Horses
Horses have been a passion of mine ever since I can remember. I started taking horseback riding lessons when I was four years old. I took lessons until I was old enough and saved up enough money to buy my first horse. I started training horses for other people when I was twelve and by the time I was fourteen, I started training and breaking horses professionally.
When I turned sixteen I had my own business giving riding lessons, training horses, and starting colts. I have competed in various ranch rodeo events and worked as a hand on a local 1800 acre cattle ranch. I was selected for a professional adult rodeo drill team where we competed at competitions all over the country. We went on to win the United States Equestrian Drill national competition in 2011. I continue to ride my own three horses frequently as a way to relax and get away from stress and to become a better rider.
Boys and Girls Club
I began volunteering for the Boys and Girls Club when I enrolled at RCHS. I chose the Boys and Girls Club because I wanted more experience working with children. What started out as a requirement for service learning ended up being a decision that I am glad I made. I have learned lots of patience from tutoring and mentoring the children each day after school. I have built relationships with many of the children and I am looking forward to another year at the Boys and Girls Club.
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Documentary Review
Choose a film to watch this weekend:
1.) Wild Horse, Wild Ride part 1 (1&2)
2.) King of Kong part 1 (1-7)
Blog post is due Tuesday:
NO SYNOPSYS
- What is the story arc in one sentence?
100 people are each given a wild mustangs to have completely trained for a big show (100 day time limit) and after competing, they sell the mustangs at an auction.
- What camera angles are used? Why?
There are a lot of overhead views of the roundpens and breaking pens in order for the audience to be able to see everything that's going on without having to follow the horses as they run around. They also had the camera pointed straight at the horses and trainers so all of the action in the scene would be completely visible.
- What kind of cutaways and POV shots?
They used a lot of cut aways to cover some of the things that the filmmakers do not want the audience to see that would make the mood of the documentary more negative. The camera would also follow the horses and riders around to show either how fast they were going to make the actions in the scene appear more intense. They had the upper body shots when they were interviewing the trainers, where the camera remained completely still.
- How does the filmmaker get us involved?
They keep the story line moving by continually switching between different pairs of trainers and horses.
1.) Wild Horse, Wild Ride part 1 (1&2)
2.) King of Kong part 1 (1-7)
Blog post is due Tuesday:
NO SYNOPSYS
- What is the story arc in one sentence?
100 people are each given a wild mustangs to have completely trained for a big show (100 day time limit) and after competing, they sell the mustangs at an auction.
- What camera angles are used? Why?
There are a lot of overhead views of the roundpens and breaking pens in order for the audience to be able to see everything that's going on without having to follow the horses as they run around. They also had the camera pointed straight at the horses and trainers so all of the action in the scene would be completely visible.
- What kind of cutaways and POV shots?
They used a lot of cut aways to cover some of the things that the filmmakers do not want the audience to see that would make the mood of the documentary more negative. The camera would also follow the horses and riders around to show either how fast they were going to make the actions in the scene appear more intense. They had the upper body shots when they were interviewing the trainers, where the camera remained completely still.
- How does the filmmaker get us involved?
They keep the story line moving by continually switching between different pairs of trainers and horses.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Mocumentary Topics
FOB video (where gingers are cool)
swag mentoring
rachet attack
subway sickness
parkour adventure to print a paper
Final Choice: Parkour Adventure (Mohbbeen, Edwin, Syeda, Diego)
swag mentoring
rachet attack
subway sickness
parkour adventure to print a paper
Final Choice: Parkour Adventure (Mohbbeen, Edwin, Syeda, Diego)
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