Week of June 5

We filmed and edited our third film and are on our way to finishing it. I hope it turns out well.

Week of May 29

This week, we completely finished our second film. We are editing our third film and we want to finish it by next week on tuesday.

Week of May 22nd

This week we uploaded all of our scenes  and edited all of the film. We just need to add the music and we are finished with our second film. We are also finishing up the screenplay for our third film.

Week of May 15

This week we finished filming our second film and will edit it the upcoming week. I went to the film festival on sunday. It was awesome. Some of the videos looked so cool and difficult to make. Especially the animated ones. I wish I knew how to do those. Overall a lot of different kind of films that I liked. I was very impressed.

Week of May 1st

This week, we came up with a new film idea. It's a psa about procrastination. We finished the screenplay and we're working on the story boards.

Week of April 24th

We finished editing our film. It is now complete.

Week of April 17

We are filming and editing at the same time. We expected to already be done by now, but because we decided to redo al the filming, it's like we started all over. So that us delaying our film project.

Week of April 10

We filmed all of our scenes. but they were garbage so we are doing them all over again. We want to be done by next friday.

Week of April 3rd

This week of April 3rd, We finished the screenplay, and did all of the storyboards. We are filming right now and we are a little over halfway done filming.

Week of March 27th

I am working with Jorge, Mohammed, and Emily. We are doing a funny narrative film about me asking Jorge for advice so I can make Emily like me. It is very bad advice. We have finished the screenplay this week. We are working on the story boards right now while minor changes are being made to our screenplay.

Why I listen to music?

I love to listen to music because I find it as an escape from everything I am thinking about and all my problems. Music calms me and down and helps me relax. I like to listen to different types of music when I'm feeling different ways. If I'm sad I'll listen to sad music so it relates to me. I'll listen to alternative or rock when I'm angry or riled up. I'll listen to laid back calm music when I feel like relaxed. I listen to the music that relates to the way I am feeling. Music just sounds so cool and I feel like it can be a very negative and positive thing. I feel like negative music can become a bad influence on someone's life and make them want to do bad things. Music can also be positive because good music can relate to a person and help give them a feeling of security.

Problems and Struggles

Self-confidence is an issue at Bell High. Most students come from a background where their parents have not went to college and being extremely successful may be something they don't know too much about. This may drive some students to work harder, while other students let themselves believe they are not good enough and will never be anything in life. This can cause many students to become very depressed and lose confidence in themselves. This is why there are some people that don't try and really believe that they are bound to take the same road as their parents. They don't realize that they can work hard and achieve their goals if they want to. They believe that they are too poor and can't do it. Or they think that there are other smarter kids that go to better schools. They don't realize the potential they have in themselves and this is a problem that I think should be addressed soon.

The Most Interesting Person I Know

The most interesting person I know is Jennifer Saavedra. She is the kind of person that you just don't find these days. She is one, completely weird and speaks thoughts that make me think she's retarded. But it's okay because I'm pretty retarded too. She also reacts very interestingly in tough situations. The way she has handled so many obstacles in my life has really made em admire her. She doesn't think like a normal teenage girl. She really thinks like an adult is very mature while being very funny. She is very independent and strong and i really think she doesn't need me. I'm really glad she really wants me though, she is the kinda person I always want to be around.  We can literally make weird faces at each other all day and crack ourselves up. I also find her very interesting because she has gone through so many struggles in her life, that it continuous to surprise me that she is the good person she is and thinks in a way that just amazes me. She also really knows me and respects everything that I believe and will actually take interest in how different I am which makes for the most interesting conversations. I'm sorry for being so generally, but it really is hard to describe someone that you find so amazingly interesting. It's something about them that is ineffable.

My anti-drug

Working out is my anti-drug. I can let out all my anger by just putting my power in the weights. When I'm lifting I think about only lifting and it calms me down. Talking to my girlfriend also keeps me out of trouble because talking to her really makes me happy and forget about all my problems. She can reason with me and talk to me to make sure I stay on the right path. I know she'll never let me become a bad person or let me do bad things. And vice-versa of course. My last anti-drug is going for walks. I love walking a long time while listening to music. This really calms me down and keeps me out of trouble. This is my greatest anti-drug. I also love hanging out with my friends and watching movies. I basically have a lot of anti-drugs haha.

An Inconvenient Truth

I'll admit when I first started watching this movie I was like okay I get it, we are all screwed. I kept thinking I am just one person, I can't do jack. It seems like a problem that's just too big for me to solve and the only way it will be solved is if politicians feel like doing something about it. Then a thought came into my head, maybe I can make a difference. I've always thought that I would live a mediocre life and I was okay with that. But how about if I decided to dedicate my life to a cause like this. Maybe if I really learned more about the issue and decided to bring a lot of people to join me, maybe one day I can have enough power to really make a difference in this world. But then again, that's a long shot so I'm not sure it was just the idea. I don't know if this is a problem that I can take on. Maybe, just maybe, I can make a difference.