Proposal Blog

For this wave I plan on reporting on the Habitat for Humanity trip that RFH students and teacher advisors participated in over break. I plan on gaining most of my information from interviews that I will complete next week. Not much has changed from the group discussion in class; the article will include information about the trip, the snow's effect on the activities, the students and the teachers that went, the overall expeirence, the progress of the trip and what they have gained from it. I hope to utilize my reporting skills when wrting this piece becasue I want it to be a formal article.

Progress

My Star Wars letter is still in progress, for I have been busy lately and haven't had the time to sti down and write. I plan on working on the piece tonight and tomorrow in class. The letter's skeleton of sotrts is already mapped out, I jsut need to add in the actually writing and then edit out anthing that isn't necessary or funny. For research I have looked at a lot of different websites, but I haven't had the time to watch the first three movies yet. I hope to look up some important scenes on YouTube and copy over some famous lines for fans to enjoy in the letter. I think that this plan is plausible and that I will defiantly have a presentable piece by Friday.

Proposal

For this first short wave I want to wrtie a humor piece based on another fictional work, which our class seemed to enjoy during media presentations like the Macbeth facebook statuses. The piece will be a letter from one character to another character in the Star Wars movie series. These characters will be the charasmatic Han Solo and Chewbacca. Chewbacca has been crashing at Han Solo's pad for a long time, and both he and his wife Leia are getting a bit sick it. I plan on throwing in a lot of refrences to the Star Wars series. In order to prepare, I want to watch the original 3 movies and take notes. Also, with online research, I want to find what other fans find particularly funny about Star Wars. I then hope to compile this letter by Sunday the 31st of January, when I will start the editing process. I think that Star Wars fans will really enjoy it, and maybe even some people who haven't seen all of them will get some of the obvious pop culture refrences.

Wave 2 Final blog

YAY! Wave 2 is over, and I'm really happy about how my final peice turned out. It was something I was interested in, and I hope that interset is shared with our readers. The piece was named "I've Got Nothing", the name of the song which the prject created. I think my enthusiasm shows and I had a lot of information. On the page on the website I also plan to put a link or insert the music video. My weakness was probably my slight bias, which I changed by adding in some negative views last minute. I'm also not sure if I have a fluid chain of thought. I ebleive this is more of the news article I want to write in my future, but next time I would like to write about soemthing untold and important....I just need to figure out what that is. Otherwise my article is fun and interesting, so I think it will be a great addition to the newspaper.

Project Update

My Chartjackers article is in the process of being written at the time that I write this blog, for the draft is due tomorrow. I'm feeling less confident about my work, for I don't know if I should go more into the charity aspect of it, the internet aspect, or the radio and the music today aspect. I'm trying to have an equal amount of both. I still need to write a lot more, but I am suffering a bit of a writers block due to my annoying amount of homework. The research is done, so all that really needs to be done is putting pen to paper, or in my case fingers to keys. Questions I have are whether to include something about clear channel and the music industry, because I'm not sure if I want to focus on the project and its impact or the current state of popular music. I think I may turn it to be more about the people of the internet and how they can come together and do great things when they set their mind to it.

Project Proposal #2

My topic for the 2nd wave will be about a project that occured during the last couple months in the UK. The project was led by 4 popular YouTubers, including Charlie McDonnell, the owner of the 3rd most subscribed channel in the UK. They came together, along with the people of the internet and the television channel BBCSwitch, decided to hack the UK Top 40 charts. Together they composed a song like no other: it was written by the people of the internet. Through specific stages, the ChartJackers worked with their viewers on YouTube to collect lyrics, put them in order, pick a melody, and audition members for the band. The finished product grew to be number 38 on the UK Charts, and numer 1 on the Indipendent charts. I believe it is a trully inspirational project and I hope to write an equally inspirational article about it.

My course of action really just write down everything I know, and then embellish my piece with facts, like other songs that had gotten to the number they did on the charts and other information I would figure out for myself. I have been following the entire project as it has happened, so I already know most of what there is to know. In the next week I hope to finish all of my additional research and start to write out my draft. Potential problems I may face with this peice include connecting with the audience, for the project did occur in England, but it involved people with internet connections and the desire to create all over the world. I also worry if I can do the project justice in my writing. Other than that, I look forward to writing this piece. Notice how my first two pieces involve the internet? I'm addicted....

Reflection

My first piece for wave 1 is named "Obsession: A Geeky Commentary". I really like the way it turned out, and I'm proud of both the research and the writing I completed. I worked hard on the piece, and I believe the humor I added to it makes it very unique. The weaknesses I find in the piece include the flow of the subjects I cover, since I jump around to different information so much it may be difficult to see the connection to the overall topic of the article/editorial. I really enjoyed my first experience with independently writing an article, and I look forward to writing more pieces in the future to be proud of.