This month was a pretty rigorous one for multimedia. For GIN, I, along with my peers, created a short video to entice students from AISD and abroad to create a video for a cause. Entitled "Reel Change" the video embodies the message and goal of our film festival competition: to spread awareness about situations we care about.
Secondly, throughout the DISA Cricket competition, I was able to take photos of our players. Although this wasn't a c-squared assignment, we thought it was an appropriate gesture to capture the performances of the other teams and share it with them over Facebook.
Thirdly, AISD Idol is a major event for the school where students may compete with their singing talent to win the role of Idol. This was an opportunity for us to showcase our media editing talents by hosting the media portion of the show. It included videos and pictures of the contestants as well as a small interview we conducted with each of them. The show was rounded up by a video synopsis as everyone voted. Finally, we began processing all the footage we captured in an attempt to create a DVD that could be distributed for the contestants' viewing pleasure (this project is still underway and will be completed after we, the seniors, have departed from the club)
This will be my last monthly post for CAS as I tie up all loose ends and activites as a conclusion to the IB program.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
CAS Blog - February 2011
February has been a hectic month with several dozen things ticked off on my checklist I have difficulty remembering everything that has happened so far.
First and foremost was the very successful hosting of SAISA Soccer here at AISD thanks to the effort of the C-Squared group. We had arranged that as many matches as possible were photographed, videoed, and broadcasted live over the internet for other schools to watch. We even added a couple refining touches to the whole package by putting speakers on the field so that the athletes and audience could enjoy some music and listen to the commentary.
While overshadows by its international counterpart, DISA was also an important event where C-Squared found essential in the success of SAISA since it provided us a playing field upon which we could test out all the new equipment we received and test each member of the group for their strengths and weaknesses. I found myself particularly adept at taking photos (not a big surprise there since I love doing it!).
Finally, even though mock exams were shooting down a barrel aimed at me, I still managed to attend badminton club as I had promised to myself!
First and foremost was the very successful hosting of SAISA Soccer here at AISD thanks to the effort of the C-Squared group. We had arranged that as many matches as possible were photographed, videoed, and broadcasted live over the internet for other schools to watch. We even added a couple refining touches to the whole package by putting speakers on the field so that the athletes and audience could enjoy some music and listen to the commentary.
While overshadows by its international counterpart, DISA was also an important event where C-Squared found essential in the success of SAISA since it provided us a playing field upon which we could test out all the new equipment we received and test each member of the group for their strengths and weaknesses. I found myself particularly adept at taking photos (not a big surprise there since I love doing it!).
Finally, even though mock exams were shooting down a barrel aimed at me, I still managed to attend badminton club as I had promised to myself!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
CAS Blog - January 2011
During the end of this month I was able to go to my first Habitat for Humanity build this year. After a strenuous day of work, together we counted that we had moved over a thousand bricks as a team. Pretty impressive considering that many, if not all of us, rarely do manual labor and are grossly out of shape. The whole experience brought the Habitat crew closer as a group but it also taught me that my physical health is very important and I pledged that I would dedicate myself more to Badminton Club which I had been sporadically attending. My goal for that club changed overnight from having the minimum 80% attendance to actively exercising my body. Until then I was not really as motivated as I could have been but sought out aid in the form of my friends who agreed to join badminton club.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
CAS Blog - December 2010
As the end of the year approaches, more and more work needs to be done (think Extended Essay) as a result, the activities which I performed in December seem to be lacking severely. In addition to this, there were only 11 days of school in December hindering any major progression with and CAS activity before everyone left the country.
One notable activity was the creation of a presentation that summed up the whole first half of the sports-wise in the form of SAISA awards night. Here, C-Squared accumulated all the photos and videos taken over the past 6 months and condensed them into one slideshow. Believe me when I say that this took an immense amount of effort to accomplish but the experience left me more capable of doing similar projects in the future since I can learn from my mistakes and capitalize on the efficient techniques I picked up on. In retrospect, it will serve me well as I can expect to do a lot more presentations of this scope in the following half year.
One notable activity was the creation of a presentation that summed up the whole first half of the sports-wise in the form of SAISA awards night. Here, C-Squared accumulated all the photos and videos taken over the past 6 months and condensed them into one slideshow. Believe me when I say that this took an immense amount of effort to accomplish but the experience left me more capable of doing similar projects in the future since I can learn from my mistakes and capitalize on the efficient techniques I picked up on. In retrospect, it will serve me well as I can expect to do a lot more presentations of this scope in the following half year.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
CAS Blog - November 2010
The month of November had a lot of surprises in store. First of all, we (the C-Squared team) got to personally meet the visiting author, Taylor Mali after he performed for the whole school and the whole world thanks to the powers of internet technology and our dedicated team of videographers. We used a tool known as Ustream to broadcast a video feed to viewers worldwide.
Secondly, the DISA invitational boys basketball and the DISA invitational girls soccer provided our little team with double the photography workload.
Like October, November had a lot of free days and with the lack of school days came a lack of extra curricular activities. This month was mostly dedicated to the academics.
Monday, November 1, 2010
CAS Blog - October 2010
WOW! October has been a particularly odd month where we have a lot of things going on, especially event-wise. First of all, the month began with a class colors night on the 7th which served as an excellent opportunity for me to peruse my hobby of photography as well as aid the yearbook in obtaining a bevy of pictures.
Similarly, UN day also provided me with another opportunity to complete a couple photography jobs for Ms Kozara as she felt that it was still early in the year and her new yearbook staff still needed to become familiar with all the ropes of the production process and asked me to help out. I gladly obliged.
After a week-long break we returned to Dhaka only to begin preparations for the Halloween Carnival that was about to happen, all the service groups I was involved in had a booth: Habitat for Humanity, The Green Team, French Honor Society but I also worked at the senior class booth and continued with the 6 year old tradition of being a photographer at the carnival.
The hectic month ended with preparations for the visiting author, Taylor Mali, who C-Squared was assigned to record and broadcast.
Similarly, UN day also provided me with another opportunity to complete a couple photography jobs for Ms Kozara as she felt that it was still early in the year and her new yearbook staff still needed to become familiar with all the ropes of the production process and asked me to help out. I gladly obliged.
After a week-long break we returned to Dhaka only to begin preparations for the Halloween Carnival that was about to happen, all the service groups I was involved in had a booth: Habitat for Humanity, The Green Team, French Honor Society but I also worked at the senior class booth and continued with the 6 year old tradition of being a photographer at the carnival.
The hectic month ended with preparations for the visiting author, Taylor Mali, who C-Squared was assigned to record and broadcast.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
CAS Blog - September 2010
With my senior year starting, I have a slew of new CAS activities to choose from.
I ended up picking the following as the activities that I wish to participate in for the 2010 - 2011 school year:
SAISA Badminton - Action
Badminton Club - Action
Habitat for Humanity (aka H4H)- Service
Computer Club (aka C-Squared / C2) - Creativity/Service
French Honor Society - Creativity/Service
Both my required action slots have been filled last year but I enjoyed playing in Badminton Club and SAISA Badminton that I decided that I should try to better myself by continuing both activities.
I have similar reasoning for continuing Habitat for Humanity (H4H) as I will be working with same group of people and hopefully attending the same builds with them as well. I remember it was hard to incorporate myself into the work ecosystem that was present when I joined H4H last year, I do not wish to experience similar discomfort when switching to a different club. I feel that a continuation of an activity will always lead to some sort of specialization, hopefully I will end up as a distinct member of H4H.
Once again, like last year, i'll be continuing my participation in French Honor Society (FHS) and C2 but believe it's more of a personal obligation that's encouraging me to stay in these clubs. As a senior, it is my responsibility to guide my peers with my experience. First of all, as a French student for over 6 years, I have absorbed a lot of francophone culture that can be passed on through this club. Secondly, with a natural affinity for computers and technology, I have become a valuable asset for C2 that was unfortunately not fully tapped to it's maximum potential last year. This was primarily because of my newcomer status, but that's behind me this year. I hope to lead a couple projects and ramp up the productivity to compensate for the lower membership.
Till now, I've attended two badminton clubs meetings, two Habitat for Humanity meetings, two Computer Club meetings and one FHS movie night.
I ended up picking the following as the activities that I wish to participate in for the 2010 - 2011 school year:
Both my required action slots have been filled last year but I enjoyed playing in Badminton Club and SAISA Badminton that I decided that I should try to better myself by continuing both activities.
I have similar reasoning for continuing Habitat for Humanity (H4H) as I will be working with same group of people and hopefully attending the same builds with them as well. I remember it was hard to incorporate myself into the work ecosystem that was present when I joined H4H last year, I do not wish to experience similar discomfort when switching to a different club. I feel that a continuation of an activity will always lead to some sort of specialization, hopefully I will end up as a distinct member of H4H.
Once again, like last year, i'll be continuing my participation in French Honor Society (FHS) and C2 but believe it's more of a personal obligation that's encouraging me to stay in these clubs. As a senior, it is my responsibility to guide my peers with my experience. First of all, as a French student for over 6 years, I have absorbed a lot of francophone culture that can be passed on through this club. Secondly, with a natural affinity for computers and technology, I have become a valuable asset for C2 that was unfortunately not fully tapped to it's maximum potential last year. This was primarily because of my newcomer status, but that's behind me this year. I hope to lead a couple projects and ramp up the productivity to compensate for the lower membership.
Till now, I've attended two badminton clubs meetings, two Habitat for Humanity meetings, two Computer Club meetings and one FHS movie night.
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