Blog 10: EQ

1. I reviewed the rule of three for writing an EQ.

2. Review the following EQs and

• Tell us if each meets the rule of three. 
• Tell why they do or don't. 

A. What is the most important factor in healthy weight loss?

• This essential question follows the rule of three because it is not a straight forward question that you can answer with a simple yes and no response. You are also able to fully understand the question without being confused. 

B. What is most important to securing a conviction in a criminal investigation?

• This question also follows the rule of three because they are asking something that can have many answers and it also allows you to argue different points to the question. This question is also very specific in what they are asking. 

C. What is most important in creating a hairstyle that best satisfies a customer?

• This question does not follow the rule of three. I think if they where to specify on one hairstyle rather than having many factors contributing it would be framed better. You are able to argue points because everyone thinks differently. The question can be answered in many ways which creates a broad area rather than being specific. 

D. How can an anesthesiologist best treat chronic pain?

• This question as well as the previous do not follow the rule of three. It does allow for more research to occur since it is a pretty broad topic. I don't really think you can take a stance on this because if you where to do research you would find more facts rather than opinions. On the other hand the wording does make sense. 

3. Based on your review of the rule of 3 and your experience with assessing four EQs, please write another draft EQ for your senior project. The senior team will be meeting with students shortly for EQ revision and approval; you are expected to bring your research notebook to that meeting with your EQ draft written inside in pencil.

• When trying to convey emotion, how can camera shots affect the perception of the audience?

Blog 9: Lesson 1 Reflection

1. Positive Statement
What are you most proud of in your Lesson 1 Presentation and why?

• The thing that I was most proud of was that I didn't get as nervous presenting alone and that I had my content ready.

2. Questions to Consider a. What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 1 Presentation (self-assessment)?

AE P AP CR NC

b. Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 1 component contract.

• In think I deserve this grade because I didn't make time by 9 seconds and didn't really mention my mentorship.

3. What worked for you in your Lesson 1?

• I was able to have my things ready on time and was able to continue speaking without stopping continuously. 

4. (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 1?

• If I could have gone pack in time I would have finished saying everything I had on my paper rather than just finishing up early. 

Extra Blog October

Today I am going to be posting up a few pictures with the different camera angles that are being used. Happy Halloween!(:


Extreme long shot: Contains a large amount of landscape. It is often used at the beginning of a scene or a film to establish general location

Mid Shot: Contains the characters or a character from the waist up. From this shot, viewers can see the characters faces more clearly as well as their interaction with other characters.

Close-up: Contains just one character's face. This enables viewers to understand the actor's emotions and also allows them to feel empathy for the character

Blog 8 - Research and Working EQ

1.  What is your working EQ?

• When working in the field of television production how can camera techniques influence the viewer?

2.  What is a possible answer to your working EQ?

• Camera techniques can influence the viewers point of view for a certain character. 

3.  What is the most important source you have used that has helped you come up with an answer to your working EQ?

• The most important source that I have used as of now is an article by Mindy Peterman called  "The Art of TV Editing: A Conversation with Nancy Forner.

4.  Who is your mentor, or where are you doing mentorship, and how does what you are doing relate to your working EQ?

• My mentors name is Edgar and he does the television programming. The place that he works at is a small television/radio station. What I'm doing relates to my working EQ because they allow me to work the cameras during a production as well as let me help out with sets.

Blog 7: Independent Component Approval

To get your idea approved now, please answer the following questions:

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

• For my independent component I plan on doing an extra 30 hours of mentorship along with helping out at different events that occur at my mentorship location during the month of November. Some of the events include a entire week of fundraising for the television station, also 1 day events at the convention center and sports arena.  

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

• I plan on showing that I did 30 hours by documenting everything by taking pictures, and saving work that I do at my mentorship. 

3.  And explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.

• What I will be doing will help me explore my topic more in depth because I will be getting hands on experience to what occurs during the television production process. By hands on experience I mean that I will be helping record some shows as well. 

4.  Update your Senior Project Hours log.

Extra Blog: September

What have I been up to? 

• In the month of September I went to two events. One being the Congresso de Hombres and the other at the Cathedral. For the congresso I spent my time working the camera and audio. I was also making sure that people where on air at the correct time that they where suppose to be at. When I went to the Cathedral I spent my morning helping out with one of the live shows. After we finally got to the Cathedral I spent my time scouting people that wanted to be on the show that day. Overall these where to of the main events that  I helped out in during the month of September.

Blog 6 - Second Interview Preparation

The purpose of the second interview is to justify your mentor as an expert in the field.  Thus, you will be asking them at least 5 questions about their background and/or the background of the organization or company where they work.

1.  Who is your mentor and where do they work?

• My mentors name is Edgar Avendano, and he works at Guadalupe Radio. 

2.  What five questions will you ask them about their background?

• As a child what is it that made you choose the career path that you are currently in?
• Who/ what had the most influence on you while getting to where you are now?
• Did you have any interest in high school with what you are currently doing?
• If you where to choose someone during your high school years as a mentor who would it be? Would this person change as the years go on? 
• When you where younger did you work on any projects that made you think "I want to do that when I'm older"?

Blog 5: Mentorship and Research Reflection

1. Mentorship question: Describe your experience in how you found your mentorship?  If you haven't found one yet, describe your experience so far in the search of a mentor.

• It wasn't really hard to find my mentor since I had already known him. So all I did was ask him if he could be my mentor and he said yes. The harder part was having the TV station approve of me being there, either than that I would say my search for a mentor was not that complicated.

2. Research question: What has been your most important article you have read so far and why?

• The most important article I have read so far would be my first one. It gave me an idea of what TV was like when it was developing, not only that but it showed different techniques that where used before to get the images running as oppose to what we have currently which is more advanced.

Extra Blog: August

Hello welcome to my blog!(:  So what do I do for mentorship? If you haven't  noticed yet my senior topic is TV production. Normally when I get to mentorship I usually help out around with things that need to get done weather it be looking for images or watching videos to take down the times for 11 minute blocks. Sometimes I also help film some of the TV shows. If we are having events I usually help out by working the audio and the camera. Below I am, going to put some pictures of the different things that I've done throughout mentorship.(:

Blog 4: Interview Preparation

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  Why?

• I plan on interviewing my mentor because he works within the field of TV production.

2. You have to ask 5 questions. What additional questions do you plan to ask? 

• Why is it that you chose this career choice as oppose to something else?

• What is it that you enjoy the most about your job?

Blog 3: Topic Choice and Working EQ

1.  List your topic here: 

• TV Production 

2.  Write a question that helps to focus your research this month.

• What aspects go into producing a live TV show?

     

Blog 2: Summer Mentorship Component

1.

•  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqOl_dDJbGycdFB1Q2xJSXJsMFBaWVBCTm9uS2RWY2c&usp=drive_web#gid=0

2. What is the contact name & number of where you volunteered?  

• Edgar Avendano (626)444-4442

3. What questions were raised because of the 10 hours of experience?    

• How many times am I going to be able to go a week?
• What else do you do as a TV producer?

4. What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?

• The most important thing I gained from this experience was learning how to control the audio and cameras throughout a live show.

5. What is your senior project topic going to be?  How did what you did help you choose a topic?  

• My senior project topic is going to be TV production. I chose this topic because I really enjoyed the feel of doing live shows and editing and its something I can see myself doing in the future. 

Blog 1: 2-Hour Presentations

1.  What presentations did you see?

• Music Preforming and Promoting
• Cosmetology
• Criminology 
• International Business
•  Real Estate 
• Architecture 
• Women's Nutrition 
• Acting 
• Surfing 
• Bakery 
• Culinary Arts 
• Marketing Management 
• Coffee Shop Management 
• Marriage and Family Therapy 
• Cake Decorating 
• Counseling

2.   What questions do you have that haven't been answered about the senior project? This can be about the senior project in general, any components or about a presentation topic you saw or what they said. 

• What do the individual components consist of? 

3. What has the most important part of the senior project based on what you are seeing in the 2-hour presentations?

• Meeting Time 
• Answering the EQ in three parts and picking the best answer 

4. What topic are you considering doing and why?

• I'm  planning on doing cake decorating or make up artist because those are two things that I really enjoy doing. 

5. What are you doing for your summer mentorship?

• I'm planning on having my mentorship with a make up artist a NBC Universal.