Blog#8

1. Zoe and I had rented the camera, picked it up and we were ready to go get some interviews done today. Unfortunately some confusions came up and we couldn't do it today. But that's how it is sometimes. So the plan now is to get all the filming done Monday and Tuesday next week and then try to edit as much as we can that week and the next following week. I think this will be good, but we still got a lot of filming left!!

2. Reading Assignment  "A Gift of Love" by Martin Luther King Jr.

The people King remembers in the first paragraph have the fact that they are black and suppressed in common. They are all in one way or another treated badly by other humans, people who think they are superior to them and people who treat them bad since they have a different skin color. When I read this, it reminds me of how sorry I feel for what black colored people have had to go through over the years and still struggle with today. I can't imagine being treated that way just because you are born with a different skin color. We are who we are, and it's sad that other people don't respect each other. The fact is that we are all the same. We all want to be loved, we all have our own lives, thought, families. It should not be a privilege but a right and a matter of course that all humans should be treated equally and with respect.

Blog #7

1. It's Tuesday and I finally feel that we can do this within the time limit. We got all the shooting for the trailer done last Thursday and on Sunday we spent four hours on editing the trailer. Zoe and I sat in that tiny, little room, worked out buts off and almost went crazy. The trailer didn't work out as good as we wanted it to be, but we're hoping to get a stronger comeback with our documentary. before starting this project i would never think that it would be possible to spend four hours on 20 seconds, but apparently I was wrong. The plan is now to get some more filming done next week, hopefully all the footage we need and then to start edit as soon as possible so we don't have to sit the last Sunday session and do it all in a rush and get a really bad documentary. So that's they plan. I like working on this project, but it takes so much time and power from you. Well well.

2. "A Bed for the Night" by Bertolt Brech

The man in the poem helps homeless people out by appealing and asking people who pass by if they can give a homeless man or woman a bed for the night. I believe he does this since this man has realised that by doing this for others, he helps people out and he let other people help the homeless people. These people would probably not offered a bed for the night if the man on the street hadn't reminded them that they could make a change in somebody else everyday life. I also believe that passers-by feel that it's more safe when a man that is not homeless ask them, than if a homeless is begging.

the man is basically just asking strangers if they can give a homeless person a bed for the night. I really liked this poem and hope that that man exist. The man on the corner, who helps homeless people. a man that is so unselfish, a man that has a home, a family, but realise that he needs other peoples help to be able to help all the people he wants to help.

In the poem they say that "it won't change the world, it won't improve relations among men, it will not shorten the age of exploitation" this is true, but it will give a man a smile on his face when he for the first in a long time lays in a warm, safe bed.

Lena

Blog #6

1. We're getting there! That's all i need to let you know right now. We have a access, Zoes and my friend Alex McCormick. Alex works in a local radio station and will help us getting access to the studio and some important people we can interview. I really want to get some good shots while they're recording and get one interview with the producer, one with one of the program leaders and might have some random people at the street telling why radio is important to them, why we listen to radio when we already have all our music on our i-pod. What does radio have that you don't have on your i-pod? Entertainment? News? news related to your community? These might be some of the answers we could hear, at least these are my reasons for listening to radio, but i wonder why other youth listens!

So tomorrow, Thursday we are going to the channel and shoot, as much as we can and maybe get a interview down. And Sunday we will go to MTN and make the trailer. I really hope this will work out, since now I'm stressed and concerned we won't have a trailer by Monday..So we'll see!

2. "Fellowship" by Franz Kafka

Where does fellowship come from and what sustains it?

I think fellowship comes from similar people comes together and figures out that they have something in common, that they enjoy each others company and like to be with each other, A fellowship is a great thing, it makes you feel a part of a group and to know that you have a place you belong to. I think spending time with your fellowship sustains it a lot. Spend time together and experience things that's what will make it last. Then you have memories to share, to talk about and even more things in common than before. When I read this piece I got kind of sad. It's not easy to be that one person, but it's not easy for the group ether. We all want to be a part of a fellowship, but it might take some time, even years to figure out what kind of fellowship you belong to, fit in and feel that you can really truly be yourself.

Blog # 5

Okay. so the thing is that my group just keep changing. We change our members, we change our topic and we change our minds. Now it's back to Zoe and myself again and we really need to figure out and schedule people to talk to and interview! But the first thing we really need to do, i think we're doing it today is to make a plan. We have to sit down, go through what massage we want to send people, what stories we want to tell and how we're going to tell them. Since an interview need to be for a reason and to get what we want we need to know and have a plan. So 2 hours today will hopefully be used productively so we can start this project.

2. "Theme for English B" written by Langston Hughes
This paper is very different from the other reading assignments we have gotten before. I kinda like this one, it was short, cute and interesting. I think the purpose with the teachers assignment was to have the person to write a page about just whatever came to his/her mind and that would be what he wanted to read. Not set any limits. not set any guide lines, but just have the person to write something that would be different and interesting.
I think this assignment begins with the words "Go home" since then start in medias res, the introduction to the page is interesting and it captures your interest right away. And the person is also letting us know that the reason that she's writing those exact letters is because of her teacher that told her to go home and write a paper.
The narrator writes that he is different, cause he is colored. But he also let us know that he is like everybody else, he is a human being even though he stands out in the crowd and is "different".

Reflection:
I have noticed that a lot of times, when you meet somebody and they assume you act and behave a certain way. A lot of times personal expressions tell you more then you could ever imagine. Just by meeting somebody and look at them you can kinda tell if they really are interested in getting to know you or not. Normally i don't react really strong, i just get upset how strong imprinted stereotypes can be sometimes. I usually try to prove them wrong so the next time they meet somebody they will meet them with an open mind.