Summary of The Day :Intro to Premiere

Like my picture?!? I know i love it too :) So, it's Jessica's turn to do the summary of the day. Basically, today was a fast paced day! In the morning, my crew had to do what eveyone else did yesterday and learn the basic usage of Adobe Premiere. It was fun. Other groups just continued using what they learned yesterday with Premiere. Then Sophia and Teeyana came back and taked a lil about their interviewing experience. Then we all had to do our blogging stuff again. It's almost lunch time and we are going to have an early release! Good luck to the last group interviewing!!!!!!

Me, Sophia, & Ms. Mcguire

So today I finally did my interview it went great Ms. McGuire can talk a lot but everything that she said was important & very interesting she talked about so much I would have to go back to remember some stuff...I thought we weren't going to be able to finish...We made so much connections with Ms. McGuire well at least I did when she talked about how she was just a parent and her child didn't want to do METCO that brought me back when I almost cried when I heard my mom put me into it...She showed us some books and we met people around the office well 2 ladies and 1 man...

Jean McGuire

Wow, she's such an amazing woman. The whole thing was mostly like story time for me like back in fourth grade. Without the lights, mics, camera &&the posture. She mentioned a lot of people's names and I wish I knew what she was talking about. I think the most interesting part of the interview was when she talked about what she personally did. Like how she went to the schools and actually counted how many free seats there were in the schools that has shut down parents who went earlier to ask if there was any free seats. It's amazing what parents would go through for their parents. It was amazing how she was able to talk about everything as if they all happened yesterday. The dates and the key events, she just seems to know it all.
She was not shy. ..at all. It was great though Howard and Julie had a hard time getting us to leave the building. She did not look like a 70 year old at all &&she moved like she was young. I have much to thank her for what she has done through out the thirty years that she has contributed to the METCO program, I wouldn't be me without it. It has been an amazing journey as my years in METCO wind down for my last year as a senior in Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School.

a`more sophie

I am from

I am from "shut up" "ya ugly" & "you forced it" "O-M-G"

I am from Jamaican cooks who cook curry oxtail & butter beans mmm...so yummy

I am from the teenage generation where music takes over my ears & shuts down the world

I am from loud laughs from Auntie Debbie & Dacia that you could maybe hear a mile away

I am from the war of the two year old or even the terrible 2's they are so cute My-My, Lee-Lee, & Dee-Dee to Maya given beat downs to her non American cousins...oh wait I forgot little Joseph he's the youngest only 1 & ready to show Maya what he is made of if she dare step to him

I am from a nice neighborhood with a garden across the street & huge trees that may soon overtake the world by storm

I am from all kinds of neighbors the unwanted fence put up by the annoying neighbors who want to show what little property they own HA!

I am from a family of long hair so I dress it how I feel with hair clips, bobby pins, scrunchies, rubber bands, & my favorite head bands big, small, & colorful.

I am from 2 of the craziest parents who brought me up & taught me right from wrong & love me just because I'm plain ole' me!

I aM FrOm MoThErLaNd

i am a chocolate seed
with great powers

i am an immigrant
from across town or should
i say across the world...

i am Alvin Ailey
with great movement
and hot feet

i have hot feet,
i am me, i am
him, i am her
i am they, i am them

i am the crispy brown
crumbs that wants to hide and not get eaten by the
two little ain't who fights over me, in a crack concrete

i am the photos who tells
a story of nothing, but i am the shoes who
walked the march,
i am the clothes who's been ripped by dogs and stained
with the red pain form bloody Sunday...

remember that?

" oh snap " i am the
coins that sleep ed in
mamas, Nana's, and boos
pocket

i am the dreams that they carry
i am the soul that they love

i am the past, where
grandpa act, i am the future where
i need to be,
i am martin who needs me
i am me, you and we all.

Can You Guess Where I'm From ?

I come from pots &&pans in different sizes
Name brands that are impossible to recognize
Stickers of labels printed with no letters but with strokes.
Loose change, socks, you'll find everywhere
Pillows soaked with enough cried tears

Take a guess at where I'm from
I come from my personal kitchen across the street named Dunkin Donuts
Children fill the playground &&teenagers dominate the parking lot
A family that speaks broken English
You'll find buns &&baos but no danish
Spices &&sauces, fresh fruits, green vegetable
You'll never find lasagna on my table
They'll be meats satayed in sauce &&everything that is nice
Whatever the case, you can never forget the rice.

Reflection : Interview of Sarah Ann Shaw

SARAH-ANN-SHAW...what a person..she's very a intelligent woman...someone who still have a great dreeam for the future...she wants the best not for only herself but her community as well. i really enjoyed caring a converstation with, she the type of person who would make u feeel like you need to be doin something your community. '' i think that the media do a poor job in our socity today" says SHAW. " the media shows all these paris hilton and not showing kids getting hurt and killed in the streets"....i really do agree on what shes saying and how she feels...the media really do nothing for the socity.

Summary of Our Day : Intro to Premiere & Interviewing

Alright everybody time for a quick summary of today.

First we learned about the software we're going to be using to make our video. Its called Adobe Premiere and it allows us to capture video and edit it along with pictures and audio to make movies. Its what the professionals use to make there movies. We can add subtract clips from what we recorded and replace audio as well as put an incredibly wide range of graphics to our movie. We tried it today and I must say it was a very fun.

Sevon, Cheryl and Jessica have finished interviewing Mel King. We were pretty excited about seeing the footage of them. We took a look at it on the TV when they returned. It gave the rest of us an idea of what we would go through in our interviews.

Kevin, Omarou, Anjelica have left for their interview and we're going to see how that goes tommorow-the remainder of us will interview tommorow.

Well, until then, see ya.

"I am" -Jessica Estelle

I am from the brown outlined in white 3 floor apartment since birth.

I am from family gatherings, like birthday parties where gossip is to be heard.

I am from a family tree that's not so perfect and never will be.

I am from generations that i won't ever see.

I am from Jag to curry chicken...Bloosoming gardens and tree with my great grandmother, who is still living.

I am from Brava, Cape Verde all the way to the lands of Europe.

I am from the descendents who claim hunger, wealth and power-It's a trip, huh?

I am from annoying cousins to apple pies.

I am from my mother whose motto is to have love, faith and hope for yourself.

I am from my elegant white on gold wallpapered bedroom.

I am from Jazz and R&B filled in my Mp3 playa!

I am from the smooth and neosoul sounds of Miles Davis, India Arie, Musiq Soulchild and even Barry White and Al Green.

I am from ice pops to cookie crumbs, baby pools even lat nights up listening to the sounds of the city and drunken fools.

I am from "whose your best friend?!?" to "Turn the a/c off before using the microwave!"

I am from sunflower seeds on my computer desk to shoes that still fit me from middle school.

I am from a family filled with hopes and dreams pushed down with hatred and lies.

Although, I am from a place that you probably don't even care about-It's cool cuz I am from a place that is still wonderful all throghout!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Mel King interview

OK SO TODAY ME,SEVON,AND JESSICA HAD AN INTERVIEW WITH MEL KING.IT WAS SO COOLLLLLLLL!!! WE WERE UNDER SOME HOT LIGHTS BUT, IT WAS OK. AT FIRST I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO BE SUPER STRICT AS JUAN DESCRIBED HIM BUT HE WAS THE TOTAL OPPOSITE. HE WAS FRIENDLY AND REALLY EASY TO TALK TO.I HAD FUN DOING THE INTERVIEW. HE KEPT ME LAUGHING AND I HAD SUPPORT FROM MY TEAM MEMBERS. IF U GUYS ARE READING THIS...JESSICA AND SEVON....THANKS A LOT AND I LOVE YOU GUYSSSS!!! =] OKKKKK SO LET ME STOP BECAUSE I'M GETTING ALL MUSHY,LOL.ANYWAYS, IT WAS A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE TO LEARN FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN AROUND FOR SO LONG.HE WAS SO WISE AND I COULD TELL THAT HE MENT EVERY WORD THAT HE SAID AND HE WASN'T BEING FAKE.ON THE VERY LAST QUESTION OF THE INTERVIEW WAS WHERE I FELT THAT I CONNECTED WITH HIM THE MOST.HE GAVE SOME OF THE BEST ADVICE FOR FUTURE ACTIVISTS. HE SAID THAT YOU SHOULD READ BECAUSE THERE IS POWER BEHIND WORDS, AND THAT YOU ALWAYS NEED TO BE DEDICATED AND FOCUSED ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING.HE ANSWERED EVERY QUESTION PERFECTLY.HIS STRONG INTELLECT MADE ME ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT OUR SOCIETY TODAY AND HOW MY GENERATION CAN STILL MAKE A CHANGE.I FELT EVERYTHING HE WAS SAYING.IT WAS DEEP! MEL KING IS THE MAN,NO DOUBT!! I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE TENT CITY.

It's Finally Over!!!!!!!

Now that my group was the first group to be done and finished, I feel really good. As the camerawoman, I felt that i did a descent job. My team mates did very good during the interview and was well prepared for the interview. With the tips that i gave them yesterday, i felt that they both had amazing committment because they went home and typed up the questions and obviously practiced. Mel King was at first very intimidating to meet because he was so serious or perhaps grumpy because he had to wake up so early. But then again, he's probably used to doing early morning interviews. I amde connections to Mel King because i sometimes feel that there is a rival/war between teens and adults. Due to the fact that teens do certain things that adults just can not understand, he was basically saying that the new study that his text center is running is doing an experiment basically how teens text and create smaller phrases for words. He sometimes reminded me of my Papa becasue the he talked passionate about how the youth is the future and needs to basically have there heads on straight to make the world better and not repeat history with our ancestors mistakes.
Shout out to Cherly and Sevon for an amazing interview!!!!!!!

I am from

I'm from the big bubble gum house on the block
where the smell of fresh lundry fills the rooms.
I'm from the phrase it's impossible at the end of each statment and when something goes wrong it's prepostorous.
my brother TJ and Ipod blasting the stereo to the tunes of B.I.G and his impossible flow with his words
my cousin tilia and sweets eating fried chicken, shrimps and white rice
I'm from basketballs rolling down the hallway as my father listens to the rolling stones
I'm from dirty football shoes left on the carpet from my little brother
I'm from graffiti on the side of the corner store the red sox world champs
Really this poem is impossible.

(I am from) POEM - by Cheryl

I am from..... by me! Cheryl =]

I am from an old fashioned household where corny jokes and long stories are told

I am from Al Green and billie Holiday records, from watching soul train and old timers playin checkers

I am from the genres hip hop & RnB where I don't define music but music defines me

I'm from long floral scarfs tied to the front and having communion on the first church sunday of the month

I am from graffiti on the sidewalks and cracks on the concrete

I'm from late nite phone calls from my goonies planning where we should meet

I am from fried chicken,cornbread,coolaid, and collard greens

I'm from my mama tellin me girl, u better iron them jeans

When u come by you'll find cousin Nita and lil Bri Bri at the crib

That's where I'm from

That's how I live....

teeyana isz my hero!!! ;-))SIKEEEEEEEEE......(i didn't type that,she did)LOLzzz !! ENJOY!!

Anticipation of the interview

ummmmm...i don't know what to say. i think Demitrus and i are ready for Mr.Breeden. I'm must say i am very intimidated my his genius. he must be a very smart man after all the education he received. You know that would be madd funny if he wasn't smart hahahaha. think after all that education he got and not be smart that's kinda funny.but I'm sure he is smart he has proved it by the actions he took to help young black children get the best education and he also helped to unify the churches.I just hope that when he talks it will be interesting. i don't really mind it being long just as long as he can tell an interesting story.something to keep a sistah awake.Anyway i hope i take advantage of meeting him in a positive way. i hope shyness does not overtake me and Demitrus is talking to this man for like hours and hours. hopefully i take the time to speak with this man and learn something new cuz i don't know when i will be able to be this close to history again.( that last sentence is not true i wrote it cuz it sounded deep and good) the truth is we are always in the presence of history when every we are around anyone who has lived life or had a hard day!!!

MY FEELINSZZ ON DA INTERVIEW 7/19

My interview is on thursday && I am a bit worried becuase I might mess up or somfn lyk dat...I have met Mrs. Jean Mcguire before but not directly she spoke at a METCO conference we had in my freshmen year....I am also kind of happy in a way because then she'll know who I am && I am a METCO student soo it might give me some sort of advantage ;-) JK but yeaa for the most part I will be OK maybe OMG its gunna b so early in the mornin Im styll thinkn ov da tyme I want to wake up....prolly lyk 5:30 6ish grrrr....but yeaaaa I am kinda ov ampt becusz I mite c som1 I no @ da DIMOCK office omg I didnt even no Mrs. Jean Mcguire had her own office crazy ritee???

~Toodles~~ Misz Yana Roxsz

Interview is tomorrow!!!!!

I am excited to meet one of Boston's important African-American activists tomorrow. I'm only worried about my team mates feeling confident and being about to keep a flow during the interview. Since I am the camerawoman, I'm only worried about (and i always worry about this whenever i film) is if the shots will come out good enough. I hope to be well-refreshed in the morning. I'm glad that we are being fed morning tomorrow, even though i always eat before i leave the house. I have a feeling that everything will be okay. I have absolute faith and confidence. If anything goes wrong, we'll just be doing some serious editing!!!!!

Reflection : interview

About the interview tomorrow with Sarah Ann Shaw I'm not that nervous but the only thing that I'm really worried about is that she may not hear me so I don't want to be to loud or talk to low for her because she is elderly anyway. I cant wait to meet her and i just want to do my best at interviewing Mrs Shaw. I have alot of confidence about this interview and I hope that the questions that we made up are very intelligent questions and I also feel that she would be able to answer my group questions because there not revealing questions very understandable.

Summary : preparing for the interview

As the day went on it became more and more interesting. I'm walking into the room and there they are. my group. my teammates working extremely hard as always. today we got a better understanding of what most of us will be doing tomorrow and Thursday. we picked questions that we thought was appropriate for our interviewees. in some way it was complicated because of the fact that we wanted to pick some good questions, but we also wanted to make sure it flows and the group agrees with it. we worked on pre-interview, during interview and post camera work which pretty much means after interviews. camera work is always fun for me and the others. the camera people got some time to think about how they wanted their shots to come out and what type of different view they wanted. the people practiced hard to get their lines correct...I FEEL LIKE I'M ON A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE SET...with everyone working together and as a team i believe that this is going to be one of the projects seen and made by DLP..

Reflection : Interview

i'm so nervous right now. this whole time when they were talking about interviewin`, there were butterflies in my stomache. we pretend interviewin` jean mcguire first with ourselves then with juan. it was fairlie easy, no big oopsies. i can't wait to hear sevon, jessica &&cheryl's interview tomorrow. i had my outfit all figured out but i'm not so sure now. hmmers. as i'm typin` this, my stomahce is flippin` &&floppin`. i'm excited about the breakfast, though. i hope they have coffee or caffine. but i'm kind of scared because i'm not sure if i'll be able to wake up on time. hopefullie, 3 alarm clocks will work. me &&teeyana got our questions down so that's good. but no matter how much you practice, it'll change once you're under the lights and infront of the person you're goin` to interview, and with all the people around you, tryin` to video tape you.

G`LUCK TO

SEVON, JESSiCA, CHERYL, JELLiE, KEViN, O.

Y sophieeee

DLP @ MIT

Friday we went to MIT to get a more better idea of Media and learn some things about "free use" and things.

That day we went to MIT was probably the most interesting day I had yet.We learned about media more extensively at that time and did some pretty interesting things, too.

What I enjoyed most was the video games we tried out over there. They were developing some games (in only a 3 month time span) and we got to try one of them out. It was then I realized why my mother never wants me on my PS2....

But its what we learned later that made me enjoy this trip the most. The names of those who taught us escapes me, but I know what they taught me will stand in my mind for awhile.We learned the difference between a remix(I'm pretty sure that many of you are familiar with it already) and a mash-up.

Its important for you to know that even though they sound if they are hinting at the same thing they are completely different and its important not to confused them. A remix is a song that has been edited (something has been added, subtracted, mixed up etc.) to make a a much different song. A mash-up is a piece that Incorporated the lyrics of one song and the instrumental of another.We did a similar thing with poems- we did a "remix" of one poem by cutting lines from one poem and mixing them around; and when we were given the same poem, but this time with another, different one we created a mash-up of those two poems.

The conversations that followed helped us understand the dilemma facing the music industry. Who owns the mash-up or remix of the poems we did? Us or them? What if you made a mash-up or a remix of songs, do you own it? Can you sell it?

"Free use" answers this in some ways-which is what we will be thinking about as we make our videos.We also got to see a remix of a video and how using images in a certain way in poetry can affect the listener/reader strongly.

Overall I enjoyed it and can't wait to get to put to use what I learned.

summary : preparing for the interview & camera practice

Hey all!!!!

Today was a nice day the birds were chirping and the sun was shining but i was tired - enough about me

Today we started off by breaking into our groups and picking out our top 15 questions for our interviews.It seemed to be hard for almost every group because we all had great questions.Then we came back together as a group and went over them as a group.We helped each other edit our questions.

Then we looked over the the correct film terminology.next we looked at the films The Color Purple and Jaws and we studied the scene's set up and why certain shots were used in the movies. Paulina kept talking about "intention" and how important it is to be selective with our shots.

After that we learned how to use our cameras and we went outside to test them. We went in our groups and set up shots .They really came out great!!!!

OK its time to go home now and watch GH(general Hospital).

MIT trip reflection

some of the good ways for me to become a good film maker is by trying my best to stay on task. I've learned so much about camera's, shots,a seen, and all that sweet jazz.
so now its up to me to do what i have to do and gave my team the best they need. Kevin's a hard worker and so is jelly.taking the right shots at the right time will be pretty good as well...the shots at first seemed hard but once we got our hands on the camera i stared getting a better understanding.i get it its all business now...SO LETS GET TO IT AND DO WHAT WE DO BEST....the best is on its way....lol....lol...

Misz Yana'sz MIT Trip!!

2 start we went 2 mit saw som cool sprinklerss went 2 an overpriced store && finally we went inside...we got 2 no da peoples dat worked derr we met Andres Anna Deb && Milo I 4got da rest ov da names....2 warm us up we learned bout remixes && mashups...In our genereation wat a remix isz is a song dat has already been produced wit a nuu artist addin hisz style...&& i lerned dat,,, dat waz not wat an actual remix is A actual remix isz one song that has been cut up && reordered...That waz sumfn nuu 2 lern && alll the tym on jamn 94.5 they hav mashupsz but I didnt no dat waz wat dye waz a mash up isz 2 songsz put 2gteha one wit da beat && de otha with itszz lyricszz....We ate burtuccis pizza wit pepperoniszz lolszz...I lerned wat not 2 du in a documentry it waz pretty kool && i saw alot ov cool thingszz it waz l yk "totally dude" hahaha I am soo ampt writing thiss && I am soo done writin...We also went down && play videogames haha well I didnt participate cusz I am not a videogamer but lyk evry1 waz workn so hard bcusz dey had deadlines som ov my co-workersss were able 2 play the video games dere waz this weird one but it waz kinda weird wit sound && dey were killn bunnies && da people who made da games were sooo excited 2 c dere own games @ work....I looked @ da back wall && dere were som great drawingszz && dey were gunna name the game Wiip bcusz u use a whip 2 tame da animalsz usin da wii remote hahahah

Misz Yana Roxsz~~toodles~~

Summary : Practicing with cameras

lisa

today was lisa's first day with us. it was fun meetin` her. she seems reallie nice. &&is reallie pretty. she jumped right in and wasn't shy to voice her opinions. she has a lot to contribute. i think she will be a big help to us when we make edits so paulina won't go crazy.

today-mornin`

in the mornin` we did draft #2 of our questions. everybodyy came up with some really go0d questions, some reallie WOWed us. cuttin` down our questions with the help with the rest of the team-mates.

so by the end of today, i've learned that teeyanna is not camera shy to say the least. it was very fun workin` with her to make our commercials which was a success. i kept awake today until after lunch, go me =] the cameras` were amazin`. i had so much fun with them. watching everybody's videos` was really fun.

SEVON

poor baby. hopefully, he will join the team tomorrow

a`more sophie

guys ?

umm. ..what happened to the guys ? post something ! we want to hear what you think about the past week. s0rry juan, i mean people under the age of 20. you only miss the cut off by a bit, a tad bit.

a`more sophie

Outtake

everyone seems like they had an excitin`, busy weekend. hopefully we'll be able to strap on &&take on the new challenges we will endure this week. i can't believe this project is only goin` to last four weeks. sniffles. i've already made some strong ties amongst some of the team-mates last week. i'm excited to grow more with them. thanks to julie, juan &&paulina for pickin` these awesome, amazin` people. me &&teenyana are takin` turns writin` the questions we've chosen right now. i thought it'd be kind of arkward to just sit &&stare at her so i decided to blog.

oh yeah, i think we should hang out outside of techboston. movies, dinner anyone ? any suggestions ? i personally would love to go ice-skatin`. what do you guys think ? =]

mmm. ..juan is on stalker status right now, with his lil` camera &&everything.

a`more sophie