"The Road Warrior" in the OC

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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.

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It Might Get Loud

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.