BLOG NUMBER 9

READING:

Freedom of Speech is protected by the constitution of the United States of America. Being able to express yourself freely is something that should be a given. A right from birth, however I think the problem comes in when we decide where or where not to draw the line. For example in school our speech is limited, we can’t say certain words or we will get in trouble. Would one consider that to be something that limits my freedom of speech? Speech can be anything, from bad words to saying something that might hurt someone else’s feeling. Should that matter?  If not then that means they are going against the constitution, or for example if someone was to make fun of the holocaust. An even better example I would think is the use of the "N" word. Should anyone be able to say it? One could argue that of course they should be able to say it; it’s their freedom of speech. So I think it’s a lot more complex than just the "right" of speech. It’s not as black and white as it seems, another important question is that with the right of speech does the responsibility of its consequences come with it or is that person protected?



Group:

This week has been crazy, last minute stuff was getting done, but over all we pulled it of and now we just working on finishing the final project.

BLOG POST NUMBER 8

Reading
I loved the reading because its reminded me of what just happened in Egypt. The writer talked about wondering if Americans could ever embrace the concept of non violence as the effective and powerful instrument of social reform. I still wake up in the morning wondering if it was a dream or reality. Now libya and other countries are trying to follow. Social reform can only truly work if it comes from the bottom up, it has to start from the street level.  Weather it was following them on twitter, Facebook or calling up relatives that I have in Egypt. The experience has been thrilling and a bit uneasy, but one thing is for sure. I will never look at non violence reform the same way again.



GROUP


We are going to finish filming within two weeks. A lot of things have been going our way, our trailer looks really good and it helped us really focus on the main points that we want to show in our documentary. Also we got a lot of people lined up for interviews from the community, many people are showing support and are even offering help in any form possible. This shows that this issue was as suspected something that needs to be talked about. My hopes is that it will give them the voice they are looking for.

down side its that could be scary at the same time, like the other day some one told us that they could not  wait to see it. That pressure from the community and all my peers telling me to put certain points in the documentary. Thats really hard and now it seems like I don't think the fifteen minuets is going to be enough to cover the topic entirely.

Blog number 4

Reading;

I learned that interviews are the heart of a documentary and that its not has easy has it seems. Main points to remember
 Who itnerviews;
 Important and based on what your trying to get out of the interview. Does the person ask open ended questions or questions that give certain answers that one is looking for. All of that needs to be taken into consideration
Types of situations,
where you shoot is also very important, for example one would not want to interview what is expected to be someone who is going to talk about a sensitive issue or even personal in like an busy outside setting.
Places that you interview can be a tool and part of your whole picture as interms of your doc
Preparation and basic skills;
Basic skills on the etiquette of how to ask questions/interview someone should be known

Setting people at ease;
you want the person you interview to feel confortable or they will never not only open up but also give you the least they can offer
Frame or not to frame questions;
your questions are important and should be direct your QUESTIONS should not BE made up on the spot you should be prepared.


How our group is doing;
this week was off week for us. We have a couple personal deadlines next week that we have set up for ourselves


How our group is going;

Blog post number

This week as been all about growth and more of the breaking down barriers to with my partners really. I had alot of question that I had to answer. Every week they are becoming more and more mentally aware of the subject matter and understanding it in depth. The thing that stood out to me the most this week was when we were presenting I think a lot of people asked really good questions and I already feel like it’s a totally different informant for me in the voices classroom. I think by making something that is different about me and familiarizing it and sharing it really opens opportunity for a better community.

As for the technical stuff, we got together and made an outline and planner of what we were going to do for the next two months. I still remember what happened with our spa last time and it was all do to the lack of planning this time I don’t want to be in that predicament.

PART TWO

REASEACRH:

I learned that research is really important to make a really good documentary. It is also a step that most people tend to undermined. In the article it showed 3 main key concepts. 

Curiosity;

Is like the engine, you need it to fulfill the rest of the key concepts. Without it there is a lack of energy and one will have little motivation to perfect his/her work. It also talks about questions that people could ask themselves.

Quantity Vs Quality;

Talks about the better the research the better the Quality and there is no use of have Quantity if there is no Quality. BEST to have both.

Strategy;

Same as game plan once you have one and two in place you will need to order and place them. As in the story line/ story board.  Where to look and REASOURCES!!! Not forgetting setting up the interviews ect....

Blog number two

Reflection on documentary process;

What we accomplished thus far;

we accomplished alot. We already have about two hours video done. We did a lot of experiments as well, we also have all our interviewers in line. We started early and hope to finish early.


What was challengeing;

Well we ran into a lot of challenging  one of them was how to have the camera at the right times. for the experiment that we did it was crucial for us to get a lot of the comments said or the responses with out anyone having to alter their statements because of the camera. Also because of the fact that it was kind of a personal topic it was kind of emotional at times.

What has worked well;

Their were a lot of things that also worked really well, I was moved by Cage's bravery for doing what she did and it was also inspiring because besides some of the negative comments their were a few that really made my day and even surprised me and her. That is what i think i want our video to be about.

Are we working together;
heck YEAH!!! it is going really well

what needs to change and how can we change it

well as for know we need to start thinking about exactly what our  message is going to be, it seems like the documentary is making itself into what ever it whats to. We need to cut out a lot of stop make is smaller but and more focused.

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What did I learn;

I learned that seeing is not always believing, while you don't have to see to believe. I think reading teaches us what a documentary is or what it is not. However this question cant necessarily be answered because of the fact of how is the one who gets to decide what is a documentary or not. A documentary and "like" a documentary are too close to each other in meaning because if its like a documentary so it must have the basic format of a documentary. I don't know its hard to explain but understood the logic behind it. The part about the begging of the invention of movies also helped to explain that what is defined today is meant to be broken tomorrow.