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Group Norms: Interview Stills

Group Noirms Video

Kids + Money

Summary:

Kids + Money is about 11 and up that have different idea of money and what to do with it. Some kids like Emmanuel who goes to Harvard West lake which is extremely expensive to just go to. However to fit in you have to wear the right clothes, drive the right car, and have the right house in a gated community. Then there are other kids like Zore who lives in an apartment that forces her to live in the same room with her parents. Besides having rarely any privacy but she doesn't have the advantage of going out and spending 300 dollars on Christian Dior Sunglasses. Sadly the way kids identify people on the way they look, so when a kid is brought up in a world where you get what you want because your parents have that luxury of giving it to you, you expect everyone else around you to have the same luxury. Phoebe went to Junior Prom and spent a lot of money but her friend Jennie who doesn't have that luxury had to stay home. They both go to the same school, hang out with the same people, but Jennie still didn't want to admit that she couldn't afford to go because it's social suicide. It's our norm to have our financial status identify us because society expects us to want to always have the expensive clothing and in the end, the individual always does.

Norm:Individual VS Society-Ritual

Eighteen
Every birthday you get a party, cake and even some good gifts to get you through the next year. Turning eighteen has all of that but the added bonus of becoming an adult to the rest of the world. How is it possible that the day before you were this “child” that didn’t know any better but now you were responsible for your actions and if not you would get in trouble with the law. Was there a magical brain surgery at the stroke of twelve that made you think responsibly and cautiously? Though I have not turned eighteen yet, I will be. And I have created the ritual I will do the day I turn eighteen. I would do everything that I wasn’t able to do when I was seventeen the day before. I would go to a liquor store and buy a lottery ticket and a scratcher. I would register to vote. I would go to a tattoo parlor in Los Angeles and pick out a tattoo, I wouldn’t get a real one but I would get the Henna version. I would have my birthday party in Los Angeles. After the cake and during presents, I will scratch the ticket and if I win or don’t, I will go back to the liquor store. I would buy a pack of cigarettes even though I won’t smoke one. I would stay up past the old curfew society had enforced on me which was 10: 30 pm but make sure that cops were around. To show them that I was the legal age limit because I certainly don’t look it. And go home and thank god that I’m not a guy cause registering to be in selected service in case of a draft happened would have been a major downer on my day of becoming an adult. I would now be a productive member of society.

Norms: Individual Vs. Society-Versu

Word Count: 217

Different

I don’t have parents I can go to. I have no rules except I must eat dinner and even then it’s negotiable. I use common sense and knowledge that I’ve learned from TV or school to get through life. I don’t expect anything from my parents not even a car ride. I do respect my mom hopefully like most teenagers. Many teenagers take the badgering of their parents as a curse but the grass is never greener on the other side as I always assure them. Most American parents taught their children things their parents taught them. I learned how to knit but nothing else and I had to bug my mom to teach me. Most families go places for the summer, the farthest I have gone with my mom anywhere was Disney land and that was for my sisters 10^th birthday. I know it’s not her fault because last time she was on a plane was when she came to the United States 25 years ago. I sometimes don’t like the fact I wasn’t put in a piano class or ballet like I wanted. I learned that you can’t always get what you want at a very young age which made me different. I knew whining and complaining never helped just made you feel worse.

Social Networking Narrative

Danielle is OFF TO CATCH THE WHITE RABBIT (12:00 AM)

The first time I even heard of Facebook was from my sister and she was in college. I assumed it was only for college students. Then on one Friday, I was told that my group decided to get together. I asked “Why wasn’t I invited” and they responded “It was on Facebook” I was a tad confused. I realized Facebook had spread to High School. A week later I decided to join Facebook to be in the loop with future events. Though I don’t obsess over Facebook like many users do, I do like the site better than Myspace by far. Sometimes I can also get carried away by reading status updates and comments on the updates. To make matters worse Facebook set up a messaging system similar to Aol Instant Messaging, so you can be on for hours without even realizing it. Now that meeting online is more convenient and free for my friends and I to talk, we barely go out. That’s the only downside to social networks like Facebook except the fact that it can be distracting when I want to do homework but can’t seem to peel my eyes off of Facebook to start working on that essay I have been procrastinating on.

Personal Narrative Video

Blurry Days Personal Narrative Still Frames

STAN CHAMBER JOURNALISM AWARD: "What Matter's Most"

“Strangers Like Me”

I want to know “Strangers Like Me”. As odd as that sounds it’s what matters most to me. When I mean “Strangers Like Me”, I am referring to people. Though we all seem different, we all have the same fears, aspirations, and obstacles to go through to get what we want. I enjoy trying to find out the core of a person and how they work. Knowing matters most to me because though we may all portray a certain personality, that might not be who we really are. If you look at a girl who was always laughing and has a smile on her face, you wouldn’t know that her grandparents, and friend have past away all in a one month period. People think it’s best to let them deal with it on their own but you always think that someone will care enough to ask. You just never know.

"Pilot Episode," My So Called Life (1994)

Angela is a Confused 15 year old doesn't know which way to go in High School so she chose the road less traveled or so it seemed. She would do find herself in situations that there was one exit but the door knob just wasn't working. As she tries to identify herself as independent from her mother. She realizes that she will always need her mom even if its only to cry herself to sleep.

Wings for Wheels: The Making of Born to Run

This video clip is about Bruce Springsteen and his band from when they were young trying to create a new sound. And they did that, making his band famous in the 70's. You see how the making of the album Born to Run really happened. And how it was everything but easy and fast. If you listen to his songs and really paid attention to the beats, it's as if he created a new instrument by putting and orchestra on the track with his special guitar, amazing drummers and etc... When he creates a song, the person listening to it will know how much work he put into it which is more than it would for a today singer to create an entire album. He has the ear that picks the littlest things to change but in the end make a huge difference. I will attempt to try to make my video show show the minor details that make a huge difference.

Personal Narrative- Poetic Lcense: Seeing The World Through Multiple Lenses - My LA

Word Count :211

Los Angeles is unseen from my eyes. Though I live in Los Angeles all my life. I haven’t really seen that much of it. The main places I go to are Granada Hills, Northridge, Porter Ranch and the Topanga Mall. When I go outside I see the San Fernando Valley Suburbia. We are far enough from the city to be able to see the thick layer of pollution but close enough to escape suburbia. Los Angeles is a place of Adults not kids. It’s where the celebrities go out and party till 2’ in the morning just because they can. And where the show “The Hills” takes place. I also know it as the place where all the music hear on the radio is made and movie I watch are created. If you don’t have a car that means you have no life. And that’s my situation, I can sometimes go around in a car but I now mainly take the bus. I feel trapped in this valley I call my home. It may be safe to around at night but sometimes it’s just too quiet. Los Angeles doesn’t really know me that much, and I don’t really know L.A. My relationship with L.A is strictly for Home, School, and the Doctors.

"Running" in Entering New Territory by Juan Rodriquez

A boy falls asleep and begins dreaming about his experiences running around L.A and what L.A means to him. He dreams of Dodger Stadium, Griffith Park , the Hollywood sign, the Raiders (When they were in Los Angeles) He talks about running through L.A and going to Boyle Heights, Downtown L.A and Griffith Park. And describes in detail what he sees when going to these places.

"God's Close-Up," This American Life (2007)

Tattoos everywhere, has a beard and kind of a Red neck but when you see his artwork you don't see that you see a master piece. This man has a raw talent to catch the emotions and passion that happened thousands of years ago. He became known when he painted a portrait of God combining 4 faces of males with beards. He went on to creating portraits with Jesus. He would go around town looking for his "Jesus" and "Apostles" and these men usually didn't have money or a home to go to at night. When he found his "Jesus" his real girlfriend was not happy with him being "Jesus" because she was atheist in a very religious family. And didn't want to be around religion even if its just a painting. And Ironically her father bought the Painting of "The Last Supper". She does admire his talent but just wish her boyfriend didn't have to be involved with this religious painting.

"Echo Park Avenue"in The Bus: Cosmic Ejaculations of the Daly Mind in Transit - Steve Abee

Steve Abee writes in 1st person when describing the bus ride he was on and everything that was happening inside and outside the bus is great detail. When the details go into extreme specifics, you get a sense that the author is analytical of his surroundings and never leaves anything undescribed. Talks about the people he meets with when he goes to Echo Park like his old student from two years ago, Karina. And talks about how the city he lives in is extremely over populated with not just legal immigrants but illegal.

This American Life-Episode 105 - "My Way"

This is about a show where they capture normal people living their live slightly different then normal people would live theirs. There is an old man who's wife passed. He goes to her grave every other day and has lunch with her in spirit. He believes that visiting someone once a year isn't for him. He believes that his life is normal because he spent 40 years of his life with her and won't give that up just cause she has passed away. There is also a Fourteen year old boy who does not believe and won't take part in Love. He doesn't even say "I Love You" to his mother that's how insistent he is. Though before he would get mad when his mother says it to him but now he is lenient with that but nothing else. He doesn't like how it makes everyone become different. He compares it to a disease/virus. And hopes that his older version of himself doesn't give in to the peer pressure of falling in love.

"Just Watch" in Red-Saskia Boggs

Saskia Bogs is a 17 year old girl tries to explain how television was her problem. She tries to explain how it keeps her from her Family and Friends. And she doesn't know how she ca prevent this. As if she was in a trance the minutes she looks at it. This causes her to watch shows on a daily basis with makes her connect to the television as if it was real. And this causes her to become Lazy and Careless.

High School Confidental: Episode 1- Lauren & Cappie

Lauren tries out for her High School Dance Team in 9th Grade but didn't get in but when she became a 10th grade when she tried out again she got in. And when this happened, her confidence shot up the roof, and she was more open and was known through out the school. She was nominated for Homecoming Queen and won. Later in 11th grade she was diagnosed with having a Brain Tumor. They took out the tumor. And in 11th grade she was still nominated for homecoming queen but didn't won. For now the tumor isn't a problem but they still have to watch it just in case.

Cappie is hoping to have better grades in high school with a clean slate. Then she realizes she gets into the party scene and becomes a person she didn't identify with too well. She lives with her mother while her sister goes to Kansas University and her father doesn't keep in contact with her. She feels somewhat abandon. She mainly had guy friends in High School and her mother was afraid if that had to do with them filling a void in her life. She gets out of the party scene and gets her act together and graduates and will attend K.U next fall.

"The Depth of Depp" in Red - Grace Habegger

Summary: This is an inside story of someone who has an obsession with a star. They tend to create a fictional personality to make the person more real to them and have them connect on a much deeper level then they would have have. This story is specifically about Grace Habegger who is 16 year old girl and has an obsession with Johnny Depp. Johnny Depp is her greatest inspiration. Her dream is to meet and perform with him in real life. .

Connection to making a Video: This would be somewhat more of a Documentary but could be made into a video. Her going to every premiere of his movies, and basically stalking him and trying to get in the same movie with him so she will be able to achieve her dream of meeting and working with him.

"Appeal From an Angry Not So Emo in Red: The Next Generation of American Writers-Teenage Girls-On What Fires Up Their Lives Today - Kali Moriarty h

Summary: Kali and her group of friends are labeled "Emos" though they doesn't think that they should be labeled something they are not. They are harassed and made fun of in the school hallways and on the internet. Kali wonders if the school does not do anything about this harassment then does that mean the school condones this behavior. She compares this ignorance to World War 2 and how everyone ignored Hitler taking countries over like Poland then started a Holocaust cause no one went to the defense of the one being bullied.

Connection to making a Video : This connects to film because she is telling her story and comparing to history and that would make great dialog and voice over in a movie comparing High Schools ignoring bullies to World War 2 with everyone ignoring Germany before the Holocaust. She could also make the Bullies look like Hitler to add a comic relief to the movie.

"The Road Warrior," The O.C. (2006)

In the little clip we as a class saw of the OC we learned what a voice over was. And it's when the audience hears the character is talking but its usually there thoughts.And it creates a better understanding of the character and their role. With Summer, you see how she talks about living in Orange County and how they are handed everything but its still hard to choose and then you see her choose between which bikini to wear the day when she goes out with her best friend Marissa, Ryan, and Seth her Boyfriend.

My Story

Danielle Caroline Martin, 17
The Little Missing Pieces
When I was little I loved Puzzle because unlike life it has all the pieces and you can look at what it suppose to look like and make the frame and just guess and check when putting the puzzle together. I think my life is pretty simple my if it just had my after school activities cause it would be a puzzle of a tv, a computer, and a notebook for homework. If you took everything from my life my jigsaw puzzle would be made of billions of little jigsaw pieces. I am also happy to do a jigsaw puzzle cause it’s a challenge that I can succeed in and no one can doubt my reason cause once the pieces fit that’s it, it is now a part of a bigger picture. I barely have any of the pieces I need at the moment and I’m just working with what I have. When I’m missing a piece to the puzzle I feel like I’m incapable of doing anything like what’s the point of a puzzle if you don’t finish it. And when I come across a puzzle it makes me feel like something in this world actually does have a happy ending. I mean you can never truly understand a person if you are missing a puzzle and that’s me, I’m a puzzle that has little pieces missing to truly defines me. I have yet to find them.

"What Truthiness Taught Me About being (Un)Cool" in Red: The Next American Write - Teenage Girls - On What Fires Up Their Lives Today - Sarah Schelde

Summary: Sarah Schelde is 14 and is not your average teenage girl. She is interested in twisted humor by Stephen Colbert and embraces her oddness when compared to other girls her age who watch Laguna Beach and do things that MTV and the magazines think is cool. She knows that this is not it for her life, she will continue her pursuit to go to a good coolege and have job and hopefully one day meet Stephen Colbert.

Connection to Making a Video: Sarah makes an interesting point on how many girls base there life choices on a TV show and magazines created by older women. This would make a good video because you could instead get the perspective of the "outsider" looking in on the "robots" acting as if they were any different from their friends. And instead of have the outsider become one of them but embracing her weirdness and being her not a blond, rich girl from Laguna Beach.

"Where I am from" Poem

“Where I am from”
I am from 1991
I am from the ending of a Cold War
I am from the 264th day of the year
I am from 17 years of wisdom
I am from a Lime Tree
I am from a Sapphire
I am from Life Path Number 2

I am from 2 older sisters, 1 half older brother, 1 younger bother
I am from parents who never hear me
I am from two small. Intimidating grandparents
I am from the all knowing aunts and uncles
I am from plátano frito and arroz con leche
I am from a distant and a close family
I am from wisdom that will always be passed down

I am from 4 years of High School
I am from a school of 4,000 plus
I am from a C 125 locker
I am from 6 classes
I am from the questions I ask from confusion or curiosity
I am from the desk-chair staring out the window
I am from the silence of every class I have

I am from a simple little group of friends
I am from a group of 10 strangers
I am from 10 strangers becoming friends
I am from a group of teenagers who simply want to be in college
I am from a group of girls surrounding one boy
I am from the secrets I have been sworn to secrecy to
I am from the memories I cherish with them

"Play" in Red: The Next Generation of American Writers-Teenage Girls-What Fires Up Their Live Today - Olive Panter.

Summary: Olive was born into a musical environment. It was there in all shapes and sizes from a record player to a portable CD player. Though she has other things that keep her busy and entertained, she somehow gets pleasure from listening to music. She finds it intriguing that everyone loves music no matter how young or old you are. We all have a natural responce to music. She enjoys singing and her parents are extremely supportive of her taking this time of her life to Rock and Roll before she enters Adulthood where bills exist. She is in two bands and will always want to be "completely immersed in it for the rest of her life".

Connection to making a Video: This story could make an excellent movie because it can show the many people who listen to music. And how she out of the many others has used music to her fullest advantage. And show her home life with how she grew up with all this music and how it made her the way she is. And this would capture an audience of all ages because it would have all types of music and how music has change through out the times.

"My Impression Now." n Perfect From Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life - John Sellers.

Summary: John Sellers talks about how music has affected certain events in his life like getting a ticket for doing 82 in 55 speed limit area because he was rocking out to a song. He doesn't like to listen to the new music. And though many of us would think him not owning an I-Pod in 2007 as strange but he believed it took away actually listening to the music and seeing and feeling what the composer felt and saw.

Connection tomaking a Video: I learned that the way music is listened does downgrade the song and really grasping the whole concept. Like being able to buy one song when the whole cd is one big story the composer took a long time creating. And Songs make you feel a certain way no matter how happy or sad you are. It makes you see a motion picture in your head and you just feel compelled to press repeat til you hear another great song. And thats how it is for making a video, you have to create something that defines the generation or something timeless to be seen over and over again and never loses it's audience

My Own Little Jericho Poem

My Own Little Jericho

August 2004

This summer was going to be different

The doorbell rang and the “Let’s get it started” was blaring in my ears

This boy came into the living room and made the air toxic then my mood became indifferent

When I was there in that house with all my friends, I had no fears

“Danielle, the phone!” I picked up the phone and I heard “Are you gonna be my girl?” my heart stopped

I felt like I came out of my body and could see myself frozen like Ice

“Somebody Told Me” you had a boyfriend and I felt my heart popped

I called him the biggest American Idiot; I was tired of being nice

We continued watching the music video 1985

The sun set and parents came home

My friend’s sister running around acting like she was five

She confided in me about her father acting numb and her feeling alone

I was cornered before lunch and just said “Say what you need to say”

I saw their faces wondering what I would say or feel but I brushed it off like it was nothing

He told her “If I Ain’t Got You then I don’t think I can keep being friends”, She didn’t know what to say

I asked what was wrong, she said nothing but I knew it was something.

He turned to me and said “This Love I feel hurts and I don’t know what I should do”

He threw up his White Flag and gave in to just having a friendship

Our summer was back to being normal and not like some emotional zoo

You and I Both have to sacrifice a lot for this relationship

She said “After Tonight everything will changed” and it was true

I realized this home was my own little Jericho

And all our friendships grew

As I said goodbye to summer, I would never forget to say hello

Response/Reaction to Jenna’s Story

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101082178

As I read Jenna's story, I see that my senior class has a huge wake up with credit cards, College Loans, buying clothes, and even finding a part time job. I have realized like many of my peers that finding a part-time after school job to save up a little bit of money is nearly impossible because no one is hiring. Since the funds for College Loans has decreased more and more students will attend community college and probably stay at home. We the younger generation and President Barack Obama have become the Hope that needs to pull America through this tough time. If the credit cards keep harassing people that simply have no money to keep up with credit card payments should not be sent one in the mail. And that would help many future adults to now fall at the mercy of Debt and be fooled into buying a home you can't afford with Loans that have 2 pt. font size sentence saying the bank will raise your mortgage if you are late once or after a certain amount of time rolls by. And I too hope that after 4 years at College this whole Economic Crisis will become a thing of the past. And if not I still have to complete my Masters and PhD.

My Experience/ Perspective with the Current Economic Climate

Though the Current Economic Climate hasn't really affected me. I don't have an experience and hope that I won't ever have one. However I do have an opinion. I believe that the Economic Crisis can not become anything worse then it is now because the minute that happens there will be a full blown Depression possibly more worse than the one in1929 when the Stock Market Crashed. I believe the Government should be more aggressive with people like Madoff who stole money and it was 67 Billion Dollars. And he isn't willing to talk to protect his investors most likely to protect his family. Though beating a man up to tell you the truth is illegal, I think in this kind of case where literally all that money would refund the government the money they gave the banks would go back into the funds only have the Government bank have less debt and possibly save our Economy. By giving everyone a check for a substantial amount of money. I understand where a Republican could say why are we paying so much money, is it worth it? Well since they weren’t do their job making sure people weren’t messing around with the money and doing the job the right way, we probably wouldn‘t be in this position. They only thing where I am afraid if my mom lost her job because if she doesn’t work then we would lose everything. And to even think that’s a remote possibility is really scary and somewhat stressful.

"My Ride, My Revolution" in The Republic of East L.A.- Luis J. Rodriguez

Summary: Cruz Blancarte lives in East L.A where the barrio is. Though he is long hared and scruffy he manages to have a job as a limo driver. Since he can't commit to anything he has had several odd jobs. Since he is both Indian and Mexican he can't identify himself as either. He is n a Metal Rock Band because he likes to be around music which is one of the reasons he is a limo driver. Though he knows he is just wasting time, he rather not be like everyone else. He has a spiritual curiosity. Though he knows he had to study and probably be somebody that could affect people by going to school but it's too late. However he still feels like seeing the world of the rich and of the normal/poor when he rides in his limo.

Connection to making a Video: I understood that no matter from what class you come from you still can have a desire to know more even though where you are may just be where you will be for the rest of your life. And though jobs like being a driver are not exactly appealing to those in school going into the real world, it may be for the guy driving the limo. And they could make a movie on the driver's perspective on how he sees life and the paradox between the rich gated communities to the barrios in East L.A

My Own Little Jericho

August 2004

My Own Little Jericho

August 2004

It was June of 2004; I was finished with 7^th grade. And now it was time to relax with my friends this summer but we had no place to go. Luckily my friend Lauren offered up her place. I went over to her house that Monday. I rang the door while humming this new song by the Black Eyed Peas that was called “Let’s get it started” which I thought was perfect for the first day of summer. I walked in with the TV blaring; it was on MTV which would be on till the end of summer. Lauren who had the personality of a magnet, everyone always wanted to be around her. She tells me that her friend Nathan will be arriving soon and then my stomach turned to knots. The doorbell rang couple hours later and he walked in. I was watching a TRL interview with Carson. Nathan was a guy who basically causes annoyance and basically he was “Toxic”. I was just laying there possibly in a trace because I barely spoke a word with him. Weekes pasted of the same old same old. I was home and Lauren slept over my house. That morning my whole summer changed. She was speaking to Shawn who was my good guy friend. She asked me yes or no and I said yes. One, three lettered word now made me curious and confused. I picked up the phone and his voice on the other side and he said “Are you gonna be my girl” I acted normal then I realized why not? The first month passed and I was on the couch once again in a trace watching MTV. Nathan came over and was annoying me once again. Then he was had the nerve to comment on me being single as if it was a contest but what he didn’t know I wasn’t. Lauren blurted out “Shawn is on the phone”. I left the room to take the call. Lauren explains the situation between Shawn and I. Nathan walked up to me and said “Somebody Told Me” that you had a boyfriend. I ignored his comments and sat back down on the couch. I was over him bothering me and saying the most idiotic comments. And I said “You are the biggest “American Idiot””. He rolled his eyes and turned to Lauren and continued talking. MTV was showing a new video and I wanted to know what it was and it happened to be “1985”. It was a good song and was kind of funny. I slept over Lauren’s house for the hundredth time and we got to talking. I started to acknowledge her awards and she said she does it for her dad so he can acknowledge all her hard work. She sometimes thinks her father is emotionally “Numb”. Then he rang a bell and it was time for dinner. It was a delicious, thick steak that could probably give someone a heart attack. Luckily that night no one got one. Couple days past and I was cornered by Lauren & Alicia who wasn’t known to keep a secret of any kind. I was confused on why they both need to be speaking to me. Alicia was babbling about random stuff and I told her “Say” what you need to say because I’m too hungry to try and figure it out. So I walked down stairs and had Macaroni and cheese for lunch. Jacob who was now Lauren’s boyfriend and basically told Lauren “If I ain’t got you” then his life basically will end. He was quite the drama king of emotions. Nathan had a “secret crush” on Lauren but it wasn’t exactly a secret. He was talking to me and he was saying how much “This Love” he has this girl he knows is making him confused. Nathan wrote Lauren a letter saying he has a “White Flag” up and he surrenders and is going to be honest with her and tell her how he feels. I thought this was kind of funny, I know it’s mean but honestly anyone who had eyes could tell how he felt about her. Lauren called me and we spoke till sunrise. I told her I was getting sick of being around the same people except for you of course, “You and I Both”. I was talking to Nathan while watching MTV of course and he was telling me “After Tonight” everything will be different but the plans changed and he ended up not going out with Alicia that night with Jacob and Lauren on a double date. The summer was coming to an end and I realized that this house was my own little “Jericho”.

"Roller Boogie" in Love is a Mixtape: Love and Loss, One song at a time - Sheffield, Rob.

Summary: A boy who uses his knowledge of music and how it affects people to his advantage. He chooses to be the guy who makes the play list for the dances. He uses this as a way to get to know girls and what better way to get to know them is by seeing what kind of music they like. He sometimes agree that when he looks back on what sings he would use he would become blank on why he chose that particular song especially when it was a song that was completely off base with the theme he incorporated into his play lists.

What I learned: This story would be a great movie that targeted teenagers. And how we have music describe the person we are and our philosophies in life. Though many of us don't get the chance to pick the playlist we listen to at our dances. It would be cool to see how this plays out and what goes into doing this cool job.

"We stood in line at Ellis sland for this" in Kick Me:Adventures in AdolescenceFeig, Paul

Summary: In this story, Feig explains how his birth name Paul Feig would be just apart of his imaginary past. How he once hated being called Fig Newton due to a popular TV commercial. And now yearns to be called Fig Newton instead of Fag as he got older. He believes that the things you thought you hated when you were younger you will will to have it when you grow older.

Connection to making a Video: Though this story is short and cuts to the chase with not a lot of detail it still has some possibilities to turn into a short film. You would have a voice over of Paul as he is older and having someone call him Fag. Then there would be a little kid walking and has someone call him Fig Newton. And expand just enough to get the main idea of this story.

"Life and Myths" in The Stories We live By: Personal Myths and the Making of the Self" McAdams, Dan P.

Summary: A Personality Psychologist's job is to figure out why people are who they are. To have a sense of who his patients are and how they handle certain situations, he listens to their stories. One lady that he is working on her name is Margaret Sands and she has decided that she wants to improve the meaning of her life, but first she must share the stories of her past. In this story the woman is a mother and one day decided that she wanted to take her daughter on a trip and she wrote on a wall. To Margaret this made her feel in powered but to others it looked like an act of vandalism. He tries to make the stories his patients would tell him valid. He believes that one's story can help identify who they are and why. And as the patient would tell their stories he tries to connect it to the present and how it may have or have not affect them. Telling stories is not only so you can identify yourself but way to relate yourself to someone else.

Connection to making a Video: While reading this story I learned a lot about how our lives can be affected by the stories we have and heard of. Stories are like movies they contain a beginning, a middle, and an end. Movies may show the character of the person on camera or the person that created it. Many times movies tend to have more drama and a happy ending but stories are raw and have more feeling that any move could probably capture unless there was no script of any kind.

Patricia Hampl "I Could Tell You Stories: Sojourns in the Land of Memory"

Summary: This story was written from a women who is writing her memoirs and she goes into such detail about her past. She is quite surprised on how she can remember certain memories better than other like the "sneezing nun". She tells us that some parts are slightly different from what really happened. She writes her memoirs to let the reader try and imagine and picture what she was going through at the time. The girl helps the reader visualize the connection between her and her father because he got her piano lessons so that they could have piano- violin duets.

Connection to making a Video: This story can be applied when creating a film. When we start creating a draft of our movies it starts out with many separate pieces and as we go more into detail we start to take out and add we we think is necessary to capture the audience's attention and still have it be authentic. Though creating anything includes tedious work, in the end it becomes a piece of art.

The Wizard of Oz (Original) Trailer

The Wizard of Oz (Remake) Video

The Wizard of Oz (Remake) Bloopers Video

The Wizard of Oz (Orginal) Slideshow

The Wizard of Oz (Remake) Stills

Dorothy and Toto get swooped up by the Tornado while still in their house.


Dorothy (Vanessa) meets Glinda the Good Witch (Denise) when she first enters the Land of Oz.


Dorothy and Toto find themselves lost and find a Scarecrow (Lisa) who can talk and joins them to go to The Wizard of Oz.



Dorothy and the Scarecrow were following the Yellow Brick Road but heard mumbling from a Tinman (Denise) who needed to oil his joints so he can move. The Tinman thanked them and went with them to the Wizard of Oz.

Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and the Tinman were walking in the forest when they heard gerowling from a Lion (Danielle). The Lion jumps out at the passerbyers and ends up joining them to go to The Wizard of Oz.

The Wizard of Oz (Angel) gives the Lion, the Scarecrow, and the Tinman what they wanted and told Dorothy who she could ask for directions to go back home to her Auntie Em.

The Wizard of Oz (Remake) Blooper Stills

Denise and Lisa making the Axe for the Tin man out of foil.


The Group painting the Yellow Brick Road on Butcher Paper for The Remake


The Group making the Cornfield out of butcher paper and paint for the Scarecrow Scene.


Denise and Vanessa cracking a smile during the beginning scene of The Remake.


Steven our camera man making funny faces while Vanessa tries to explain to Angel what he has to do as he plays the Wizard of Oz.

Descriptions of the Main Characters

Dorothy Gale (Vanessa)- A young girl who lived in Kansas all her life. One day a tornado swooped her and her little dog Toto into a whole new world called Oz. Oz is where everything was in color and there she meets people who will guide her back home to Kansas but before that happens she has to go through many challenges like the threats from the Wicked Witch of the West, the Poppy fields, the Oz who tells her to kill the witch, etc...

The Scarecrow (Lisa)- A scarecrow is only meant to scare crows away from the corn fields. This Scarecrow feels however useless because he has no brain, just hay. And when Dorothy meets him, she sets him free from this pole that held him. When he is freed, he joins Dorothy to go ask the Wizard of Oz if he can get a brain. On the way there however his intelligence is challenged. The Wizard of Oz points out he had the intelligence all along, its just he needed proof so the Wizard of Oz gave him a Diploma.

The Tin Man (Denise)- When he met Dorothy, he was as still as someone would be if they couldn't move. And he could not move because he was made out of tin and needed oil when his joints got stuck. Dorothy helped him out and he showed her that he was hollow and he had no heart, The tin man felt he needed a heart to feel. Dorothy and the Scarecrow proposed he go with them to ask the Wizard of Oz for a heart because they both needed a favor as well. And the tin man went with them on this journey. And when he met the Wizard of Oz, the Wizard said he already had a heart and even though he may not have one physically, he is still able to care and love without it.

The Cowardly Lion (Danielle)- The Cowarldy Lion lived in the forest. The Tinman, the Scarecrow,and Dorothy were walking in the dark forest when they came along this growling noise. The Cowarldy Lion jumped out and tried to intimidate these passers but he admits to them that he s just a cowardly lion and has no courage. Dorothy Proposed to the other two if the Lion could go with with them to the Wizard of Oz to ask for courage. The other two were ok with the lion joining them and the Cowardly Lion accepted their proposal. The group went to the Wizard and asked for what they wanted and when the Wizard got to the Cowardly Lion, he explained he had the courage all along but to make him feel like he could be "King of the Forest".However the Wizard still gave him a medal for his courage throughout his journey to the Wizard of Oz.

"Be Kind Rewind"

A small neighborhood video store s being threatened by the city to close their store due to the fact the store is a big safety hazard that needs a lot of money to fix it up. Mr. Fletcher has to go downtown to see if he can hold off the condemning of his beloved store. While he entrusts Mike to run the store he tries to do his best but Jerry who is a junkyard worker who always comes in has gone through a terrible accident and now is a magnet comes in the store and erases all the data from the VHS's. Mr.Fletcher has sent his close friend come and watch mike but mike and Jerry now have to remake all the movies from pure imagination and luck. They realizes their videos are better then the real deal but is technically illegal. In the end, Mr.Fletcher has to have his store condemned but before that happens they watch the last movie to be made which would be about their beloved VHS store itself.

"Son of Rambow"

A little boy who was excellent when it came to being creative whether in his movie or his comics. He starts out creating a movie alone but then he meets the "bad kid" and though he didn't realize it he was being taken advantage but he didn't care as long as he got help with creating his video. The "bad kid" lived with his brother because his parents were always gone. And as the movie went on the "bad kid" and the little boy find their friendship turning into a brotherhood that could never be broken. The Movie became a movie about rambow's son trying to find rambow in crazy adventures. And movie becomes a hit at the neighborhood theater with the audience laughing and cheers.