6 posts tagged “learning journal”

Another learning journal post! Today and last week we began researching and planning for an upcoming documentary about homelessness in san francisco. the whole purpose of this is to show the people in san paolo that here in the states we have these kinds of problems to, such as homelessness. it's also to raise awareness and advocate to help diminish this ongoing problem. I'm really excited to go out and shoot some footage and interview people. I'll contact the Glide memorial church to schedule a day where i can interview a client. The major problem i am currently facing is that i'm leaving for New York this monday---and won't be back until next week, when school begins. So i don't think i'll be able to keep up with everyone if you guys edit next week, but i'm certain that i'll get everything done by next next week. 

Aside from finishing editing and uploading stuff today (which i had a lot of trouble with 'cause stupid vox won't accept my video files, but that'll be fixed by next week), KQED's Leslie and her intern gave us Projectview kids a sort of ''audio tour'' for a few blocks in the potrero neighborhood, using gps satellite transmitters and bluetooth (some technical stuff) but what it did was, whenever we aproached a specific area on the tour, the gps devices would detect it and give us a story (we had headphones). It was pretty cool, learned some historical facts and information about the area, it was overall pretty cool. I especially liked stories of the murals on i think it was 17th street. I felt like we were some high tech patrol officers or something, with our sashes and wires. It was fun.

Sorry I'm writing a little late, but I didn't have much time the whole week. During last week's meeting Leslie and her intern came by to give us a little tutorial on Google Earth. It was pretty cool learning how to make your own markers and creating some html stuff. We then marked our neighborhood and the different shots we got in that neighborhood. I'm still working on mine but I'll be finished later today. I also finished my neighborhood video so I'll post that up shortly. The audio on my food interview video is kind of messed up but I'll post that one up soon too. 

So here I am writing about what I've learned during last week's meeting. A portuguese translater came in to translate some of the videos the kids in San Paolo made. I first viewed these videos the week before, but i couldn't understand them. Even though visuals are strong, language difference is a huge barrier. Well anyway, she translated the videos very thoroughly. We dicussed about the issues they're trying to convey and I think we here in the U.S. can definitely relate, on some level. I also reaquainted my brain with photoshop. I haven't used it in a long time so I just played around with the tools and such. I edited some pictures and finished today when i came in to work some more. I'm done with filming and for tomorrow's meeting i need to put everything together.

Second learning journal post! Today we did planning videos (look at previous entry) on the camera phones before we went out to shoot. We edited them and uploaded them on vox. I also learned to create my own map of the excelsior district and pinpoint specific areas iin which i was going to film. After, I went off and filmed. I got most of the stores and street life, i think i'll film more later on saturday of the watertower and mclauren park. It was pretty interesting going around the neighborhood and noticing all the unique places. Even though I've lived here most of my life, it's kind of sad to realize i practically know nothing about it! Well, the specific areas and all the cool things around, i guess i've always overlooked it. Anyway, it's going to be interesting putting it all together.

Hey I'm Diem, and I'm pretty excited to be apart of this project. I look forward to making influential videos and informing the peoople over in south africa about our culture and our lifestyles. What i learned the first day of ProjectView is that there are so many unique and different aspects of san francisco, and it's important to tell other people about it. I think the whole concept of educating other cultures about our culture is not just intriguing, but essential, to promote tolerance and respect. when you're not from the area you're familiar with, you often make assumptions and prejudgements about it and the people there. And I think our job here is to wipe away those things and tell people the truth.