Mindwalk

This movie was about a politician, poet, and a scientist. The politician went to Europe to see his old colleague and friend who is a poet. They talk about life and philosophies and come in counter with a scientist who has interesting views. They walk and talk all day and the politician offered for the local scientist to come back with him to the states and help him run for president.

Parallel Universe Group Video

Parallel Universe Still Frames

PRimer Screening #2

SUMMARY

Later his friend also makes a double of himself and they live two different lives. If you bring a cell phone back with you it can cause problems with your double. Also by going back in time they already knew what happened, which they used to their advantage. At the end they had differences one wanted to continue and the other disagreed so he took it into his own hands.

Primer Screening #1

Summary

The film starts off with four men working in a garage on private experiments. They took apart a microwave and a fridge. Years later something strange has happened to one of the guys, because of growing fungus in the machine they made. From being around it he made a double of him appear. To try to find out more information they go to many insightful people to answer their questions.

Tegmark, Max: Many Lives in Many Worlds

Summary
This article talks about a students personal view on the theory of a parallel universe, and quantum mechanics in general. It breaks down what it is and states examples and equations that helps demonstrate it. He talks about Everett's theory and how the Schrodinger equation applies to it. It also explains how there is a connection between science and philosophy that we each think of in our daily life.

Parallel Universe Video Example: Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives

Summary
This PBS program was about the son of the man who came up with the theory of a parallel universe. He choose to take a different path and research about his father's past. On his journey he started to understand his father's theory and met many people. His theory needs to be observed by the eye, and many people like Bohr refused to listen to his father's theory. Today the theory still remains unsolved but is talked about a lot.

Sliding Doors

This movie was about a English woman named Hellen and her life splits in two. After she gets fired and is on her way home; one of her makes the subway, meets a nice guy and catches her boy friend cheating on her. The other Hellen doesn't make the subway causing her to get mugged, go to the hospital and not catch her boyfriend cheating on her. There is two of her but only one of everyone else in her life, and at the end they interact.

Group Norms Video

Norms Individual Video

Group Norms Still Images #1-8

Personal Narrative

Norms Individual Stills

Student Video Examples

Summary

All these examples group or individual they're all based on some sort of norms. One talked about rituals, some that everybody knows and how they're others that are unknown. How television shows have changed and people's opinions and they're favorite shows. For the individual, they are both on stereotyping one about an African American the other asian. How people expect them to act or be successful in school, but they rather be their own person.

Episode #1 Mr. Debt Erro/Morris' First Person

Summary

This film talks about debt and how it will eventually effect everyone. He talks from a personal experience being fined as a lawyer, and how ridiculous it is. He blames banks indenturing people as their servants, and how they will owe them money for the rest of their lives.

Frontline: Growing Up Online

Summary

This film talks about teens and parents views about the opportunity of internet. Sites that they go to like, spark-notes, and pink monkey for school, and myspace , and face-book, that teens call their lives. Kids hide a whole different life online, which worries more parents. They interview teens and parents to hear both sides of the cause.

Kids + Money By Lauren Greenfield

Summary

This video shows kids from ages of eleven to seventeen, talking about their lives. How most of them think that they need money to buy them popularity, and to be cool. Also others use money to hide their true identity, by trying to fit in with the norm. This film showed the rich, average, and poor. Showing everyone's views and how kids act when they have money, and when they don't

Ritual

Word Count:213

Renard, Fallon

Filmmaking

“Eye “ of the Universe

Norms: Individual Vs. Society-Ritual

My Bat Mitzvah

June 4, 2005 I Fallon Renard became a woman in the Jewish community. That was the day I read from torah for the first time in front of my whole congregation, family, and friends. It felt great to read from our holy torah on my special day.

After my long three-hour service was over, I felt so relieved and accomplished, and was stoked for my party. I went to the hairdresser to get a new up due for my party. When I got to the Woodland Hills country club and saw all the decorations, it was beautiful and couldn’t wait to have a great time with my friend celebrating me. My dress was a light pink with flowers and jewels and sequins all over and it was wavy towards the bottom. Everyone loved my dress and all the decorations. I had the most amazing dj and everyone had a great time dancing and loved the food. I’m so grateful for my parents and all they went through to give me that amazing night. Even though that night went by so fast, and I didn’t get to eat because I was busy changing outfits, dancing and mingling it was a night I will never forget and I have my picture album incase I do.

Versus

Word Count:277

Renard, Fallon

Filmmaking

“Eye” of the Universe

Norms: Individual Vs. Society-Versus

Conformity. Say What?

Everyone always wants to fit in with society, and great examples are clothes. Teenage girls that are trying to fit in with society and with their group of friends shop at stores like Hollister, Abercrombie & Fitch, Pac Sun, Victoria Secret, and H&M. I don’t shop at places to fit, for friends, only me. I have my own personal style.

Okay I’ll admit I used to shop at some of these stores, but I did it for the wrong reasons. Now that I’m older and know who I am better, I dress for myself now and nobody else. Some stores I shop at now are Urban Outfitters, never anything too expensive, always at the clearance section first, Forever 21, when I need something cute for a really cheap price, and I cut a lot of t-shirts I used to wear. Also I love going through my mom’s clothes and finding a cute vest or jacket that you wouldn’t see anybody wearing now a days.

If I had to pick a word to describe my style I would say it’s refreshingly different. I wear something different everyday and not wear another designer shirt with jeans like the day before. I like to style my outfits up with an occasional headband of some sort. In the summer you will not see me without a bandana, sweatband, or headband on. Some times I get stares from people from dressing so bold, but their opinions don’t effect me. When someone tells me how much they like unique outfits and style it makes me feel good, and hopefully people will eventually see not to become a robot in teenage clothing conformity.

Fired Up

Word Count:525

Renard, Fallon

Filmmaking

“Eye” of the Universe

Norms: Individual Vs. Society-Fired Up

Fallon Renard, 17

What’s Wrong With Me?

The norms of an American high school teen is enjoying life, parting, being out past curfew, and sharing good memories with a group of friends. How come I do not fit this norm? What’s wrong with me? My high school life, I would not call the easiest. When everyone thinks of their high school memories they think of football games, basketball games, going to parties, school dances, and prom. Well, when I think of high school, I remember the unstable relationships I had, traveling from one group of friends to another, wishing it was summer already so I can go to camp, coming home late, staying up till two in the morning, and stressing myself out way too much rarely having fun.

Let’s rewind to second semester freshman year. My best friend Rachel Scott stopped being my friends and I just felt lost in school. Her and girl that replaced me were in my sixth period ASL1. I would watch them sign across the room to each other, and I had nobody to sign to. Right after the bell rang I would run to get out of school, like I was in cross country racing for the gold.

Later that year I found a group of friends who I liked to spend time with and was happy for a while. It was now the mid of sophomore year, and I thought I was starting to see reoccurring things, like my friends not waiting for me at lunch, me having to run to catch up with them. For one whole week I ate lunch in the ASL room, because I couldn’t find them. I was feeling all depressed again, and I knew I deserved better. So I started to hang out with my friend Chloe and her dance team friends. They were cool, and we ate lunch on the side of the lockers with some communication. We went to City Walk for my friend’s birthday and I felt like I was a part of something again.

Junior year we had two new girls to our group, two foreign exchange students. One was from Brazil and the other was from Italy, they were so cute and I loved spending time with them. Everyone would leave or not come to the spot, and it was just I and my new foreign exchange students and I. I got really close with them, and then realized they would be leaving in a couple months, because they were only there for one semester. I was freaking out! I thought to myself where will I be next year.

Senior year after coming back from being at camp for eight weeks, I expected my friends to have at least missed me a little. The first day at school I felt invisible and not welcomed, and they had a new friend that I felt had some how replaced me. I felt sick to my stomach. So I talk to them now, but I now hang out with my Jewish youth group friends that are mostly younger than me. I’m so ready to go to college and make new friends, and get a fresh start.

Bikinis & Tiaras: Quinceaneras

Vida, Vendela: Bikinis & Tiaras: Quinceaneras, Girls on the Verge: Debutante Dips, Drive-bys & other Initiations 5cd New York, NY St. Martins

Summary

This story is about how traditions have changed over the years. The culture of Mexicans and Latino's, when a girl reaches the age of 15 they have a quinceanera to celebrate with an extravagant party. She didn't want to have a party and just take her pictures, other things are changing now they think boys should do something special for their 15th not just the girls.

American Born Chinese

Vang, Gene Luen: American Born Chinese

Summary

This story is about a guy liking an girl. Because of the culture he comes from he is not accustomed to liking girls at such a young age. At the end he gets the girl.

Persopolis: The Story of A Childhood

Satropi, Marjane "Introduction" Persopolos: The Story of A Childhood. New York: Pantheon

Summary

In the story, Marjane goes through scary experiences that girls her time went through. She has to give up her identity by covering her face. By believing in herself she thinks of ways to change her life and everyone else's.

Stereotyping Wordle Image

Stereotyping Mind Map

Stereotyping Photo

The Border

This story is about a Mexican girl born in the US, but goes back to Mexico so she can have a better life with more and the best opportunities. She has great grades, and great goals of helping other people. When her father gets cancer and they move back to the states for care her whole world is turned upside down. A new language, which makes school ten times harder, and is depressed for about two years. Later she finally embraces her new city, taught herself English, took harder classes, and is persuing her dream.

My Brown Eyes

A young gang boy living in Boyle Heights shares how his life isn't perfect, but his gang family helps him get through it. Being the man of the house and raised by a single mother is a big responsibility, and with his gang brothers supporting him he goes on. One of his brother's in college now and has a job, so he has hope for himself to get out of there some day.

"Introduction: At War With Ourselves" by John Nikkah in Our Boys Speak

Summary

Boys aren't just the stereotypical unemotional, bottled up guys. In this intro the author regains his confidence in young boys abilities to speak out and share their voices. Now that they have this book people need to listen to their stories and give them the attention they deserve.

NO LAUGHING MATTER

Summary

This story id about when a group of guys get together after summer before school starts. They began to exchange stories. Two friends went to South Carolina and had an adventure drinking beer on the street and were caught by cops. The girls they were with acted all sad and it was super funny. But their friend Abe, being super religious didn't agree. Neither did the author, but he laughed any way.

Introduction to "RED"

Summary

The editor Amy Goldwasser is talking about her book "RED" and the many wonderful, and inspiring young teenage girls that contributed their stories to the book. Originally the book started out as an email and she was astonished by how many girls replied to it. In the book she shows a variety of young girls, from different places and different ages stories. They share their inputs in things like, politics, eating disorders, our country, and reveal their complicated lives in such a personally way.

Curve

Summary

A girl named Alison is insecure with your body, and being too skinny. She is always ridiculed, because her friends tell her to shut up because they think they're fat when she thinks she's too skinny. People think of her as the stereotype skinny girl and don't give her the time of day. Now she has curves, and is really happy with them, and is making them her own. Wearing cute jeans to show them off.

Mind Mapping

"The Road Warrior" in the OC

Summary
This short clip is about the two main girls Summer and Marissa that live in Orange County. From Summer's voiceover you learn that that she was listening to her own voice while picking out an bathing suit to make her life more dramatic. Compared to Marissa's life of drama, Summer wants to make her more interesting.

Personal Narrative Still Images

It Might Get Loud

Summary
This documentry was about three different guitarists The Edge from U2, Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin , and Jack White from the white Stripes. They that tell about their stories and rock in roll at their time. They get together and jam together and bring their own perspectives about the craft, inspriation and how each used their unique backgrounds in order to create their own musical rebellion and revelatory sounds.

This American Life: My Way

summary
This video is about three different stories of regular Americans. Joe is an outcast in high school, and doesn't believe in relationships and he is only 14. He wants to grow up and says he doesn't need a significant other. Brad Blanton ran for congress independently, and tells how hard it was to run by himself. Also how he accomplished a lot by himself and got 25% of the votes. Lastly, Marcus is a photographer who took a picture of someone while getting swept up by a wave and drowned. His job is really hard because he see's a lot of emotionsl and horrible stuff that is hard for people to see and deal with.

Fallon Renard My IndiviJEWality-Voice Over

My name is Fallon Renard and if you didn’t know already I’m Jewish. Judaism is a big part of my life. Consisting of BBYO, and Camp JCA Shalom. All throughout high school BBYO has always been there for me. Especially when I needed it the most freshman year when my best friend just stopped wanting to be my friend. I was so insecure with myself and couldn’t put myself out there. When I was with my sister BBG’s they always made me feel wanted, and a part of something that I didn’t need to put up a guard and truly be myself. I have grown so much in this organization as a leader. Now I’m on regional board, went to International Convention in Dallas, Texas, and have more friends then I could ever ask for.

All year long BBYO keeps me sane, but in the summer my sleep away camp is that for me. I have been attending Camp JCA Shalom for seven years, and I am now a counselor. I love the environment and the feeling I get when I’m at camp. Nobody judges me and I’m 100% my crazy rambunctious self. The best thing is watching the twinkle in my kids eye and joy that they have, because I remember the same feeling. I plan on working there for many more years and some day is a higher staff member.

High School Confidential Episode 7: Cate, Beth, and Lauren

Summary

This episode is about three teens, Cate, Beth ,and Lauren going through high school and the issues and challenges they encounter. Cate's mom dies when she is in fifth grade and her father remarries one month later causing the children no time to grieve, so later in high school the depression kicks in. Beth is Cate's new step sister and is around the same age, and has a hard time watching her mom change into the role of the evil step mother. She ends up moving out with her dad, and later with her mom on a ranch after she is separated with Cate's dad. Lauren is a family centered girl and had a steady family with three younger brothers. She is very intellectual, and wants to go into politics, but not in Kansas. When they all grduate they realize the experience they went through made them and are ready for their next step in college.

My SO-CALLED LIFE Pilot Eposide

Summary

My So-Called Life Pilot was about the main girl Angela's life. She talks about what's going on in her mind in a voice over. It also shows the changes she makes during this year in high school. How she starts to hang with the wrong crowd, leaving old friends, lying to her parents, and being a rebel. Her new friend Rayen makes a big difference on Angela, causing her to do things the old Angela wouldn't do, like dying her hair and parting on school nights. At the end she has a realization after a scary encounter with an older guy sexually harassing her friend Rayen, and seeing her father with another women. After a troubling night she has a lot more respect for her mother and everything she does for her and never told her she cared.

Bruce Springsteen The Making of "Born To Run"

In this personal narrative about Bruce Springsteen, it talks about his life when he was younger and he was starting his career. One of his biggest hits was "Born To Run", and in this film it shows every little detail he put into that song, and every emotion that was going through his mind in making the lyrics. It also showed his band mates and they talked about how much he was risking for this song. Bruce talks about his guitar that he bought for that song and it's in the video. In the narrative he plays the piano singing the some of his song, showing the emotions portrayed in his music. It was a very powerful personal narrative and I now know a lot more about him.

Mixed Cd Poem: My Crush Poem

You only got one life to live

So I might as well open my heart

And let it out

He is so cute with all his flattering words

I’ll pretend to be nice so

So he is beggin’ for more

Talk Talk and Talk

A lot we do

Getting to know

Nobody ‘til you

Damn girl he says to me

Ooh Ooh baby I say giggling

Music is the thing where we connect

Talking for hours without regret

Like Great DJ and Sexy bitch

The silence between us does not exist

My feelings for Josh start to form

I want to get closer without getting them torn

Some things start to get down

Then my heart turns all around

Best friends we start to grow

And both our feelings start to show

Some people still do not understand

How we became an it so fast

But once you see the symmetry

Once you see the you and me

The pieces will fall

And nobody will speak at all

On our date he gave me flowers

Then said It’s gotta be you

I smiled and said thank you too

I can’t take my eyes off you

He did say next

Will you be my girlfriend

Course I said yes

PERFECT FROM NOW ON HOW INDIE ROCK SAVED MY LIFE

Sellers, John. PERFECT FROM NOW ON HOW INDIE ROCK SAVED MY LIFE. Print.

Summary

John Sellers finally has a realization at the age of 33 and looked over the things he did when he was younger because of music. Music made him do many things he thought he would never do. He also talks about how technology is changing how music used to be. He is very insightful and goes in depth about things that many people encounter with music today.

Red The next generation of American writers- TEENAGE GIRLS- on what FIRES up their lives today

Goldwasser, Amy. Red The next generation of American writers- TEENAGE GIRLS- on what FIRES up their lives today. Print.

Summary

Music is a big part of his life. Both of his parents loved music and always had it playing so the narrator grew up with music. With his insight on music, he looked at music in a different way. He liked to see how people respond to music and he likes to see what kind of music others are into. Without music in his life he wouldn't be the person he is today.

Mix CD Playlsit

Personal Narrative

Word Count: 257 Renard, Fallon

Period 4, Filmmaking

“Eye” of the Universe

Personal Narrative

February 1, 2010

Crush Crush Crush?!

After me Josh met for the first time, I wanted to get to know him better. He was such a sweet guy. Even though some songs on the cd that he gave to me kind of appear to be a little creepy. One of my favorite songs on the cd was Get Down by the Backstreet Boys, because I used to love them, and it is so much fun to dance to. But I think it’s cute he liked me so much to make it.

We would hangout after school talking at the coffee shop. I learned that we had common interest in music, sports and wanted to go to the same college; UC Davis. I barely saw my other girlfriends anymore, because I spent most of my time with Josh, and we started to get closer and intimate. One day he asked me out on a date and of course I said yes, and he brought me to Maggiano’s and gave me a huge bouquet of flowers. When he drove me home we had our first kiss, it was amazing and I couldn’t ask for anything else.

Two weeks and a couple dates later, Josh finally asked me out. He was my new best friend and boy friend. We went to prom together and had a great time. For our one-month gift he made me another cd. This one had songs that we both love and that we sing together so if we ended up going to different colleges I have my cd to listen to.

INDIE FILM Q&A with Heidi Van Lier: I'm in high school, what should I be doing right now?

SUMMARY

These tips are great if you want to become a filmmaker or writer. There are 12 easy steps to help you succeed in filmmaking. You need to always be connected to the outside world and things going on. Also you need to watch and learn from other films to get new ideas and inspiration on what you need to work and progress on. Lastly, go to places and show friends your work and get good feedback so you make it the best film.

"Barely a Mixtape," by Katie Krentz in Cassette From My Ex

Summary

The narrator Katie Krentz comes home from her freshman year of college in the summer. She reconnects with an old high school friend and they did stuff they used to do when they were younger. A slight crush developed over the summer. Before they separated at the end of summer Luke gave Katie a mix tape. Then they went went back to school on different paths, but they will always have that summer and the tape to remember how they got each other.

"Types Of Mixes" in Cassette From My Ex:

Summary

This paper talks about the different types of tapes that can be made. I'm doing a crush tape to me. It's going to have some fun songs and some that show his charisma and his intentions. personalized tapes tend to be longer because they talk about each song and why they picked it. Also there's an Audio Postcard Tape, before my grandpa past away he made a 3 disc long audio postcard tape of his whole life for all his 10 grandchildren. I am so glad he did because now I can show it to my children, so they will know about my only grandpa.

"Roller Boogie" in Love is a Mix Tape by : Rob Sheffield

This story is about a 13 year old boy who isn't very social in school, goes to church, and is an all around goodie two-shoes. His life consists mostly of his rock music. Nobody shared his love and appreciation for music. Also he had to overcome hard times in life and reflect on the past and not dwell on it.