"Attention, Filmmakers: Essential Short Film Tips". IndieWire. N.p., 2015. Web. 6 Feb. 2017.

At first, this didn’t seem like a good source because it gave me other links to go to, but then I realized that this is an exceptional source, because it guides me to other good articles to read from. This article is also not very reliable, but also reliable because it’s written by the actual company and multiple writers. It gives you articles that pertain to pre-production and postproduction, and gives you small descriptions of each article that can help you, whatever level you are in the filmmaking world. It would be good to use this article to get some more tips.

Bartyzel, Monika. "Girls On Film: Of Course We Need More Female Directors!". Theweek.com. N.p., 2013. Web. 6 Feb. 2017.

This article is about women in film, and how the percentage of women in film is slowly decreasing over time. The article continues to say that we need more women in film, and exactly why we need more women in film and how it differs between men and women. I find the source reliable, as I can see the sources in the article. Although this is not exactly related to my music video theme, it’s still interesting as a woman in the film industry to read an article that are about people like me who are trying to make it in a male-dominated field.

Bini, Joe. "Sundance: Insight Into The Art Of Film Editing". IndieWire. N.p., 2015. Web. 6 Feb. 2017.

This article is a keynote from Joe Bini at the Sundance Film Festival about the art of film editing, and how film editing is where a film makes or breaks the cut. He also talks about how community influences film and that the way to do it is to be open and honest talking with each other about film and other things. I find this source reliable because it comes from a renowned filmmaker in the industry. I chose this article because it gives me a little bit of hope in my films and the future of filmmaking.

Braff, Danielle. "Special Effects: Movies Affect The Brain And Body". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. N.p., 2011. Web. 6 Feb. 2017.

This article talks about certain genres of film affect the brain and the body when people are watching them. They talk about genres such as comedies, 3D-films (which are up and coming), and horror movies, and then include what directors and editors put to make individuals feel the way they do when they watch the certain genre. I find this source reliable because it’s under the Chicago Tribune, which a known source throughout the United States like the New York Times. I chose this source because it’s interesting to see just how special effects affect your brain and influences your thoughts.

Buffam, Noelle. "Genre: Comedy - The Script Lab". Thescriptlab.com. Web. 6 Feb. 2017.

This source talks about comedy, and the subtypes of comedy and examples of comedic film. It goes in depth about anarchic comedy, action comedy, horror comedy, dramedy, and parodies. I find this source reliable because it’s from a known film website on the internet. I chose this source because it gives me an idea on exactly what comedy is about and how to go about it. I’ve never been able to create a short film/music video that is very comedic (most of my films are experimental), but knowing about how I could make something comedic would be great to add to certain videos.

Cox, David. "Film-Makers Have Lost The Art Of Making A Long Story Short". The Guardian. N.p., 2013. Web. 6 Feb. 2017.

This source talks about how although a lot of people are on a time-crunch and have HD cameras on hand, the art of making short films hasn’t become big in entertainment than it once was before. The reason for this is because people believe that the shorts aren’t usually worth the time and the view. I find this source reliable because it is on a reputable news source that a lot of people get their news and information from. I chose this source because as someone who makes a lot of shorts and short films, this is interesting and worrying to know.

Hardy, Robert. "This Simple Editing Technique Will Make Your Scenes More Dramatic & Powerful". No Film School. N.p., 2015. Web. 6 Feb. 2017.

This source talks about a simple editing technique taught in a film class called temporal compression in post production will make your scenes looks more powerful and professionally cinematic. It helps your B-roll look like it has more meaning than it really does. I find this source reliable because it takes the tutorial from a reputable filmmaking course led by a well-known editor. I chose this source because it could give my videos the extra push that it needs to look beautiful and have a deeper meaning than it had once before (like my Hallelujah Money video that I’m creating).

How To Add Letterbox Effect In Final Cut Pro X (Changing Aspect Ratio). 2017. Web. 3 Feb. 2017.

This source talks about how to add the letterbox effect in Final Cut Pro X to make your pieces look like cinematic movies. To add the letterbox effect is to change the aspect ratio, which is practically how big the black bars are on the video that you create. I find this source reliable because it actually has a video of the person putting their video in letterbox, so you can follow along and actually create it. I chose this because I’ve always wanted to create my videos in letterbox and knowing how to do this can make it look more professional.

Queen, David. "How My Obsessive Arrested Development Watching Helped Me Overcome My Anxiety - VICE". Vice. N.p., 2015. Web. 3 Feb. 2017.

This source talks about how watching the show Arrested Development help the author overcome his anxiety, using the show as his saving grace. The author wanted to know all the technical stuff that went on throughout the show, as he wanted to be a writer for films and TV shows. I find this source reliable because Vice is a well-known source that many people use to retrieve information everyday. I chose this source because although I’m making nothing like Arrested Development, I am sure that seeing how much a moving picture can affect someone’s mood can help me in my own films.

Raga, Suzanne. "12 Secrets Of Film Editors". Mental Floss. Web. 6 Feb. 2017.

This source talks about some secrets that novice film editors should know about when stepping into editing and post production. Some secrets include how editing can change/influence the film’s script, how introverts make the best editors, and how details are extremely important to them. I think that this source is reliable because it’s on a known film website. I chose this source because it related to me as an editor and I can get good information from the article that I never knew before, such as the detailing of a film or getting a job as an editor.

The first source I found was an article called “Teaching Choreography - 4Dancers”  The citation can be found below. The article started by comparing a dance choreographer to a teacher.  This article is helpful to us because it explains the difference between choreographers and teachers.  It helped me to understand how although Serenity and I may be good dancers/choreographers teaching it to another group of kids is totally different. The article helped us out by explaining some techniques that can be used while teaching a dance.

"Teaching Choreography - 4Dancers." 2 Apr. 2013, http://www.4dancers.org/2013/04/teaching-choreography/. Accessed 6 Feb. 2017.

1. How does the nitrogen cycle naturally?

Goes from the atmosphere → to the nitrogen-fixing bacteria in soil or nodules in plants → turns into ammonium → that either turns into nitrifying bacteria (nitrites; nitrates) or straight to plants → consumed by animals or turns into denitrifying bacteria → back into the atmosphere or goes to decomposers or secondary consumers → turns back into ammonium

2. What are the sources of the nitrogen?

Natural sources of nitrogen include the atmosphere, instream sources (e.g. salmon carcasses and litter fall), and vegetation (e.g. from N-fixing plants). Also be produced by natural biogeochemical processes that occur in watersheds, rivers and streams, such as the decomposition of plants and organisms.

3. What are the sinks of the nitrogen?

destruction in the stratosphere

4. How does the food system affect the cycle of the nitrogen? What impact does that have on our ecosystem?

Primary consumers take in the nitrogen that has been distributed to the producers and the nitrogen that the primary consumers took in is either passed to the secondary consumers that eat them or to decomposers after they die. It keeps the nitrogen flowing constantly because every organism dies eventually, so that nitrogen that was originally consumed by the primary consumers will eventually return to the place that it got the nitrogen from

5. What role does nitrogen play in the food system? How is the nitrogen used and transformed in the food system?

Without nitrogen, producers, such as legumes, wouldn't be able to help the soil they're in gain the benefits from photosynthesis. Nitrogen plays a big part in photosynthesis because the nitrogen-fixing bacteria inside soil goes hand in hand with plant. If the nitrogen didn't exist or were in small amounts the bacteria wouldn't benefit from it and the plant wouldn't be as healthy as it would with the nitrogen.

6. How does the ecosystem respond to the changes caused by the cycle of the nitrogen?

Plants become healthier because nitrogen is a limiting nutrient.

7. What changes need to be made to maintain the health of our ecosystem with regards to your specific matter?

My Capstone project is about Chronic Kidney Disease. The point of my project was to help the next person who has this disease to feel well informed. I know that they have programs for it but this seemed like the perfect project for me because this is something that I want to pursue when I go college and Medical school. We don’t learn enough information about kidney as a whole. This is something that should be known all around the world.  
This project took about give or take my research took about 2-3 months to do. I went to a center located .5 miles away from my home. The center taught me a lot about all the research I put into my presentation. I also did this project because my mother went through this many years ago now she is in the best health I’ve seen ever. In a sense, this project is dedicated to her even though she is in it.
This project is hopefully project is inspiring to anyone who looks at this presentation. I don’t want you to want to do this exactly, but whatever you want to do it will put you in the state of wanting to whatever you are passionate about. Talking something bad and making something good out of it.

For my capstone project I decided to teach an art mini course after school on Wednesdays. Every Wednesday I prepared a lesson plan for the freshman and taught them, not how to draw, but how to appreciate the art they made. I bought basic supplies like markers and paper and we would sit down and free draw on most days. This gave the students an opportunity to express themselves and share that with the rest of the class without being judged.

There were two reasons why I decided to teach a mini course. The first one was because I wanted to learn about teaching and get the experience of what it would be like to teach a class. Secondly I wanted to design an art class that wasn't traditional. Instead of teaching students basic techniques like how to shade a circle, my goal was to teach them how to appreciate the work that they created.

For my capstone I chose to do a presentation on Autism awareness. What is Autism? a mental condition, present from early childhood, characterized by difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people and in using language and abstract concepts. I chose to do a presentation on Autism awareness because I wanted to define Autism in a more human way and I became interested in learning more about Autism because during my junior year I was a intern at The Center for Autism and I had a wonderful experience. Before I started my internship there I was a little nervous because I didn’t know what to expect. I thought the kids were going to be nerve-racking. I got to build relationships with the students and in a way I felt so happy being around them. As I learned more about Autism I realized not enough people are aware about it and a lot of people have this stereotype about autistic children which is not true. While doing this project I learned so much more about Autism. I also aquired healthy relationships with amazing people I met. So here is a presentation about what Autism is and the different myths that there are and a mother sharing how passionate she is about her son who has Autism. I went through the process of interviewing people and sitting down with the Founder and CEO of Digitability a software to help people with cognitive disabilities such as Autism to help with social development.

Bibliography

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For my capstone project, I really wanted to create something that would have a lasting impact on the SLA@Beeber community, even after I have left it. So after a lot of intense trial and error, I decided that my final capstone project would be a mentorship program between the SLA@Beeber High School and SLA Middle School. This entailed several high school students ranging from freshmen all the way to seniors going every wednesday to the middle school which like our school is very new and currently only has one class of fifth graders. I not only created and organized this program throughout the year, but I also mentored one of the middle school students. This program started up in February and took place every wednesday. The mentors and mentees were able to create and sustain a supportive and trusting relationship with one another This helped the mentors later in the program when working on improving the mentees social and academic skills, which were in need of repair given their lack of experience with the SLA Model and its core values. The mentors were also asked to fill out a journal entry and questionnaire about what they did each session.The end product was a video compilation that includes interviews from the mentees and mentors, as well as pictures taken throughout the program. I have also created a guide book for anyone who would like to take this program over next year.

(This program also acted as mini course and internship.)

-Does peer mediation cut back on student on student confrontation?

-How do students respond to student mentors rather than adult ones?

-Do students feel uncomfortable relaying their problems with authority figures?

-How much does student voice matter school authorities?

Research:

-Mediation and mentorship skills

-Ways to create a successful team and legacy program

Collaboration:

-Work with JT to see if our programs can cross paths at any point

-Work with Ms. Lawson to solve problems

-Teachers at SLA Middle School (Ms. Ironside)

-Get outside leaders of college or after school mentorship programs to teach our student mentors

Presentation:

-A physical and electronic instruction manual/guide book for how to successfully run the student mentorship/peer mediation program to represent my reflection for what worked and what didn’t work throughout the project.

-A reflective essay on my experiences throughout the year as well as a collection of organized notes taken every mentorship session to chart my progress throughout the year.

UPDATE

-Over the course of this capstone, I had come to realize that the best way to depict my project’s  successes as well as its defeats, was to create a video with testimonials from both mentors and mentees. This will replace the reflective essay and subsequent notes.

Reflection:

During the course of this capstone I realized that when you are starting a project like this with the intention of making it last after you are gone, there is going to be a lot of mistakes made. I for one can say that I probably did more things wrong than right in the very beginning. In the end though I think that both the mentees and mentors felt as though they got something significant out of the program and will treasure the experience for a very long time.

I stand in the middle of my room thinking back to the warm summer days. Looking at the sea shells on my night stand next to my bed, remembering that day I spent with my friends at the beach. A sound brings back from this memory it was my cat jumping off my dresser onto the floor. She loves leaving her mark on my mirror by scratching it frequently to keep her claws sharp. I go to my closet to  continue picking out my clothes for school tomorrow and I end the night with a bag of chips I found in my bag and watch Television.

Abstract:

For our capstone, we chose to utilize our city around us. Where we grew up and continue to live is very important to use, as it is a large city which many people aspire to visit one day. We wanted to utilize our city to create our lasting legacy at Science Leadership Academy at Beeber. Our final project was a website which high school students, adults, and visitors can use to find places to learn about the history of our city. Included in each page on the website is a source of the actual place so they can do additional research. As well as doing our own research we created an ideal walking tour which the visitors of the website can use as they please. This was actually an interesting experience for us because not only were we learning more and more about places in the city and the history around us; we began to feel like travel agents planning a families vacation in a city that we are used to. As well as creating the website and conducting research, we created brochures that could be handed out around the school and neighborhoods. We hope that you enjoy our efforts to spread the love for our city and its extremely interesting history!

Bibliography:

"15 Steps to Good Research | Georgetown University Library." 15 Steps to Good Research | Georgetown University Library. N.p., 2009. Web. 06 Jan. 2017.

This source is about the steps you take to conduct good research. It states the simple things like creating a research question, planning to conduct your research, finding credible sources. To things that I learned from it, that you can revise your hypothesis and accurately evaluating your sources. (Link: http://www.library.georgetown.edu/tutorials/research-guides/15-steps)

Farrow, Jane, and Leigh Thorpe. "Tips & Tools - Tips for Developing a Walking Tour -

Jane's Walk Ottawa." Tips & Tools - Tips for Developing a Walking Tour - Jane's

Walk Ottawa. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Jan. 2017.

This article was very helpful for my project. It tells us how to develop a walking tour, which is exactly what we’re doing. To summarize the article it states that you must chose a topic or theme, plan a route and research the stories, places and people you want to talk about on the way. It is also important to note the length of the tour and choosing specific points of interest.

(Link: http://www.janeswalkottawa.ca/tips-tools/development-tips)

Harris, Rachel Lee. "Weekend Miser." The New York Times. The New York Times, 08 Dec. 2011. Web. 06 Jan. 2017.

This article published by the New York Times is all about a walking tour that is available any time via text messages. This app entails challenges, like clues, riddles, photos and trivia questions to guide you to your next location on the walking tour. This is a fun self guided tour that was created in New York and can help give me ideas about my capstone. (Link:http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/09/nyregion/new-york-walking-tours-by-phone-and-a-local-business-app.html)

MacCannell, Dean. The ethics of sightseeing. Berkeley: U of California Press, 2011. Print.

This book is all about how ethical it is for people to want to travel the world. He talks about the consequences of the trips that families regularly take, disney theme parks and beaches. It is just cool to see that other people are discussing traveling and sightseeing in ways other than how expensive it is.

"Step-by-Step Guide & Research Rescue: Basic Research Strategy." BYU Harold B. Lee

Library . N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Jan. 2017.

This source tells me all about basic research strategies. It entails, Finding and Narrowing my topic, finding articles and books (research), evaluating their credibility, accessing and citing my sources. This is all important information for me to know. (Link: http://guides.lib.byu.edu/stepbystep)

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Cecilia is getting ready to go to a dinner party. She sits at her vanity and looks in the mirror. She grabs one of the four hair ties on her vanity and does her hair.Looking to the left, she notices a limo roll up in the the front of the yard. Hearing her friend calling to her from the car, Cecilia grabs her bag and leaves out the door.

Haneif Felder



My grandma’s dining room

My grandmother dining room is the most crowded place in her house.It is the second room I see in my grandma’s house in usually has candy on the table because she buy a lot for me and my siblings. It also has a large rug in the middle of the room. Also my grandmother's picture frames with my pictures.

Klya sat in her bedroom on the couch by the window.  She had just moved into this big house and she had picked this room because it was her favorite one in the house.  Even though it wasn't too big she loved the big windows that gave her a nice wiew of the backyard, the wooden floor, and the fact that it had a bathroom connected to it.  So far her room was pretty bare.  She hadn’t really given the chance to fill it up with too much stuff.  She had some of her furniture from home like her bed, couch, her shelve with some of her old stuff, and desk with a chair, and a rug.  She also had her favorite teddy bear which her mother had given her when she was little and she and she had kept it ever since, her rug which had been made by her best friend as a going away present. She couldn’t wait to fill it up with more stuff. A few things had been left by the previous owners who had lived there before like the painting of the ocean hanging on the wall and a few books.

​Thought these past few months of determining what I would like to do for my senior capstone considering I had a lot of options. But I finally settled on one, my career as a fashion designer. It has been a really tough struggle getting to the point where I am now. In the beginning, getting started was very complex for me. Learning how to sew and also picking out which designs I’d like to start off with.I bought my first sewing machine in late august but did not begin to actually use it until december and I had issues with it as well where I had to stop sewing at home and even come in early to school to use the school's machine. My first Fashion show where i was a designer and not a model took place this year at Columbia University in New York city. I was scouted through social media to participate in their show and I was truly honored especially as a new designer, This was huge for me. I met a lot of great people and designers that attended the most prestigious of Fashion design schools, ( Parsons, The New School and Fashion Institute of Technology ) I winded up going to that show alone, with no one to accompany me and see my dreams come to life but it was still a great experience even though I had to bask in it by myself.

1. https://www.mimmyyeboah.com/about-mimmy-yeboah

2. Website Title: myny

3. Article Title: myny

4. Date Accessed: February 03, 2017

Why is this useful? This is useful because this is a designer I idolize and someone who has the same envisions I have for my brand and Business

Why do you trust this source? Because this is something that she has created from the ground up and something that has been platformed across social media

What questions do you still have? How long ago did she start sewing.

2. https://astrumpeople.com/coco-chanel-biography/

• She biography/

• Website : People

• Article Title:Coco Chanel Biography: The Woman Who Changed The World Of Fashion

• Date Accessed : February 03, 2017

She  paved the way for all of the other designers that have now paved a way for me

I trust it because this is the same source I used for my final paper and it was accurate

How will she inspire my designs

3. http://www.vogue.com/article/marc-jacobs-versace-prada-vogues-25-best-90s-shows

• Website Title: Vogue

• Article Title: 25 Most Influential '90s Fashion Shows

• Date Published : February 01, 2017

• Date Accessed: February 03, 2017

This is useful to me in two ways, one, vougue is a magazine that I always wanted to write for when I newly introduced properply intot he fashion industry which also led me to begin blogging, http://artnstyles.weebly.com . But most importantly it taught me the ropes of the fashion industry and also brung me to my love, 90s Versace SS/ 94. One of my greatest inspiration for the clothing I create now.

4.  https://www.tumblr.com

When I first created my tumblr years ago. I just fell into a brand new world, fashion, art, and the passion that lies in between it. Personally I’ve always loved it and wanted to be a part of it, but in my way and not falling in with the other girls who  created the same looks over and over again, I wanted to stand out and in many ways I did which brought me to where I am now.

5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solange_Knowles

• Website Title: Wikipedia

• Article Title : Solange Knowles

• Date Accessed: February 03, 2017

This is useful to me because Solange is a huge inspiration to me through music and also Fashion, her style is simple elegance, she doesn’t have to do much to stand out in the crowd and that is something I aspire to become and also what I love about her also her music is just so soul full that it kind of dresses you in a way. I trust this source because everything seems accurate and up to date.

How will she continue to grow as an artist and fashion icon.

6. URL https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/sep/14/celebrating-relationship-between-fashion-and-music-lauren-laverne

• Website Title: The Lauren Laverne column

• Article Title: Celebrating the relationship between fashion and music | Lauren Laverne

• Date Published : September 14, 2014

• Date Accessed : February 03, 2017

“ Everything I learned about getting dressed, I learned from pop music. I grew up in the 80s, at the pinnacle of pop’s pomp and pageantry. It’s hard to imagine oneself back to those days, before “pop” became the pejorative term it is – shorthand for the interchangeably banal warbling that is a pretext for Saturday-night TV. In the 80s, pop was the main attraction – it was a genre so broad and vibrant, musically and aesthetically, a sparkling explosion of hooks and looks in the age of the music video, of unreality TV. Pop stars seemed to be from another planet and dressed to demonstrate as much. Madonna, Kate Bush” this useful for that quotes entire statement. I trust this because this is coming first hand from someone who lived through that generation and also was influence the same way I was.

Was other people inspired by music of the fashion industry.

7. http://diverseworldfashion.com/2014/09/04/the-relationship-between-culture-and-fashion/

• Website Title: Diverse World Fashion DWF

• Article Title : The Relationship Between Culture and Fashion

• Date Accessed : February 03, 2017

This is useful to me because I incorporate my fashion with culture and I feel as though the culture of different ethnicities is what made the fashion industry what it is now. “ Fashion— undoubtedly— reflects culture. All major trends and styles of the past, in one way or another, came to be by way of cultural influence. Throughout history, this is particularly noticeable in the realm of women’s fashion. Only at the turn of the 20th century, when women were beginning to more strongly fight for equal rights, were women first seen wearing pants.” I trust this source because it backs up each fact and has resources. Has culture appropriation been depriving the fashion industry?

8. https://www.we-heart.com/2015/09/21/history-art-and-fashion/

• Website Title: We Heart

• Article Title: With art and fashion collaborating like never before, we look at some of history's most important crossovers...

• Date Published: September 21, 2015

• Date Accessed: February 06, 2017

“ Fashion is in love with art like never before. From clothing design to catwalk show art direction, major labels to boutique houses, the word of fashion is falling over itself to involve important names from a diverse range of the visual arts. It’s hardy surprising — after all what is fashion if not wearable art — and these collaborations between the disciplines are certainly mutually beneficial. Fashion, often unfairly judged as one of the more frivolous applied arts, gains serious cachet by association, while the artist reaches a wider, more populist audience.”

This is useful well because of that quote. Fashion is wearable art. I trust this source because I feel as though I can relate to what they are saying because it is true. NONE.