Documentary

My topic for the documentary was open/closed lunch at Blair. At first, I was leaning towards open lunch but after the discussions that we had with the principal and the head of security I have switched my opinion. Taking into account the safety risks for students crossing a busy intersection while rushing is very dangerous. I'm satisfied with the amount that I know about my topic and I have no regrets about what topic we chose. I really liked the freedom that we had in choosing these topics. This process helped me learn why we have a closed lunch policy. I also learned how difficult it is to create a documentary. You can't really write a script for it, so you have to watch all of your interviews and b-roll and cut them in away that will get your point across.

My group's biggest challenge was definitely Final Cut Pro. It would quit a lot or wouldn't open sometimes and occasionally it would delete our work. It also took forever to render which slowed us down. We didn't really "overcome" this issue, we just learned how to deal with it. If I had the chance to create another documentary I would definitely get extra b-roll because my group ended up needing to get more.

I think the only way my teacher could have helped more would have been to come around to our group more often to help with the structure.

Triple Crown Race

This past Sunday, March 3, I participated in the Triple Crown Race at Ski Liberty. I've been doing a race program at liberty for the past two years and this year I decided to actually do the race. It was really fun to go, even though I only went down the course twice. I was number 246 so I was almost last to go, which definitely gave me a disadvantage. By the time I went the first time, there was a carved path around the gates and the course was worn down to ice. On one of the last gates I was moving really fast and so I slipped on the ice and almost fell. I managed to catch my balance but it definitely knocked off a solid second and a half, which is a lot for a race.

I was in the women's 15-18 age group which put me at another disadvantage since I'm at the bottom of my group. I was there with my friends Chase (a girl, 16), Campbell (14), and Marcel (14). I ended up placing 2nd in my group and 7th out of all the women in the race. Chase got 3rd in our group and 12th overall. Campbell got 4th in his group and 15th overall and Marcel got 3rd in his group and 13th overall. It was a really fun race and I'm glad I did it. It made me want to ski more because I know my potential, and I'm definitely going to continue racing.

Here's a link to the results by devision:

http://www.libertymountainresort.com/media/3301/Triple%20Crowm-Catagory.pdf