http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56lXOHNUj8g
This is the trailer to my documentary that I made.
Friday, June 7, 2013
PSA
http://youtu.be/-q7QoTn4e3I
My PSA was made for the Make A Wish Foundation. I tried to show all of the good things that the foundation does in order to help people.
My PSA was made for the Make A Wish Foundation. I tried to show all of the good things that the foundation does in order to help people.
Photo Essay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58ATcqISS3I
I made this photo essay as a way to show the differences between Nature and Society. I have original photos and edited photos. It goes back and forth from nature to society. I have pictures from places such as New York City and Niagara Falls.
I made this photo essay as a way to show the differences between Nature and Society. I have original photos and edited photos. It goes back and forth from nature to society. I have pictures from places such as New York City and Niagara Falls.
Commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nf-RXG34Zg
This is a commercial I did with Kayli Zeluff and Grace Landers om shoelaces!
This is a commercial I did with Kayli Zeluff and Grace Landers om shoelaces!
Mortal Gods of Music
Our group consists
of Kayli Zeluff, Imani Gunner, and Carly Swift-Horth. Our podcast is going to
be about music and musicians in our school and/or in the Rochester area. We
will be interviewing at least three people each, making our total count of
interviewees nine. We will interview pianists, a cellist, a flautist, a
guitarist, a bassist, a violist, a drummer, singers, and a rapper. We will be
talking to them about who their inspiration is, how they started doing what
they’re doing, and what they plan on doing fiver years down the road (will they
continue to play/sing?).
Our podcast is
called Mortal Gods of Music. We hope
that by doing this podcast, the people we talk to can inspire others to not
give up and keep pursuing music.
***since I couldn't put our actual podcast on here, I figured this would work to remind you of what we did***
Photography In Journalism
Journalism
has always been an important part of every culture. In order for people to
understand what is going on in the world around them, journalism has been
there. Even before photos, journalism still existed. Since people did not have
cameras back in medieval times, there would be illustrations along with words.
Cameras did not come around until the late nineteenth century. When that
happened, journalism changed and became something so much more powerful. It was
more like evidence because there was proof of the actual event. People could
just write stories without photos and call it an event, when in reality, maybe
it did not even happen.
As time went on, photography was
used more and more to capture important moments in time, and important events
that were/are going on. It became a powerful thing and really empowered those
who were in the line of photojournalism. People with power in the government
and other public jobs would have to be more careful and what they do and say
because one snap of them doing something they were not supposed to could lead
to bad things.
More modernly, things are more
instant than they used to be. Now that there is the 24-hour news cycle, it’s
hard to miss the important things that are going on around the world.
Technology has helped a whole lot with journalism because it makes it easier to
understand and see things and events. A picture is worth a thousand words, and
that is what photography is. Photography adds so much to journalism and it has evolved
so much over time. Sometimes it is crazy to think about where it all started,
and where it is now. As I’ve come to understand it, photography is journalism
in its own way. I think that it’s an important piece to this line of work.
Midterm Essay
In the book Enemies of
Promise, written in 1938, Cyril
Connolly once famously said, “Literature is the art of writing something that
will be read twice; journalism what will be read once.” Although to some this
can be seen as offensive, it’s not meant to be interpreted in that way. Cyril
Connolly was speaking the truth. She blatantly stated the significant
difference between journalism and literature. Many would say that journalism is literature, and in a way, that is
true. However, common literature and journalism are two very different things.
Literature
is pleasurable to the eyes and mind. An author of a book strives to create
something where a reader will want to continue to read their work. Writing
literature is an art and writing good literature is a gift. People who are good
at this art will create pieces that will be read twice. The goal of a writer is
to make something so interesting and enjoyable, that people will want to read
it over and over again, and not get bored of it. Of course no writer would be
appealing to all ages, genders, and people in general, for everyone has
different interests. Some people are better than others when it comes to
certain topics, however that’s how the literary world works. It’s competitive
for appealing to people’s minds. People like to be able to relate to the lives
of the characters in the stories they read. If they can’t, then they may find
the story uninteresting, since they have nothing in common with the main
character(s).
“Literature
is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will
be read once,” Connolly stated, is not about putting journalism down, but
telling what the job of journalism is. Journalism is about being here and now
and getting news on the latest stories. All around the world, journalism is a
big part of culture because without it, the citizens of the towns, cities, and
countries wouldn’t know what was going on around them. Journalism is not about
wanting to write articles so they’re read more than once, but about relating
the facts in an efficient way, which inform the readers about the world around
them. As opposed to literature, journalism is about reading to learn.
Journalists’ jobs are to give informative information. You only need to read it
once before you know what’s going on and what the problem is. It should be
short and to the point, but also filled with detail.
When
analyzing this quote by Cyril Connolly, it’s clear that she knows the
difference between literature and journalism. Both are considered art, just
different kinds of art. Her book Enemies
of Promise was successful when it came out and even now, her book is still
quoted. Journalism and literature are both, forms of art. No matter which kind
of writer you are, if you’re good, you’re good, and your work will be read
everywhere, maybe even more than twice.
Teens and Politics
It
seems these days that a lot of young people don’t really care that much about
politics, but why? Is it because it’s “boring” or because they can’t do
anything about it?
While talking to a handful of
students, I asked them if they’d kept up with the election and debates. Some of
them kept up with them for the most part, however, one said that she did not
keep up with it much at all. I asked the student who gave that response why she
did not keep up with it much. “Well, I don’t want to because it’s just kind of
pointless. Me watching the debates won’t change the fact that I can’t vote,”
she stated. The look on the student’s face that did keep up with the election showed his confusion. He replied,
“Keeping up with the election is important. Especially with people our age.
Politics is always important because that’s how we run ourselves.”
A lot of people follow in their
parents’ footsteps too. If their parents don’t necessarily follow the election,
then they most likely won’t follow it either. If they grew up with Republican
values, then that is about 80% likely what they will be as registered voters.
If they grew up with Democratic values then they’ll 80% most likely be registered
as Democrats. However, once they grow up and see the world through their own
eyes and not through their parents’, they may change what they’re for and what
they’re against.
People also have to take into
account that politics have changed a lot within the past 40 years. There has
been a drastic change from Abraham Lincoln’s time up until Barack Obama. It’s
almost as though there was a complete flip in Republican and Democrat views. Recently,
the two politicians who were campaigning for presidency were complete opposites
when it came to their views. However, if they were alike then there would be no
need to vote.
For some teens, it’s not even that
they don’t care about politics, but it’s the fact that the two political
parties do not fit what they’re looking for in government. Even though they
can’t vote, they still take in to account that a majority of the minors now,
will be able to vote by the time of the next election. They know that the
presidency affects them, but unfortunately they can’t do anything to change
that. One student, when talking about the two political parties, said, “I just
can’t relate to either one. Really, it’s sad. Each party is nearly similar but
neither really represent what I want in government.”
In the end, it all comes down to
just that. Who represents what you’re looking for in government? Whether it be
the Democratic Party or the Republican Party, whoever fits what you’re looking for,
is whom you should vote for. Even if it’s too close, which one does more for
you? Teens, who don’t care, may never care, but that’s okay. Teens who don’t
care now, may care in the future. It all depends on whom they are and what
they’re standing for, but politics will always be an important part of life.
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