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 Breaking news!

I think I am 90% done with the magazine article component because I decided to make it just one of the creators of the docuseries being interviewed. I have some placeholders for photos that I will update later but the meat and potatoes are done. I just answered the questions I had created myself because I felt like I was the person who knew what I was looking for in an answer. 

Shreya and I will meet tomorrow to discuss the project and moving forward and I will show her the component and ask for feedback to see what she says. I will post an update soon with what she says about the component. 

Second Semester Seniors Part 3

 Today we had another round of group meetings although the were much shorter than usual because we had instructional time the first half of class. It was really helpful to visualize what the critical reflection essay should look like because I was apprehensive about how to approach that process. In the group meetings we actually spoke a bit about how comforting it was to have some examples and ideas of what the final product should look like.

I mostly spoke to Jen for the rest of the period and it was cool since we are both working on the documentary option of the portfolio project. She seemed receptive to our _____American idea which was a relief because it is nice to see someone who hasn't interacted with our project before almost instantaneously understand what we are trying to accomplish with minimal explanation. Similarly, Jen's documentary about the University of Miami dance team sounds amazing! I can't wait to see it. She mentioned some problems she was struggling with but I wasn't able to offer a solution beyond what she had already tried. I did make some suggestions about other components of the project like using Canva to create the magazine article. 

Canva: Baby I'm Back by Popular Demand, ***** I'm Back by Popular Demand

 Soooooo yeah, I am using Canva again BUT after it burned me while I was attempting to make the title sequence I was worried it wouldn't be as useful. I decided to give Canva another chance since there is no other platform that I know how to use that has extensive templates and media resources. 

Part of the documentary option of the portfolio project requires you to create a magazine article to promote the documentary. Now, to me this was kind of vague and I wasn't sure how to create it at first, that's why Shreya and I asked our teacher awhile ago about what it should look like (that is pretty much where we got the q&a idea from) and I also made a blog post about the questions I wanted to use in said q&a. 

Originally I got carried away and was thinking we might need to create some sort of interview video but then I remembered it specifically said magazine, so immediately I thought of Adobe InDesign and I tried looking for templates on there but there wasn't anything that was really sparking my imagination which is why I came crawling back to Canva.  I will insert some of the different templates I am considering using for the project below. 

That's so Raven, it's a future I can see. That's so Raven it's so mysterious to me-e, yeah-eah. Yep that's me!

 Ok so I am noticing a trend with all these shows from my childhood being referenced in the titles of my blogposts I mean we just did Maya and Miguel but I think I did Phineas and Ferb a while back too. Should I try to keep this running? I don't know maybe if the post really relates to what I talk about but I think thats dishonest because honestly I think some of my post titles have nothing to do with what I talk about there is such a harsh transition everytime, with that said.....

Today's post is about the future! OoOoOoO (hence the reference to the tv show about a teen psychic)

Next week Shreya and I will be in crunch time pushing through this project so we can finish on time. I really want to have a rough draft of the excerpt by saturday the latest. To accomplish this I think what we need to do is start editing midway through the week after regrouping and further planning on Monday. Call me Raven because I think I just had a vision of us celebrating getting a lot done this week, so let's make it happen! :)

It's Maya and Miguel, brother and sister and best friends as well!

 Again if I have to explain what this title means like what were you doing as a child (assuming we are a similar age). Maya and Miguel was the show you guys, and maybe it is just now I am realizing this but I was exposed to a LOT of hispanic children's shows in my childhood: Dora, Diego, Handy Manny, Maya and Miguel too. Maybe my parents were trying to get me to see the only main character brown kids on tv at the time? I don't know. 

Anyways this post is about how my sister will be interviewed for the docuseries. I am not sure if we will use her interview or not but it is better to have the footage instead of wondering whether it would have been useful when we sit down to edit. She is the youngest person I know who can understand and properly answer the questions and we have a relatively young target audience. I have booked her for the thursday after we come back from break because i get that she wants to relax too and she is busy on literally every other day but we will make it work. Shoutout to my sister thank you for saying yes. 

V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N in the Summer Sun!

 Ok yes I know it is SPRING break and not summer but it feels hot enough to be summer and I guess I was looking for an excuse to reference this Connie Francis classic. I listen to A LOT of music and I have gone through successive phases where I listened exclusively to music from a certain era (middle school me thought this was mindblowingly cool). Connie became a favorite of mine during my 50s phase, "Stupid Cupid" and "Among My Souvenirs" were also replays for me. 

ANYways the point of this post is to say that I will betaking a necessary break this week although I plan to be somewhat productive I do not think I will be anywhere near my pre-break levels. I am glad I will be able to relax and destress and I think I will come back from break with a renewed focus to get this project done and start editing the interviews we have so far ASAP. I am not sure what class will look like our first day back, but I hope Shreya and I have time to regroup and get our minds in the editing zone.  

Wow that's a great question, I wasn't expecting that question

 Well in our case, while our subjects weren't exactly expecting all the questions we asked, they were definitely informed about the parameters of the documentary. As of this blog posting we have completed 3 interviews which is great because we will have a lot of footage to choose from and different subject's answers could be better depending on how the intro goes. We have also scheduled two more interviews just to cover our bases.

 Shreya has contacted Amy, who can speak about Irish culture. We were planning a lot of stuff for the documentary that her interview would be crucial for and by chance she was in Shreya's group meeting on Wednesday so she had the perfect opportunity to ask Amy if she could be interviewed and Amy graciously said yes. I reached out to Alyssa who can speak about Nigerian culture. Although I do not know her personally I messaged her on Instagram and she agreed as well. I think she will be a good subject because she would be able to promote the doc if we asked her to since she is a model now.