The Big Day

This story seemed to follow a man driving in a volkswagon trying to reach a wedding. It seems that while he's driving, nothing goes his way as he keeps running into obstacles. Both the bride and the bride's father seem to be distressed, so I am left with the impression that the man driving the car was the groom. However, when the man finally reaches the wedding, he walks in in the middle of the bride's wedding with another man.

Who: The bride and the bride's ex boyfriend
What: the ex boyfriend of the bride wanted to stop the wedding
Where: In Colorado
When: recently
Why: Because he still loves her
How: He traveled miles and miles in his volkswagon to get to her wedding in time to stop it.

Story:
Love, always prevails, and that is shown through the story of John Smith, a man who spent his day searching miles and miles for the one he loves, and she began to love someone else.
Smith traveled on this rainy day in Colorado searching for the woman he still loves after they had broken up.

The day started with him hopping into his volkswagon and going on a hunt for the wedding chapel.
"I was very determined to find where she was getting married," Smith said. "I had to tell her that I still loved her."
However, the journey to find her wasn't so easy, it was actually very frustrating.
"I kept getting stopped by little things along the ride, and it was making me very frustrated because I knew that my time was running out," Smith said.
Despite all the bumps in the road, Smith was able to make it to the wedding of his ex-girlfriend, Stacy Jones.
"I had no idea that he even planned on attending the wedding, I was in complete shock," Jones said.
However, Smith was traveling with a goal, and apparently got there just in time.
"I barged in as soon as they announced if anyone had any rejections for the couple to be wed," Smith said. "For me, it was perfect timing because it was my original plan to stop the wedding and show her how much I still love her."
When Smith walked in, both were completely hypnotized.
"I didn't know what to do when I walked in, she was so mesmerizing when she looked directly into my eyes," Smith said. "I know I saw love in her eyes too, and I now have complete confidence that she loves me back."

Final project preview

http://www.mindbites.com/lesson/160-intro-to-imovie

1.) Summarize what you watched and read about - let's say 2-3 paragraphs of 3-4 sentences
This website included a video that displayed how to use iMovie. It took step by step through the process of making a movie. It was a simplified version of making a movie.

Some of the steps the video took you through was how to export the movie and how to cut clips. It also showed you how to rearrange clips. In addition, it showed how to create titles and subtitles for the movie.
2.) Tell me one thing that you already knew about iMovie that the website explained
I had no knowledge of iMovie before today
3.) Tell me one thing that you learned new today that you didn’t know before.
One thing I learned was how to create titles and subtitles
4.) What are you concerned about with this final project?
I am concerned that my final project will not be long enough.
5.) What are you confident you can complete early and have ready to use?
I am confident that I will have my photos ready
6.) If I asked you today, what do you think you will do for your video?
I think I may shoot color guard tryouts or practice.



http://mediacommons.psu.edu/2014/08/introduction-to-basic-editing-in-imovie-2/

1.) Summarize what you watched and read about - let's say 2-3 paragraphs of 3-4 sentences
This website showed a tutorial on how to work your way around iMovie. It showed the different steps one might take to make an iMovie. Different form the last video, this website shows more about the tools of iMovie.
Some tools that it shows is where to store your clips and how to get them out of the storage space. Another thing it shows is how to place clips on the "Timeline", where you edit the clips. It also showed how to trim and split a clip.
2.) Tell me one thing that you already knew about iMovie that the website explained
I had no knowledge of iMovie before this.
3.) Tell me one thing that you learned new today that you didn’t know before.
One thing I learned was how to split a clip

Portfolio Analysis

1. Name of photographer - Justin Mott
General focus of portfolio (photoj, sports, stories, etc.)- Stories, pictures from travels
 List three problems that the judges noted with the portfolio - Don't intentionally go out of focus, Show full faces and bodies, Learn how to build a portfolio better.
 List two things the judges like- Nice quality photos, and good point of view
What is your overall impression of the photographer? What did you like or not like?

I liked these photos, and I think he was smart to take pictures of things that are hard to touch subjects on.

 Name of photographer - Sam Adams

 General focus of portfolio (photoj, sports, stories, etc.)- sports (BMX biking)

 List three problems that the judges noted with the portfolio - Too many silhouettes, Be careful with unneeded things in the pictures, and make the subject more obvious.

 List two things the judges like- Pictures have good mood, some nice settings

 What is your overall impression of the photographer? What did you like or not like? I think some of these photos are really goos, or had the potential of bring really good, but they still need to make adjustments and have a lot of things to watch out for.

 Name of photographer - Jordan Murph

 General focus of portfolio (photoj, sports, stories, etc.)- Sports and stories

 List three problems that the judges noted with the portfolio - Get more detail, Don't go to posed action shots, get real action, and get full faces

 List two things the judges like- Good emotion in some moments, and some nice compositions

 What is your overall impression of the photographer? What did you like or not like? I agree with the judges completely, in that his pictures started off really strong, but as he went on with the stories his photos just got worse and worse. If he hadn't included the stories he would've had a really strong portfolio.

2.  What did the judges note as strengths as they were critiquing it? The judges noted that he got good emotion shots, he didn't get too much in the picture, and he was very creative with his shots

 What do you see as strengths? Do you see any weaknesses? For his strengths, I thought his pictures all had good composition, and very good lighting and detail. As for weaknesses, the only thing that didn't completely appeal to me was the birds eye view group swimming photo because it was very busy and was hard on my eyes.

Briefly describe the process the judges went through in deciding the winner.

The judges chose their top 4 portfolios that they thought were the best, than narrowed it down from their. They chose the true winner from the amount of "clunkers" or bad photos a portfolio had, and how appealing the portfolios were.

Part 2

Student of the Month Story

Who - Hannah P
What - Student of the Month award
Where - Bowie HS
When - Recently
Why - For being an exceptional student
How - awarded by the administration


Story:

Freshman Hannah P. was recently awarded the Bowie HS Student of the Month award.

She was awarded by the administration at Bowie H.S for being an exceptional student.

Freshman Hannah Porter won the Student of the Month award for the month of April.

“I think I won student of the month because I can balance sports and academics well,” freshman Hannah Porter said.

Porter was not expecting to be awarded the Student of the Month award this month

“ I felt surprised when they announced it on the announcements,” Porter said.

Many excellent students are nominees for Student of the Month each month, and according to Principal Stephen Kane, the process of choosing just one is very difficult.

“So many students at Bowie are excelling at such a high rate, it’s very hard to choose only one student,” Kane said.

Biology teacher David Jones shares his advice with us on becoming a student of the month.

“ I think it helps a lot to participate in class and get to know the teachers well, along with getting good grades. But, it is also important to not focus completely on grades, but to do sports and activities outside of school as well, because that is what’s going to make a student stand out,” Jones said.

Porter also shared what qualities a Student of the Month should have.

“ I think they should be respectful and involved in school,” Porter said.

Counselor Nancy Davis shares her opinion on teacher’s involvement on the Student of the Month awards.

“ I think it is good for kids to have a healthy relationship with their teachers, and have students be positively influenced by teachers and staff because I think it pushes the kids to work harder. Healthy relationships with teachers can come in handy for things like recommendations and college applications, so I think its always a good thing to have,” Davis stated.

Porter shared her influencers for Student of the Month.

“My track coach and teachers helped,” Porter said

Porter shares her advice with students who want to or plan on becoming student of the month in the future.

“ Don’t stress too much, but still try your best. Also, don’t focus on just grades. Keep them up, but try and have a good balance,” Porter said.

When asked if she wanted to become student of the month again, Porter responded with no.

“I want someone else to have a chance to be Student of the Month,” Porter stated.

The Student of the Month for May will be officially chosen on April 30^th.

Nut Graf

Nut Graf-
     A Nut graf is a sentence or longer summarizing a news story. It is mainly used during or after editing. It is mainly used in feature stories and explains the news value. It is also mainly used in more of news stories rather than other styles of writing.
    The term 'nut graf' is a contraction of 'nutshell' which is basically what a nut graf is, its a story in a nutshell. It is also sometimes used as nut graphing.

Inverted Pyramid

School Uniforms

1. Three different sources I could interview: The Teachers, The district school board, and the principal.

20 questions

1. What have you heard about the school uniforms?
2. How could uniforms help our campus/district?
3. How could uniforms hurt our campus/district?
4. How do you think students will react to the uniforms?
5. Which grade level(s) are theses rules enforced upon?
6. How do you think parents will react to the uniforms?
7. What are you trying to accomplish by supporting and enforcing or protesting these rules?
8. What are you trying to teach the kids my enforcing these rules?
9. What is the dress code?
10. Do you believe uniforms are taking away freedom of expression?
11. What trends have you noticed in students behavior since starting these rules?
12. What would the dress code allow or not allow? (jewelry, nail polish)
13. Should/Does a specific dress code apply to teachers as well?
14. Where did the ideas to enforce a dress code come from?
15. How long does the uniform rule last?
16. How long have the schools gone without it?
17. When did the dress code first be enforced?
18. Who decided to make the decision of yes to uniforms?
19. Why did that idea spring up in the first place?
20. Are you planning to keep the uniforms or to modify them?