like that. What I really like about him is that he took the time to make a booklet of his work and personally sent it to potential work place, he sent it to about 10 different people and out of those people he got one response back. Even though he got only one response, it still got him a job. Adding a product that was his own work probably really meant a lot to the people he sent it to because he took the time and make another portfolio which made him stand out from other people. 

  I learned some new ways to stand out with my project and new ideas for being professional not just for my project but also in the real world. 

Community Showcase is over!

Last night was awesome! The community showcase turn out was amazing, all of the parents, friends and teachers that showed up and were so supportive of our projects. I was so nervous that I wasn't going to be able to explain my project and people weren't going to understand what I was talking about. But I had so many people say that they understood and and had never heard of toxic charity. Even Mrs. McNeilly said she hadn't really understood what my project was about until yesterday. 

At first I was really nervous about talking to people but I realized that when I'm talking about Nicaragua I'm not nervous. I guess because when your passionate about something you don't really have to force anything when your talking about it. 

For those of you who weren't able to come last night but wanted to see my poster here it is!

Thanks for reading!