In my class Creative studies we had to study Romeo and Juliet, and after doing that we got to pick our groups and what we did as long as it revolved around Shakespear's play. In our version of the play there are two high schools Montague and Capulet high and their rival football teams, in Verona school district. We filmed it in the style of the Office and Parks and Rec, because we took a modern comedic take on Romeo and Juliet , and just like in these shows, Shakespear's characters often break the fourth wall by turning and talking to the audience. To still keep ties with the original work we have one character who speaks entirely in Elizabethan, and characters insult each other using insults from that time. There a couple of characters and scenes left out, but generally we did the entire play, so please enjoy! (Also make sure to subscribe to Anika Fair, she was the one who filmed and edited this video!)
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This semester in my BioFitness class we had has make a ‘wellness plan,' where we had to pick three aspects of wellness to focus on and make a plan on how we were going to carry out with them, hence the name ‘wellness plan’. Among other things I chose ‘stress management’, and the reason I’m choosing to talk about this one, is because stress management is the main one that I wanted to focus on this year. I’ve always been an easily stressed person, but coming to high school has only made it worse. I actually read an article on Health Harvard that says when too much stress is provoked it can lead to health problems, such as a low immune system, increasing susceptibility to illnesses, but also high blood pressure - a major risk factor for heart disease. To make sure I never reach a point where my stress is causing me major health problems I have developed my own coping methods. Almost always the root of my stress is caused when I feel that I have too much to handle, so when I start to feel overwhelmed I run through my head and try to find the root of my stress and from there I separate whats out of my control and what is in my control and I what I am capable of doing. From there I prioritize what needs to get done. I know that in the school years to come they will get harder, and that my stress will never actually go away or “disappear”, however knowing this basic coping method, and trying new ones every week (like exercising, diaphragmatic breathing) will help me tackle my stress and know how to handle a stressful situation when it arises. In fact websites like Health Harvard have articles saying that a little stress is good, it can give me the motivation I need to finish a project or this article for example on time, and invokes the fight or flight response, however I don’t want it to get to the point where stress is having a serious effect on my health. Here is a poster I made in my BioFit class that, about an easy FREE way of coping with stress, for more information please visit the website at the bottom. Throughout my freshman year at New Technology High School I think that some things have stayed the same, but I feel that in many departments I’ve grown. Like for example I think I have gotten better at critical thinking. English is a strong suit of mine, but reading a sentence or paragraph and trying to decipher the symbolism the author put behind it had always been a difficulty of mine. It’s something minor I’ve grown in yes, but through this year in class having to read the Odyssey and perform a play about the lesson/ values it teaches really helped understand how to find the symbolism the author wrote.
Admittedly I wasn't a fan of the Hess collection, I was glad to go and it was interesting to see the museum just didn't strike me as something that stood out. I preferred when our creative studies class went to the Di Rosa at the beginning of the year, there was so much art to see, all of different styles while the Hess, like I said I was grateful to attend and I appreciate the artists work, it seemed like just another art museum Now that being said I know the world is not centered around me (sadly) and so I know we didn’t go on the field trip just so I would be entertained. We visited Hess because we are in our final phase of a project we have worked on since January, that focuses on the Hero's Journey more specifically the story of the Odyssey and Odysseus's own hero's journey within that. Our final last piece to end this project is to with our creative studies group create an interactive art piece, and the Hess just so happens to mainly have interactive art pieces. So because of this we also were told to look at the art and find what part of the heroes journey do we think it represenst, because not only does the art have to be interactive it has to represent the heroes journey in some way. So for example, this piece : I saw to me looked like " crossing the threshold " though millions of people could have different opinions I could still argue that to me it looks like "crossing the threshold."
Them being upside down could represent the person in the painting entering a new phase or world different from their own and their look of surprise could be them still getting use to this ‘new world’ they have now entered Anyways anyone could comprehend it their own way, but that's what can be so great about ar,t one single art piece could have all entirely different meanings to different people. Although the Hess wasn’t my favorite I enjoyed being able to go and appreciated the work and dedication the artists put into creating their art-pieces. If I had been sent home after being told I had less than an hour to pack my things, I would try an only pack what I deem essential. There is the obvious of packing clothes for extra warmth and food to eat, but I would want to take something to remember my loved ones. This could be a photo, a small item someone gave me, T-shirt, anything, just something to remember the people I care for when I'm just about to be sent to a place where I could possibly be separated from them or not see them for awhile. Before I would leave I would try and contact as many people that I love and care for before I was sent away .
I know during this process I would be in a state of shock and be crying and upset but also I would be wondering hoe someone could just send me away from a place I have known all my life, and a place where everyone I care for is. For the past couple of weeks in our Digital Media class at New Technology High we've been working on what we call our Epic Movie project. Like most of our projects at New Tech- being that its project based learning- it started with us being put into new groups, with new team members. Each group was to take 17 shots with a camera such as a dutch angle, for example, of whatever we wanted, and then in the end edit 'epic ' music over it , hence the title 'Epic Movie'. (Here is an image of a dutch angle like I mentioned in the paragraph above in case y'all were wondering !) This project was really fun, and my team was fine, we got along well and had an enjoyable time filming. It was also super cool to be working with such high quality cameras, and we also got some really funny bloopers, but I think we could have been better on the actual TEAM part. I think my team and I lacked in terms of communication. In the beginning were all open to new ideas, different ways to shoot our 17 angles, but towards the middle of the project we sort of lost that 'communication' if that makes sense.
We tended to get off task, like team members wandering away, and I remember our team had a really hard time just simply sitting down and going through the shots and deciding what to keep and what to throw away. And then that one single issue led to the problems of if did we get enough shots, and if so did we get all the RIGHT shots-which we didn't, me and another team member ended up redoing a shot the DAY the project was due-. As you can guess this led to us wasting a lot of time we could have used to edit our videos. I our team had stayed on task and had put more effort into communicating I feel like this all could have been avoided, hopefully I will remember this for future projects in all of my classes. I recently was lucky enough to be able to attend the Napa Film Festival with my school, New Technology High.
It was there that I saw two documentaries one of them being 'Big Sonia'. In this documentary it follows a women named Sonia, who is one of the last remaining Holocaust survivors, and publicly speaks of her experience, while working at her beloved tailor shop. I think that it was important for our school to see this, not only was it inspiring to watch Sonia be able to speak of something that was so inhuman that she underwent , but its important I think for people to get the courage to the same, and I think Sonia inspired them to do just that! |
AuthorHey guys! I don't know how many of you are reading this since this isn't a tinder bio, but I'm Isabel and the main purpose of this blog is for school. Its a portfolio I'm going to use to document my four years of high school-maybe even after! Archives
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