I am now further into my final semester and things keep getting more hectic. I’ve been presented with a lot of major tasks that I have to complete in a short amount of time. I’ve never dealt with so much pressure before and I almost feel like I can’t handle it all at once.
One of my main concerns is my senior exit interview. It’s in about two weeks and I wanna make sure I have tons of time to practice. I know how nervous I’m gonna be on the day I have to present so I really wanna know what exactly I’m going to say. I’m also not really the best public speaker. I’m worried that once I get up there my mind will go blank and I’ll risk getting a bad grade. Many people have said that the presentation isn’t difficult since you’re just talking about something you know all about--yourself. Therefore there isn’t really any way to present any false information. That part is obviously simple. But we’re being graded on how well we can present, not how well we know ourselves. So my low skill in public speaking is going to make this really difficult.
Something else that has come up is my new project in my video editing class. We are making videos to submit to the annual Slick Rock film festival. Students from all over the valley make videos and the best ones get chosen to premiere at a huge awards ceremony in the Fox Theater in Visalia. My teacher has been talking about this project since the first day of class, so it’s a huge deal. I’ve decided to pair up with two friends of mine to create a five minute “blockbuster”, which pretty much means filming our own made up story. We’ve worked hard and finally have our storyline completely planned out. So now all that’s left is the obvious, filming. Which should be the most fun as you get to see your ideas come to life. But for some reason I’m stressing out a lot about it. Our story takes place out of school so it’s hard to find a time that we can all get together and film. There’s also a few extra willing actors that we need so getting ahold of, which is also a challenge.
This is the first ever proper film project that we’re taking part in. We’ve of course made video projects for the class last semester but, for those, we were directly instructed in what they should be about. This project is what we’ve been waiting for, complete freedom in what we make. It’s a huge step for me but I never thought actually making our ideas come to life would require so much rigorous planning. It makes it even more difficult since not only do we have to worry about the project, we have other school work to take care of. I’m really hoping we can make it all work because I really want our video to blow people’s mind and maybe even make the cut for the ceremony. It would really be a huge honor.
I can’t wait until all of this is behind me though. I think I’m feeling a little more prepared for graduation and college than I was before. I’m really looking forward to graduation.
One of my main concerns is my senior exit interview. It’s in about two weeks and I wanna make sure I have tons of time to practice. I know how nervous I’m gonna be on the day I have to present so I really wanna know what exactly I’m going to say. I’m also not really the best public speaker. I’m worried that once I get up there my mind will go blank and I’ll risk getting a bad grade. Many people have said that the presentation isn’t difficult since you’re just talking about something you know all about--yourself. Therefore there isn’t really any way to present any false information. That part is obviously simple. But we’re being graded on how well we can present, not how well we know ourselves. So my low skill in public speaking is going to make this really difficult.
Something else that has come up is my new project in my video editing class. We are making videos to submit to the annual Slick Rock film festival. Students from all over the valley make videos and the best ones get chosen to premiere at a huge awards ceremony in the Fox Theater in Visalia. My teacher has been talking about this project since the first day of class, so it’s a huge deal. I’ve decided to pair up with two friends of mine to create a five minute “blockbuster”, which pretty much means filming our own made up story. We’ve worked hard and finally have our storyline completely planned out. So now all that’s left is the obvious, filming. Which should be the most fun as you get to see your ideas come to life. But for some reason I’m stressing out a lot about it. Our story takes place out of school so it’s hard to find a time that we can all get together and film. There’s also a few extra willing actors that we need so getting ahold of, which is also a challenge.
This is the first ever proper film project that we’re taking part in. We’ve of course made video projects for the class last semester but, for those, we were directly instructed in what they should be about. This project is what we’ve been waiting for, complete freedom in what we make. It’s a huge step for me but I never thought actually making our ideas come to life would require so much rigorous planning. It makes it even more difficult since not only do we have to worry about the project, we have other school work to take care of. I’m really hoping we can make it all work because I really want our video to blow people’s mind and maybe even make the cut for the ceremony. It would really be a huge honor.
I can’t wait until all of this is behind me though. I think I’m feeling a little more prepared for graduation and college than I was before. I’m really looking forward to graduation.