Class Experience

I experienced a lot in this class. It taught me a lot from how to edit videos, how to perform on the camera, and to also use a teleprompter. I experienced how to film with a camera how to direct and also what it is like to work in a TV studio. I learned that this class takes a lot of work and to work in a business like this in the future will take a lot more work. This class taught me how a TV studio operates. My favorite memories will always be working with my classmates in the studio and filming, directing and using the teleprompter. It was really fun and we had a lot of laughs! Although this class was hard and sometimes rough, it will always be one of my favorite classes because of working in a TV studio. I think this class will help me in the future because I want to major in communications in college, and I think this class helped me prepare for it, as well as giving me the knowledge to use the TV studio equipment. I will always remember this class!

Class Experience

What I've Learned in this class was mainly how to edit/make videos I recorded. I also learned how to use blogs more and how to express your thoughts on the blog and it was pretty fun! My experience was very little to non because coming into this class I didn't know how to do anything and know I at least have a clue on how to edit videos and things. My favorite moments was when we were watching the Tupac movie, and the Mary Full of Grace movie while eating pizza. I also enjoyed when the Ugandan people came over to preach their organization and how we interviewed them separately on camera. This class will benefit my future because now I have a sense on what im doing with videos and how to fix my errors on those videos and using blogs more to share your thoughts on things publicly.

The Final Goodbye

I experienced a lot in this class. First off I got a good amount of time on camera, which has helped me to be more comfortable on camera. I also, saw the "behind of the scenes" aspects of making videos. I learned a ton about the editing process. Previously I knew nothing about editing and I can now edit videos quite easily. Some of my favorite memories were pizza Fridays, the Tupac movie, my "court order murder" struggle, and getting interviews was fun. I feel that this class will help me in the future because I want to go into the broadcasting and journalism field. This class will help because now i am confident on camera and I am familiar with the editing process, all things I will need to pursue my career.

Response To Arizona Shooting Tragedy

On January 8th, 2011, a tragesy occured outside an Arizona Supermarket. Jared Loughner, opened fire and aimed at his target Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who he shot in the head. He killed 6 people and left 13 wounded. One of the victims who died was a 9 year old girl, who Barack Obama talked about as well as the rest of the victims. When I heard President Obama's speech, I felt it was very sincere and from the heart. As he went more in depth about the victims and the situation you could really tell he cared about this situation.

The killer was Jared Loughner, a 22 year old, high school dropout who attended Pima Community College, but was suspended until he would get help for his mental problems. Loughner would have mental outbursts during school, which made other students scared for their well being. He lived with his parents and could not keep a job. Loughner even posted on his Myspace page about killing a police officer, and even videos on youtube about his disagreements with the law and officials.

Nobody could have seen this coming, he had never hurt or harmed anybody in his life, but according to people that knew him, they said he had become paranoid and believing that the government is trying to brainwash people's minds. This shows that if anyone that you know has mental problems and are mentally ill, you should get them help from a doctor and not wait for a tragedy like this one to do so. If Loughner were to get the help of a psychiatrist before the shooting, this shooting might have never happened.

To say the least, this is a very sad tragedy and one that could have been prevented. I am saddened for all the families effected by this, because I can only imagine what they are going through.

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Arizona Shooting

In Tunscan Arizona a gunman wounded 14 and killed 6. Including a 9 year old little girl. During a public event on a Saturday morning to meet constituents Representatives, Gabrielle Giffords , an Arizona Democrat and 19 other were shot outside a supermarket. 20 people were shot and 6 died in an attempt to kill Gabrielle Giffords. I think Jared Loughner needs mental help , because clearly he is not right in the head for attempting to kill a representative just because he had some strong opinions about this person. Gabrielle Giffords was targeted her enemies such as Jared didnt like what she had to say and did not support her opinions. Therefore she was shot in the head and is currently in recovery in the hospital. She did not support Obama's healthcare reform. This made her, according to New York Daily news a popular target.

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Response to Barack Obama's Tuscon Speech

President Barack Obama gave a speech on January 12th in response to the Tuscon shootings. On January 8th, 2011 in Tucson, Arizona a man with a gun opened fire and killed 6 people and wounded 13. Representative Gabrielle Gifford, was also wounded and she was the suspected target. Obama gave a really great and inspirational speech. It was such a great speech because he made the victims seem human rather than just a statistic on the news. The problem is that many times when a tragedy happens, immediately people feel bad but eventually their sympathy fades because all that is seen is numbers in news reports. But, Obama made them human again by giving the story behind the victims, especially the little 9 year old girl. It really hits home when people are reminded of actual person who was killed. I think that Barack Obama did a good job of reacting to a tough situation.

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Details on the Killer

On January 8th, 2011, there was a tragic shooting that was aimed at Representative, Gabrielle Giffords. But would we ever know the reason of the shooting, done by Jared Loughner that day? Well some psychiatrists say it may take them months and maybe even years to figure it out.

Jared Loughner has been a normal boy who had grown into a man, but steadly, he was actually growing serious mental illness. "A partisan, highly non-scientific debate has erupted over whether extreme right-wing rhetoric could have inflamed whatever illness he may have and caused him to target Democtratic Representative, Gabrielle Giffords." Says Times Magazine, " We don't know the answer, but psychological research suggests that political rhetoric could never be the single cause that leads a person with complex mental problems to commit violance."


As a teenager, Loughner dropped out of Mountain View High school in Tucson before his senior year. After, he started drinking a lot, and even by then he had been using lots of drugs, not just pot, "but also halluciogens like acid" said Kylie Smith, who had known him since preschool. After traveling to the military processing station in Phoenix, which he trained for during the span of several months, he was told he could never be accepted because of his extreme use of marijuana in the past years.

After the army incident, friends said that he would occasionally speak in random strings of words, and started having run-ins with police over vandalization of street signs and drugs. They had also mentioned that he was becoming paranoid that the government was trying to control him and everyone else, he could no longer follow instructions, which was also the cause for his job loss at Quiznos and an animal shelter.

He started taking classes at Pima Community College (which began last year), his math professor, Benjamin McGahee stated that "He had this hysteria kind of laugh, laughing to himself." The police also found a camouflage tent behind the Lughner home, with a tableu, complete with a replica human skull.

People started saying that, "Still, one imagines that someone at Pima Community College should have responded more directly to Loughner's warning signs: the paranoia, the jumbled speech, the scary outbursts..." says attorney Charles Arnold.

Scientists are now saying that many signs point to one of the many psychotic disorders which is delusional disorder, or schizophrenia (for which the average age is around 20, which was about when Loughner started showing symptoms). Times Magazine also says "By several accounts, Loughner had become fascinated with lucid dreaming, a dream state you can enter when you're half asleep. You are aware while you are in that state that you're dreaming. Loughner's interest in in his lucid dreams are significant, because last year European Science Foundation reported that lucid dreaming 'creates distinct patterns of electrical activity in the brain that have similarties to the patterns made by psychotic conditions.' " The fact that he has been taking drugs, must have encouraged lucid dreaming, and kept him from falling into deep sleep. But even with all that information, nobody knows the reason for his shooting at Representative Gabrielle Giffords, and all the others.

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