Footage

So, since we are doing a Video Documentary about the Awakening Drama team, we shot some footage last night during a super short practice which consisted of taping four of our team members with an interview. We also came up with this great intro idea; I was sitting at a table with some photos behind me, there is music playing in the background and the picture is in black and white, while I silently act. It is really good! It turned out so great! and at the peak of a new measure, the screen blanks and screens in the title and names. I am really looking forward to the finished product, because even the intro is AMAZING! I can't wait to get it done and published and burned to a cd, well, Im looking for more music for it at this very moment, so I am going to head out of this blog for now!

Until Later,

Marissa

Monday moves to Wednesday

Our regularily scheduled practice, which happens every monday night from 6-8 and for precision dance till 9, in the Greenroom, is not happening this week.
Today is Memorial Day, and for some reason this also means lock you out of shopping, restaurants, coffeeshops, and churches day.

For this very reason, we will be rescheduling our regular practice for this Wednesday, from 6-6:45 and will take place in the greenroom.

And for practice, it is not going to be very intense, and there will be no precision team practice, just enough to record to get some video footage for our video essay. But, the practice will be good, it'll be short and sweet...

I am going to have a nice relaxing day today, one full of relaxation, friends and food...lol

Until Later,
Marissa

What Color is your Heart?

What color is your heart?

I just took a quiz on Facebook in which you answer the questions to find out what color your heart is...
Mine turned out to be Violet..which apparently means that I am;
resourceful, thorough, dependable, responsible, loyal, patient, placid, stable, sensual, affectionate, comfortable, solid, earthy, strong, money-oriented, practical, productive, cautious, musical, and artistic.
But that I can also sometimes be;
stubborn, indulgent, insecure, acquisitive, possessive, rigid, stodgy and slow.

It is actually pretty close to being my personality... Except for the possessive, stodgy, and slow part..but besides that, not much is off...

What color is YOUR heart?

Keeping my Mund Shut

It is in these moments; moments of confusion, moments of anger, moments of frustration, and moments when a friendship is being tried, that you really just want to give up on that person. The only word I have to describe the last school year is; BAD.
The quote that every mother says to her daughter or child for that matter, is that of "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all."
I can only think of not-nice things to say to her or about her, so...it is in this very moments, where My lips are sealed.

I choose not to say anything in defense of my reputation and my dignity.
Saying what I feel at this moment would only result in bad things.

My lips are sealed.

Really Random

My Brother is sitting next to me and holding a balloon. It's orange and has a face on it. He said that the face is me. Now he is laughing. My sister is the one who drew the face of "me" on the balloon. We are making a pizza. It is cheese. Mozarella and Cheddar and Colby. It is going to be yummy. It is really fun to make a pizza crust, because you get to spin the dough and throw it in the air. Everyone around me was screaming "AHHH, YOU WILL DROP THE PIZZA!" But I did not listen. I kept on spinning the pizza in the air. It never touched the ground. Next, we spread tomato sauce on it, and spread it around with a spatula. After it turned a shade of candy apple red, we applied the cheese shreds. There are now 5 minutes left on the timer, and it will be done then. I am super ready to eat the pizza...and am going to enjoy it because of all of my labor that went into making it.

Until Later,
Marissa

Car Venting Sessions

So, I always drop Leah off at home after practice, since her car has been broken for nearly the entire year so far. But, when I drop her off, we do a little thing called a "Car Venting Session." As I drive, we can yell, scream, cry, laugh, and kick things while we vent about the night's practice. What went wrong, what went right, what was stupid, and who was being an idiot at practice. It is really, the point that I look forward to at the end of everything. I am so sick of holding in every opinion that I have, and trying so hard not to say anything in front of team members, that once I reach for my seat belt. The moment I click it into place, it all comes pouring out. We've shed many tears, and laughed many times at people, and let out many a "UGH!!!"
Car Venting Sessions MUST be good for you. You don't hold anything back. You say what you feel and you just go for it.
I think everyone should have one night a week for Car Venting Sessions.

Video Essay

So, Leah and I are going to do a video essay for a project together. We decided that we should do it on Peer Leadership, and since that is what this blog is all about, I am going to show you the rough outline of the events in our video essay along with the interview questions we will be asking some of our team members.

• Video Essay Outline
  

*Introduction*
Us Talking/Quotes/Credits
Clips of Interviews or Practice

*Traits*
Confidence
Patience
Creativity
Leadership

*Downfalls of Peer Leadership*
Stressful
Not Taken Seriously/Not Respected
Not Mean Enough
Leading and Participating at the Same Time

*Accomplishments*
Final Performance Video
Final Look at Peer Leadership






(Place Video Clips where they are most important to the Video.)



Interview Questions-To Be Asked directly after Drama Practice

1.What do you Think of Peer Leadership?

2.What Traits Make a Good Leader as a Peer?

3.What Do You think Peer Leaders Are Faced With?

4.How Do you View Your Peer Leaders (Leah and Marissa)

5.How do you think that Practice went tonight?

6.What were the high points?

7.What were the low points?