I-Movie Project

As stressful as it was, the I-Movie project was so much fun!
I was fortunate enough to work with four lovely ladies: Amy, Sarah, Maria, and Carrie.

We read the book "The Freedom Writer's Diary". A compilation of journal entries from Erin Gruwell's english class at Woodrow Wilson High in Long Beach, California. The diaries talked about personal accounts in student's lives, and also about what was going on in the class at that time. This is a true story, which made the book that much more interesting. It was also so exciting and sad to read about teenager's lives that are so very different from my own.

Our group spent a lot of time in the library classrooms on the second floor. I created a lot of chalk art, and we had a lot of brainstorming sessions. Ultimately we created our video in a "DVD special features" style. Specific questions, with different people from the book giving answers and opinions. It was a good way to combine everyone's opinions. The process of creating the movie was great, a lot of laughter, and a lot of outtakes.

Amy was generous enough to really do the most technical labor on the project, which I know we all appreciate. It was diffeicult to find times to get together. Expecially when we are all music ed majors, who need recital credits. :)

Overall, the project was a success.