Lessons Learned

Hello everyone! Here's an update on the latest and greatest from awesome team six! Our project is going good, (For more on our news story on health and fitness check out this post) and we are really bonding as a team. Anyway the most interesting part of of our project so far has been doing everything from a different perspective. Let me explain. Last year it was my first year with Mr. Sanderl. I spent the first few projects learning, letting the seventh graders teach me. This year, my seventh grade year, I've become the teacher. At times it's hard to be a team leader, to take responsibility of the project, while making sure that my team learns along the way. Even so, I really enjoy mentoring these girls.

The biggest roadblock so far has been getting everyone together to shoot. There's always at least five people, (Team plus the interviewee) and very expensive (and heavy!) equipment that all need to be in one place for at least an hour. And usually someone can't make it. Add  in interviewee's that are 30 minutes late, last minute scheduling problems, and interviews that literally are scheduled THAT DAY, and well, you have a stressful mix. It's my job to make sure everyone is where they need to be, and that we all look semi-professional, and that everything runs smoothly. I'd give myself an A for effort. Yeah.

I'd say the most valuable part of film making is the knowledge you receive. In just two years I've learned so much. Before I was in this class I barely knew how to create a document using pages. Now I'm producing films for Hiki'
No! A big thank you to Mr. Sanderl for teaching me so much, and thank you to my girls for putting up with me, and helping complete this project. Go Team Six!!!

Hiki No Behind The Scenes

Hi everyone, it's Maddie, and I am very excited to share to share with you our very first big project of the year! We are doing a big news story for Hiki'no, a great television program on PBS thursdays. My team consist's of Denae Sacramed, Kyla Bautista, and Jhoana Domingo.  My team's story is about Health in Hawaii. Right now we are doing great, and I love teaching them how to work different things.

When the camera is not rolling, it's mostly a lot of planning. We have two extra documents; one about different requirements, and one for research. This is mainly to keep organized, and also to make sure that we have everything done in time. We all get along really well, and I'm glad that I got the experience to work with them. I really hope we will be able to work together again. (Although I might not be the best teacher)

One thing I can do to help my team is definitely try to stay on top of things. It seems I am making a habit of springing surprise shoots on them, and even though it's not always my fault (surprise cancellations, interviews that suddenly work when they didn't five seconds ago, that kind of thing) I still have the responsibility of keeping track of things. I could also not do as much myself, and let them do more of the work, but still again, sometimes that doesn't work either. The best thing I can do is my best, and just work my hardest, and if that doesn't work, work harder.

Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed, here are some pics!