Nature

As we relax at home surrounded by mother natures art I am forced to reflect on the beauty of the outside world. The elegance of the pitter patter of raindrops on the roof is so soothing and relaxing. Watching the rain fall and collect on the ground and rush down the road. As it collects in the creek turning it into a shift moving river. The water rushes down crashing over the rocks. The leaves turning colors as falling from the trees provides perfect scenery for walking a puppy. Together we can enjoy the weather and days off.
Mother Nature provides us with outstanding variables. The wind rustles the leaves off the trees and pushes us around. It cools us off on warm days and makes us search for protection when it's chilly. Occasionally we are blessed with snow and a day of fun outside, home from school. It's rare that the rain cancels school. It's slightly unfortunate too. There's no playing in the rain. And the large possibility of the power going out would result in very little to enjoy at home in our modern age. But it is what it is. The hype and excitement surrounding a storm is so enjoyable. Preparing in advance for what you know is destined to come. Watching the Doppler radar seeing how bad it may get. Praying you don't lose power and that school will be cancelled for one more day. Mother Nature is beautiful.

Permit!

I turned 15 years and 9 months old about a month ago. To a teenager living in MD this age is an extremely important three quarter birthday, marking eligibility to report to the MVA and receive a learner's permit. I did so one week after my memorable age landmark. In the three weeks since receiving my permit I have done quite a bit of driving, including a four hour trip on US Interstate roads.

I have already come to numerous conclusions about driving that are much different then what I have perceived from riding in the passengers seat for so many years.

1. It's not easy. I knew it wasn't going to be easy, but I did not believe it was going to be this difficult. My family only owns a stick shift so the addition of another variable does not help but being able to develop a familiarity with the huge piece of machinery in order to drive successfully is no cake walk.


2. Stop-and-go traffic is aggravating. As a passenger of course it sucks too, but inching by a speed limit sign reading 65 going a whopping 10 miles per hour is extremely frustrating.


3. Other drivers are not friendly. The people you share the road with often couldn't care less about you. They have no problem riding right on your tail or purposefully not allowing you to merge in front of them. The only thing on their mind is them and where they have to go.


4. The blind spot is real. When a car finds itself precisely in the spot where neither your eye or mirrors can detect it, that car is invisible. Merging while going 70 MPH is already difficult enough but when you are caught of guard your whole body jumps. Not fun. 


5. Going backwards is twice as hard. When you drive forward you only concern yourself with what lays ahead. When the car is in reverse though, you have to turn around while remaining aware of the front of the car and obstacles that may lay in the way while maneuvering.


6. Going steady isn't easy. When driving at high speeds the smallest movement can cause larger actions by the car. Also keeping a steady foot on the petal isn't easy. Unless cruise control is on, there are no breaks from anything. 


7. Going fast is fun! Enough said.

Archival Footage

For our groups dystopian movie, we are simulating full world destruction in a nuclear war. This archival footage of a nuclear explosion will be used to simulate to ending of the war at the beginning of the trailer. This clip demonstrates the destruction that we wish to have our audience believe has occurred prior to the setting of our film.




Our group also plans to use a few shots of chaos in major cities to show how the world is coming to an end due to this nuclear war. We will use shots of people running and screaming and more explosion shots to set the scene for what occurs next.