peer editing

I have found peer editing particularly helpful this past project. It has really let me know if I am on track with what  I am trying to accomplish with it.I realize that most people wont actually put what they think on there, but still it helps with the overall process of perfecting the project. I myself try to be as honest as possible when filling out peer editing forms. I try to give the person constructive criticism if necessary. I do this because in the long run it will help them out. Even if they choose to do nothing about it, it still gives them the option to change things if they so choose.

project 4 progress

So far I have done a considerable amount of the work on project 4. I have completely finished the research section and visual as well. I am currently working on the letter to an authority but that is almost finished as well. I have actually enjoyed this project so far, it has allowed me to be creative and pick something I am truly interested in. I am doing my topic on brain injuries and concussions in college sports specifically soccer and football. I am looking at these because I feel in college, they are the sports where concussions are most common. According to some research I have done, it is said that not enough is being done by the NCAA to stop brain related injuries.

August osage county

The Thursday before break started I went to the August Osage county play. I enjoyed it very much and it was definitely  worth going. The story was about an old man who had a drinking problem and his wife who had an addiction to pills, dysfunctional to say the least. Then the old man goes missing and so his whole family comes back to search for him. The whole family under one roof brings a lot of drama including one of the daughters coming with her husband who she had been separated from, and whom had been cheating on her with a younger woman.The most surprising part was when another one of the daughter's new husband tried to make a move on his niece. I would definitely recommend this play for anyone, the cast did a great job.

Project 3 overview

Overall, I thought my presentation went well. Although I had a few mishaps with the projector, which interrupted my flow, I was still able to present my information in the way I desired.I used visual aids in my presentation, a lot of them in fact. I did this so that I did not bore my audience. Everyone would much rather I show a video of a funny commercial than have me sit up their and describe it. I also used visual aids in the commercials I created myself, which was much better than just reading the script word for word.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving break was a lot of fun. I got to see family that came in from out of town who I see very rarely.I also got to see all my friends who I haven't seen since the beginning of august. It was also nice to be home seeing as I had only been home one time prior. Our family does not celebrate thanksgiving in the traditional way. Since I am from England, it is tradition to have turkey on Christmas, seeing as thanksgiving does not exist their.So instead we have another kind of meat. This year we had prime rib with mashed potatoes, steamed carrots and stuffing just to give it that thanksgiving feel.

project 3

This project overall was the most difficult by far. It required us to do a lot more research than the second project which  even then was quite a bit. I wrote my presentation on how to write a TV advertisement. I looked at how other companies have made effective techniques and took those ideas and formed some generalizations about commercials and their content.I also looked at how you need to go about making it, what things you must do and things you must not do in order for your commercial to be successful.I also wrote my own commercial and included all of the aspects that were needed for an effective commercial of that genre.

Fantasy story transformation

Transforming my fairy tale into a teen vampire story was actually not very easy. The whole plot line of a fairy tale differs completely from that of a teen vampire one.The teen vampire series does not have a moral lesson for one, and does not have nearly as much substance in my opinion. However, the setting of a fairy tale can be altered to pretty much anything so that aspect wasn't too difficult to change.The characters were not either, I simply changed the main character of the fairy tale to a vampire. The story did have to be completely re written and only slightly resembles the fairy tale overall.