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Avram, Ioana. “How to do fashion sketches step by step.” YouTube, YouTube, 28
Aug. 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=0orqkmOGamk&feature=share.
This video is a tutorial on fashion sketching, by Ioana Avram, a Romanian designer. Avram takes you step by step through the process of drawing fashion figure for your designs. She describes the proportions of the body and the angles and lines of the body to follow. She describes three primary steps to drawing figures. Starting with the axis of the body, drawing stark lines and angles of the body, such as the shoulder line and the hips, you create something like a stick figure. Secondly sketch out the primary shapes within the body, and lastly you connect the shapes together as fluidly as possible. All in all, this tutorial helps to guide you in drawing figures fast, each one doesn’t generally take more than 3 minutes, and efficiently, the figures are ideal to emphasize the subtleties of each design you create.
Learning from this has made my design process a lot faster and easier. Previously I did not have a real method to drawing figures, now I can easily reference my designs and I have an air of consistency to my figures which helps me better understand my designs in relation to one another.
Claudio, Luz. “Waste Couture: Environmental Impact of the Clothing Industry.”
Environmental Health Perspectives, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Sept. 2007, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1964887/.
This source talks about the detriments of “fast fashion.” Fast fashion allows huge quantities of clothing to be produced and sold quickly and at low costs. This type of fashion has repercussions on the environment and leads to inhumane conditions for workers. In China, for example, where 30% of the world’s apparel exports stem from, workers make as little as 12-18 cents per hour. For the majority of the apparel nowadays, just producing the material to needed to construct the clothing creates harmful by-products. Cotton crops account for 25% of all pesticides used in the U.S.
Because of how quickly clothing is produced and sold, it urges consumers to throw out last season’s purchases. One person in America will throw away more than 68 pounds of clothing/textiles per year. Though thrift stores are becoming an increasingly popular way to discard clothing, they make up only 15% of all clothing that is thrown out. This source is very useful in pointing out the flaws in fast fashion and reasons that we are in need of more sustainable & eco-friendly habits within the fashion industry.
Cline, Elizabeth L. “Ethical Fashion: Is The Tragedy In Bangladesh A Final Straw?” NPR,
National Public Radio, 2 May 2013, www.npr.org/2013/05/02/180557959/ethical-fashion-is-the-tragedy-in-bangladesh-a-final-straw. Accessed 25 Jan. 2018.
This source explains a lot of the “fast fashion” industry’s operations and how that becomes problematic and disregards environmental and human rights issues. The fashion industry is now ruled by fast fashion industries which outsource to other countries in order to employ extremely cheap labor, optimizing their profits. It opens your eyes to how apathetic we are as a country to any crises that don’t directly affect us, the sufferings of people outside of the U.S., the degradation of the environment, etc… Now, there is a surge in the U.S. towards more ethical fashion and a greater demand in consumers for brands that sell and produce conscientiously.
Colon, Ana. “The 51 Most Incredible Dresses From Couture Fashion Week.” Glamour,
Glamour Magazine, 25 Jan. 2018, 12:25pm, www.glamour.com/gallery/best-looks-couture-fashion-week-spring-2018.
This source is not quite academic or without bias, but for my intents and purposes it doesn’t really need to be. The article compiles a list of fifty popular looks from 2018’s couture fashion week, from some of the most influential designers of today. Studying each of these pieces and other looks from the designers mentioned is a useful way to gather inspiration for my pieces as well as understand what types of designs that people respond positively to. This makes the bias of the article useful to my research. Realistically I won’t be able to match the designs from Fashion Week, but I can try to incorporate some of the main components and/or themes of the pieces that I see.
Csanák, Edit. “Eco-Friendly Concepts and Ethical Movements in the Fashion Industry.”
International Textile, Clothing & Design Conference, 5 Oct. 2014.
There are some limitations in this source, as the author who presented at the conference it was written for is not from an English speaking country, and so, though it is written in English, some of the meaning is convoluted in the writing because of the language barrier which causes the author to write in broken English at times. Despite its limitations, the source introduces the idea of three pillars of a “sustainable fashion retail chain” which is something that can be useful to understand. The pillars are made up of social issues, economic demands, and environmental aspects. In order to create a sustainable fashion retail chain it is essential to find a balance between all three, ensuring that you can produce goods at a relatively inexpensive cost, treat workers fairly, and take environmentally beneficial based action.
Ferrarini, Paolo. “Interview: Sass Brown of "ReFashioned".” Cool Hunting, 9 Oct.
2013, www.coolhunting.com/style/interview-sass-brown-of-refashioned.
This article transcribes an interview held with Sass Brown, the founding dean of the Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation and an advisor for the annual Danish sustainable solutions guide, Sustania100. Brown counters the question of whether or not recycling/upcycling would be a contradiction to fashion’s naturally value of obsolescence, by explaining that “creativity thrives on challenge.” She expands on how, challenging oneself to be sustainable in fashion elicits creative responses and that eco-fashion is no less couture than its wasteful counterparts.
I find a lot of truth in her response as I begin my capstone. I’ve felt a lot of enjoyment in upcycling clothes not only because of the environmental implications but also because it poses a challenge and stretches my creativity because I have to work with what I have, mistakes have to be embraced and run with because I don’t have an endless supply of material. I have one chance, one thing, each piece is unique and near impossible to replicate, which lends each piece a valuableness that it would not otherwise possess.
Gerval, Olivier. Fashion: Concept to Catwalk. Firefly Books, 2010.
Gerval’s Concept to Catwalk laid out everything that a designer needs to know to create a clothing collection. He starts from the very beginning of the design process, mapping out how to choose color palettes and fabric type, touches on the conceptualization of each piece, producing them, creating a portfolio, and finally showcasing your collection. Reading this has given me a lot of helpful hints to keep in mind while designing my collection. It has also given me a lot of good ideas for how I want to present the final product because I hadn’t had a solid plan for that aspect of the project. Now I am excited about the possibilities of what I can do to display it. I’m considering doing a photoshoot with each piece and recruiting models, which could be a time consuming process. I am also very taken with the idea of creating a portfolio of all my designs, making it all follow a sort of theme, concept mapping and the such.
Prime, Richard. “Restructional Clothing by Ninna Berger.” Cool Hunting, 28 Oct.
2013, www.coolhunting.com/style/restructional-clothing-by-ninna-berger.
Ninna Berger is an avant garde, Swedish designer. Berger founded Recontructional Clothing, a collection of clothing which uses 100% reused materials and doesn’t allow any material to go to waste. This source was able to provide a lot of examples of the different possibilities that upcycling holds as the project Berger undertook was very similar to what I am attempting in my capstone. It has also abolished the idea that upcycled clothing’s greatest potential is to look like a 4th grade arts and crafts project in its finished state. If nothing else, learning about Reconstructional Clothing and looking at the results of the project has helped to boost my morale and reinforce my hope for the quality of the products that I create.
Sims, Alexanda. “How the fashion industry is helping the world's rubbish problem.”
The Independent, Independent Digital News and Media, 27 May 2016, www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/how-the-fashion-industry-is-helping-the-worlds-rubbish-problem-a7052826.html.
This article talks about how designers have turned to more ecological materials to create their fashion. One popular and effective method of no-waste fashion production mentioned is chemical recycling. Chemical recycling involves melting old material down to extract the raw material. Using this method, old clothing can be made into a new garment to be recycled again and again. The article points out that each year, 350,000 tons of used clothing in the UK goes to the landfill. In the U.S., this number is a whopping 16 million tons as of 2014. The UK is making great strides in integrating sustainability with fashion, and the sheer mass of waste that the U.S. produces in textiles, shows how beneficial sustainable fashion could be in America.
My capstone is a response to the question of how I can personally reduce the waste I create, beyond simply recycling. This source has opened my eyes to how much of a detriment the fashion industry can be to the environment and some of the ways to combat that. After learning this, I knew that I wanted to emulate designers such as Christopher Raeburn and Cyndi Rhoades. Though I do not have access to the technology to employ chemical recycling, my end goal is to create several pieces of clothing out of old and worn out clothing and materials, which will allow me to create environmentally conscious clothing and minimize my carbon footprint, although it will be on a much smaller and more personal scale than the design.
Wyszynski, Linda. The complete photo guide to needlework. Creative Pub. International,
2012.
In The Complete Photo Guide to Needlework, Wyszynski includes descriptions of different tools and materials essential to needlework which was extremely helpful for me so that I knew exactly what would be the best type of thread, needle, etc… when embroidering. This book gave me a lot of different techniques to use when embroidering, beading, and the like. It was especially useful when I was working on the shoes that I repaired because I was using so much embroidery, and in such a vast range of techniques, on them. I thought this source very effective to use because it had ready pictures and steps so that I could easily follow along and copy the steps in order to finish the pair of converse.
Claire Byrnes Capstone
Annotated Bibliography
Bay, Ann. “Museum Programs for Young People: Case Studies.” eric.ed.gov/?id=ED090116.
This is a set of 14 case studies of young people in twenty-four American museums. Since it’s case studies, their source provides more specific information about these programs. The author writes about programs for young children and high school students, allowing me to understand a variety of programs. I found this source useful because it has information about the museums’ exhibits, staff, funding, and its coordination with schools. This source will be difficult to utilize though because it is a long document (almost 300 words) and since it was originally published in a book, not online, the font is difficult to read.
Bormann, Sarah Beth. “Teen programs : engaging adolescents in the museum setting.” San
Francisco State University Digital Repository, 2016, hdl.handle.net/10211.3/172971.
This source focuses on how and why museums interact with teenagers specifically. This source includes four case studies of museums in America with long-term teen programs and the themes that connect them. While this source is very long, there is a Table of Contents that will allow me to read the specific parts that I know will be helpful. This source will be very helpful in not only understanding long-term teen museum programs, but also their impact on the museum itself. This source also has interview questions that I can adapt to use when interviewing the teens involved in museums.
Dahl, Mette Irene. “Finding a new voice: lifelong learning experiences in museum
volunteering.” International Journal of Lifelong Education, 10 Jan. 2018, pp. 1–13., doi:10.1080/02601370.2017.1406546.
This article focuses on the aftermath of a volunteer’s time at a museum. These volunteers aren’t teenagers so it may not be applicable to my own Capstone, but this source provides me with information about how volunteering at a museum may affect their identity. By describing the experiences of different volunteers, this source is able to analyze their effect on the museum as a whole. I will use this source to better understand a volunteer’s impact on a museum which will develop into a conclusion for my Capstone. This source is an article by an independent researcher and has many references and data to reference.
Hoven, Kristy Van, and Loni Wellman. Recruiting and managing volunteers in museums a
handbook for volunteer management. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016, books.google.com/books?id=GQQsCwAAQBAJ&dq=teenage museum volunteers&lr=&source=gbs_navlinks_s.
This is a digital copy of a book written by museum studies alumni of Johns Hopkins University, an institution known for their research opportunities. This book, published recently in 2016, focuses on the process of volunteer recruitment, communication, and retention. Focused on non-profit volunteers, I will use this source to understand the culture behind volunteering through a business lens. Since this is just a preview of the book, which costs $16.50 and is not available at a free library, I can’t access all of its pages which will limit its usefulness. There is a Table of Contents which will allow me to pick and choose the sections to read.
Janes, Jennifer Elizabeth. “High school volunteerism, student docents, and the Sacramento
History Museum.” 14 Feb. 2012, hdl.handle.net/10211.9/1468.
This is a project exploring high school volunteer programs in history museums. This will be helpful because its focus mirrors mine - high school students and history museums. This source analyzes the best way to institute a high school volunteer program in a museum by using the Student Docent Program at the Sacramento History Museum as a case study. By using this project’s information backed up by the case study, I can agree with it that high school volunteer programs in museums focused on history are worthwhile and the museum’s staff should put forth time and energy towards developing these types of volunteer programs.
March, Kristina Marie. “Igniting the spark : the use of teenage volunteers in museums.” San
Francisco State University Digital Repository, 2013, sfsu-dspace.calstate.edu/handle/10211.3/130200.
This thesis examples the idea that teenagers can increase the value of a museum’s volunteer program. This source has case studies at 3 different science-based museums in the San Francisco Bay area and an informal survey of teenage volunteers. This source will be helpful to me because I will interview high school students at a few science focused museums and may adopt the survey questions to use in the interviews. The main reason this source will be helpful is its conclusion. This source ends with a set of guidelines for developing a successful volunteer program for teenagers in a museum.
Musick, Marc A., and John Wilson. Volunteers: A Social Profile. Indiana University Press,
2008, books.google.com/books?id=u8Tabf5HcRcC&source=gbs_navlinks_s.
This book is about volunteers themselves. By using information about volunteers at various museums (their race, gender, class, relationships, etc.) gained through a survey, this source will help me understand volunteers’ motivation for volunteering at museums. Since this is just a preview of the book, which costs $15.52, I can’t access all of its pages which will limit the amount of information I can access. There is a Table of Contents and a strong introduction which will introduce me to the book and allow me to pick and choose the exact sections I know will be useful for my Capstone.
Schwartz, Deborah F. “Dude, Where's My Museum? Inviting Teens to Transform Museums .”
www.mercermuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Dude-Wheres-My-Museum..pdf.
This is an article written by the president of the Brooklyn Historical Society and is reliable because of the author’s experience with museums and her use of footnotes and a bibliography. The author references many well-known museums in her article (the Museum of Modern Art, the Andy Warhol Museum, the Brooklyn Museum…) showing her expertise. This source is an opinionated piece, giving me the opportunity to understand someone’s actual opinion, rather than just information to cite. This article concludes with a set of guidelines for the museum community to engage teenagers. I can also use this source for its bibliography, to have more resources about youth programs in museums.
Szekely, Ilona. “Multiple Perspectives on Teen-Centric Art Museum Programs.” The
International Journal of the Inclusive Museum, vol. 5, no. 4, 2013, pp. 25–36., doi:10.18848/1835-2014/cgp/v05i04/44412.
This source focuses on how the involvement of teenagers in art museums has transformed their connection to the public. By exploring the historical context of teenagers’ relationship with museums, I will be able to understand the museums’ shift of focus from children to teenagers. This paper also discusses the implementation of technology in art museums which attracts teenagers to then stay and volunteer. This work is in the series “The Inclusive Museum” and was written by a professor at Eastern Kentucky University, a comprehensive institution. The author helped to establish several community arts organizations so I know she is experienced with the art community.
Verbanszky, Stephanie J. “Winning Over Tweens: Museum Programming for the Middle School
Audience.” 18 July 2006, pp. 1–111., library2.jfku.edu/Museum_Studies/Winning_Over_Tweens.pdf.
Divided into 13 sections, this study contains data from 8 focus groups of tweens to discover how their needs can be met in museums. This project’s research focuses on museums in California and uses psychology and neuroscience to understand tweens’ needs. The purpose of this study is to inform museum educators how to address the needs of tweens. The article’s main point is that through effective programming for tweens, museums can engage a large audience that will benefit the museums in the end. This project ends with an analysis of the important parts of successful tween programs and recommendations for museum educators.
Kara Lazorko Capstone
I spoke to black girls, and they told me colors other than nude were “too loud” or “too much to wear in public.” Myself being a dark skin girl who wears a variety of colors on my face, knew that I had to prove what was being said wrong. Not only wrong, but had to raise awareness and confidence to black girls who don’t think colors are meant to be worn. Throughout the month of April I spoke to a group of black sophomore students and got them to come with me to Sephora to observe the limitless colors that they could wear. It resulted in them feeling more comfortable wearing colored makeup.
My inspiration of doing a YouTube video was for the fact the visuals being better than words. It was an opportunity to combine creativity with a message. I not only needed the message heard but seen and spread.
The point of my project; “Color with Color” was to raise awareness the the issue of dark skin girls wearing makeup colors other than nude. The goal of my YouTube video was to wear different shades of lipstick that I purchased to represent my idea. Each color had a different look and item. For example, the orange look was paired with a large orange sweatshirt and an orange lighter. Another example would be the green look was paired with a normal green t-shirt and a rose. The whole point of switching each of the lipsticks with the outfits was to demonstrate how much the color pops.
Carlos Rivera Capstone
David Williams Capstone
My Capstone is a video documentary of the SLA Baseball team. I have incorporated both ground and aerial shots of games, and I conducted thorough interviews of the captains This shows their goals and achievements throughout the season, both as individuals and as a team. It captures all aspects of the sport. Inquiry was be the interviews, I did research on the sport of baseball, I collaborated with the baseball team and coaches, and I hosted interviews where I asked the captains to reflect on their season. This project shows the value of SLA sports and communities, and it shows what it means to be part of a team. By doing this, I have learned more about sports communities as a whole, and better filming and editing techniques. This project has enabled me to put my digvid skills to good use. This project worked for me, because I am a CTE student and it really shows the skills I have gained in CTE as a student.
“Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Inc.” Baseball , www.piaa.org/sports/baseball/. This website greatly helped me make my timeline. I did not know what to put on my timeline, because, I needed the SLA baseball team schedule to properly make the timeline. This is because I am filming all of their games and practices. The site had the full schedule on it and more helpful information about the league. It is important to have a source like this, because it will constantly be updated, providing me with fresh and useful information that I can use to make a good capstone. I am confident that this source is accurate and legit, as it is the official high school league website for al sports. NFHS, “2018 NFHS Baseball Major Rules Changes”, http://www.piaa.org/assets/web/documents/2018_Baseball_Major_Rules_Changes_With_Rationale. FINAL(1).pdf This source was crucial to my knowledge of the league. It had very important rule change information. It showed me what this years major changes to the rules would include. These rules included new baseball material regulations, bat attachment regulations, and a very interesting rule about first base sliding and run-overs. This source will greatly help me better understand the games while I am filming them. This will lead to better video quality and more dynamic camerawork. I am excited to use this information in my capstone and I feel like it will help me be more successful. NFHS, “Preseason Bulletin” http://www.piaa.org/assets/web/documents/2018%20Baseball%20Preseason%20Bulletin(1).pdf This source was very similar to the previous one, but it was much more in depth than the previous source. It had information on all the new big rules and all the new small rules. It had important information about the player behavior and the coach behavior. It talked about how players on opposite teams should interact with each other. This is all very helpful to me for my capstone. Now I know what to expect during games and I know what aspects of the game to look out for. This is a very important capstone source for me. MLB, “2017 Official rules”, http://mlb.mlb.com/documents/0/4/0/224919040/2017_Official_Baseball_Rules_dbt69t59.pdf This source was very important to my compare and contrast aspect. At some point in my capstone, I will be comparing and contrasting the high school league baseball rules to the professional baseball league rules. I feel like this will greatly help me capture the unique aspects of high school baseball, ultimately boosting the quality of my capstone project as a whole. This simple source has made me more confident in turning a great capstone with many creative elements. I am very confident in myself that I will use this source well and that it will add something truly valuable to my capstone. Whistle Sports, “World of Baseball”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw4uEOb_USQ This video was very intriguing to me. It really captures the excitement in baseball. It was very energetic and crisp. This was posted by a verified page on youtube, so I feel confident that it is very creditable as a source. Even though it was short, running at only 6 minutes, I feel like it really captures all of the important aspects of baseball as a whole. I think this would be a good role model for some parts of my capstone video documentary senior project. At first, I was hesitant to use a video source, but this video proved me wrong. Scully, Gerald W. “P.” Pay and Performance in Major League Baseball, www.bing.com/cr?IG=246A9D6A83D84672A1BDA2B62F6C0742&CID=14E0239110B163E2162B2 812111E6258&rd=1&h=fMDMvTi4qf9F_pIUhSLpcV8w5_ulbYM2as89sDqGjO4&v=1&r=http%3a%2f %2fwww.jstor.org%2fstable%2f1815242&p=DevEx,5050.1. Unfortunately, I was not able to view the full document. However, I was able to find a website with a portion of this writing available for free. I am very grateful to have stumbled across this helpful document. The excerpt that I read contained very helpful information about the pay and performance of baseball players, hence the title, “Pay and performance in Major League baseball”. The viewpoints in this writing were both unique and intriguing to me and I am happy to use this as a source in my documentary project. MaxPreps, “Science Leadership Academy Baseball” http://www.maxpreps.com/high-schools/science-leadership-academy-(philadelphia,pa)/baseball/hom e.htm This source will possibly be the most valuable one I have. At first glance, it doesn’t seem like much, but it actually contains some extremely useful information about the SLA baseball team. It contains all of their records from previous seasons played. This is going to be great in my documentary for comparing and contrasting the team’s performance between previous seasons and this current season. I believe it will also be updated during this season to show their current win/loss ratio and other stats. I am excited to use this source in my documentary. PIAA, “Preseason Bulletin 2017” http://www.piaa.org/assets/web/documents/2017%20Baseball%20Bulletin%20V.pdf This source is similar to another one on this document. That source is the 2018 season bulletin. I figured that having both of them will help me compare and contrast the different rules and regulations of the 2 different seasons. This will help me when I compare and contrast team performance, because it is important to know the conditions and rules of each game and each season when comparing 2 things so that the information gained will be very accurate and fully reflect their progress as a team unbiased. I look forward to further advancing my capstone with this link. Major League BAseball Productions, “The official history of baseball” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMZzsV3xi8Q This link is another baseball documentary. However, this one is more focused on the history of the sport. It is significantly longer than the first one used, with a runtime of about an hour and ten minutes. This source will go well in my introduction. I can model my introduction with some historical facts about baseball and I feel like this will give some strength to my documentary as a whole. Even though though this is about the history of a different league, I feel confident that I will find a way to incorporate these facts smoothly into my capstone baseball video documentary project for my 2017-2018 senior year. “Baseball - the Basics.” BBC Sport, BBC, 26 Oct. 2005, news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/baseball/3562135.stm. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/baseball/3562135.stm This is my final source. It is one of the keys to my castones success. This source is all about the basics of the sport of baseball. It talks about the flow of the game, the positions, how the game works, etc. This will help people who don’t understand the sport of baseball very well better enjoy my documentary. I feel like this great source is crucial to include facts from in my video project for science leadership academy. If people can’t understand the sport, then how will they understand my documentary? Exactly, they won’t. That’s why I must include a basics section for the game in my documentary capstone project.
Kaamil Jones Capstone
Charles Velazquez's Capstone
Sopheary Sok Food Cooperative
Jessica Guarino Capstone
For my capstone project, I wanted to educate people on animal behavior, and utilize that knowledge in situations when either animals approach people or if animals are seen on the street. To accomplish this goal, I held a presentation that went over the 4 basic behaviors of dogs and cats, since those are the two most common domestic pets. In that presentation, I discussed when not to approach an animal, since there are instances when approaching one is not safe. Another thing that I wanted to accomplish with this capstone was to give back to the animals in need, while they are waiting to find their forever homes. So with that, I decided to hold a donation drive to collect necessities for the animals, and deliver them to the PSPCA. After all of this was done, I put everything together on a website and added some extra information about animal behavior for those who want to explore beyond what was explained in the presentation. Something that I learned from working on this capstone project was that initial plans may not turn out how you originally imagined them to, but to overcome that obstacle, you should be open to quick changes to make do with what you have.
Cindy Chen Capstone
Tajnia Hussain Capstone
Nadia Green Senior Capstone
Lydia Anderson Capstone
Annotated Bibliography
Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time. Dial Press, 1963
The Fire Next Time is a poetic story that has a complex commentary on the issues that Black Americans faced in the Civil Rights Era. The two essays together serve as a commentary on race relations in the 1960s as a whole and the intersectional issues that race and religion often make for black people of faith. Baldwin’s language in both pieces of The Fire Next Time
De Beauvoir, Simone. “Untitled” Received by Nelson Algren, 1951, pp. 1–1.
For the beginning quote of the section “Angry” I will use a quote from a letter Simone De Beauvoir sent her longtime beau Nelson Algren. She wrote to him and during it she says “I am awfully greedy; I want everything from life. I want to be a woman and to be a man, to have many friends and to have loneliness, to work much and write good books, to travel and enjoy myself, to be selfish and to be unselfish… You see, it is difficult to get all which I want. And then when I do not succeed I get mad with anger.” This quote speak a lot to me because I find that often the source of my anger stems from frustration. I chose to use this quote because of how it resonates to the feelings reflected in the section that follows it, “Anger”.
Gay, Roxane. Bad Feminist. Harper Perennial, 2014
In my journey to prepare for this project I read several different essay books. I chose to use Bad Feminist as one of my example readings. I used this book mainly as a way to understand and dissect how Roxane Gay relates to her readers, how her dialogue flows and how I can use my own words in my work in a similar way.
Huxley, Aldous. Unknown.
To begin the section entitled “Happy”. Aldous Huxley is credited with saying “Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.” The majority of the things that have made me happy, were not something I planned. The essays I am writing in this section fit this quote very well and I think that this quote is a good way to set the atmosphere going into the section.
McPeck-Stringham, Marisa. “I Can't Get Out of My Sweat Pants: An Essay on Depression.” The Huffington Post, TheHuffingtonPost.com, 30 Apr. 2015, www.huffingtonpost.com/marisa-mcpeckstringham/i-cant-get-out-of-my-sweat-pants-an-essay-on-depression_b_7175836.html.
As I partially mention in other sections, I am planning on writing about some very hard times in my life, some that people may not be able to handle. This essay talks about these things in a way that is emotional, but not so much so that it doesn’t work to convey the message. I used this to study the way she finds that balance in her writing, which I sometimes have trouble with.
Orwell, George. “A Hanging.” George Orwell - A Hanging - Essay, www.george-orwell.org/A_Hanging/0.html.
I used this essay as a reference point in my early research, before I started reading the essay books of other authors. In several different articles about essays, this one written by George Orwell came up several times in several different articles. After I read it I got the vibe that Orwell has a very dark, haunting way of describing things. It was interesting to read and overall, his essay made me understand exactly the way I was going to approach writing for “Angry” and “Sad” because I plan to talk about very emotionally taxing times of my life in those sections.
Sedaris, David. Naked. Little, Brown and Company, 1997.
I used several different sources to gather inspiration for the way I would write. Sedaris is known for adding a sarcastic and humorous tone in his writing, usually about awkward situations he has been in. He writes in a very cynical way but still people enjoy his books immensely. As a writer he has found the balance between being a skeptic and not being a complete downer in his essays. He’s essentially turned the things that were really hard for him into something funny for other people to equally enjoy. I can relate to some of the emotions he has and reading this book helped me understand how he manages to convey the messages he does, the way he does.
Staff, SLA. “CAPSTONE.” Google Sites, Science Leadership Academy,
https://sites.google.com/a/scienceleadership.org/capstone/home
The Capstone website mainly serves as a base for any work I do. The capstone project has a lot of rules and a strict structure. Whenever I do work on my capstone, I have to have a tab with this site open so I know that I’m actually answering what is being asked of me by
SLA.
Schulten, Katherine. “From 'Lives' to 'Modern Love': Writing Personal Essays With Help From The New York Times.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 20 Oct. 2016,
I used this article in my search for advice on what to avoid and use when writing my essays. It explains common tropes and mistakes that people run into when they write personal essays in a way that makes a lot of sense. This helps me distinguish my writing because I now know what to avoid and what to continue doing when writing essays like this.
Thoreau, Henry David, and Bill McKibben. “Chapter One / Economy .” Walden, Beacon Press, 2004, pp. 11–11.
I used a quote from Henry David Thoreau as a preface to the section entitled “Nervous”. The quote goes as follows: “In any weather, at any hour of the day or night, I have been anxious to improve the nick of time, and notch it on my stick too; to stand on the meeting of two eternities, the past and future, which is precisely the present moment; to toe that line.” This quote for me represents and personifies some of the feelings I have when I am nervous, which makes it fit well as a preface to this section.
Luis-Manuel Morales Capstone
Israh Mohammed Capstone
Camara Fatoumata Capstone
Hannah Layton Capstone
For my capstone, I wanted to do something that incorporated the Philadelphia music scene. I like photography and I have prior experience making portfolios. So, I decided to try photojournalism by taking candid pictures of two Philly bands Georgey V and Well Room. I was interested in helping these bands get publicity while learning more about the music industry. I interviewed both bands to learn about how and why they got involved in shows. After completing this project, I realized despite knowing a lot about this community, there’s a lot I didn’t know about the process of writing music, recording and performing.
All photos:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gSMg02UK65Op0Ltlb2V6Gqb5nRO2zau33i0zmtntDo8/edit?usp=sharing
Bennett, Andy, and Richard A. Peterson. Music Scenes: Local, Translocal and Virtual. Vanderbilt University Press, 2004.
This book indicates several ways in which music is shared with communities. A large part of this book revolved around the subject of technology’s effect of music industry and platforms. I found that the discussion on contrast between individual music scenes helped me gather more information about how these communities develop.
Briggs, Mark, and Jennifer Preston. Journalism a Practical Guide to Digital Reporting and Publishing. Sage, 2016.
Reading Journalism a Practical Guide to Digital Reporting was a helpful way to understand the methods used within photojournalism. Previously I’ve never taken many candid shots, but for this project I knew there would be a lot of movement. Instead of trying to give the illusion that these shots weren’t posed, I decided to take photos while the bands were actively playing their music. The movement helps tells a story, one of the key factors of photojournalism.
Becker, Howard S. “Photography and Sociology: Studies in Visual Communication.” Contemporary Sociology, vol. 31, no. 2, Oct. 2002, p. 250.
This source is a journal from a scientific study on visual communication through photography. It gave helpful insight into studies about the development and structure of human society. Answering important questions about why visual communication like photography intertwines with sociology.
Hevner, K. “Expression in Music: a Discussion of Experimental Studies and Theories.” Psychological Review, vol. 42, no. 2, Feb. 1935, pp. 186–204.
I used this article to learn about how music has evolved to become a form of expression. It’s a thorough description of the results within experimental studies regarding expression through music. Several theories have emerged over the years from the data that has been collected. It was useful to see the affect writing music has on people’s mental state.
Schäfer, Thomas, et al. “The Psychological Functions of Music Listening.” Frontiers in Psychology, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 9 Dec. 2013, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3741536/.
This source is somewhat similar to the prior scientific journal. Instead referencing research about how listening to music affects a person. There’s evidence that listening to music is often used to achieve self-awareness, regulate emotions, and as an expression of social connection.
Madison Militello Capstone
William "Trey" Matthews Capstone
Alex Chuon Capstone
My capstone was an economics class where I taught students how to cook good tasting healthy food to prep their college life. For my capstone there were some tools that I would need like (hotplates, pans, spoons, and plates) to get them I decided to use the Braskem funding so that money would not be a problem that I would face with my capstone. At first I thought that getting people to attend the meetings would be a problem because I didn't know how much the other students would care for a cooking class, but once I actually started the class I noticed that a lot more people than I thought were coming because they were happy to be making good food that they could eat. Overall I enjoyed my capstone even though planning it wasn't easy, finding suitable recipes that fits the criteria, buying the ingredients, and all the work I had to do before was stressful. I liked the end result and being able to work with other people and eat afterwards was fun. If possible I want to transition my capstone from just a temporary economics club to an actual elective. This is because I feel like everyone should know how to cook, it's an important skill that will make college and just life in general easier. Hopefully the people that attended my capstone was able to get a grasp of what cooking is like, how fun and easy it can be, while also learning the importance of cooking your own food from scratch than buying ready-to-eat type foods such as top ramen.
Opoku Kwateng Capstone
Sophomore year during health class Ms. Martin said; “Stress is the biggest problem S.L.A students face.” Two years later when tasked with making a capstone these words would once again come into my mind, and lead to the creation of a Stress Clinic. The purpose of the clinic was to be a place students could come to meditate, relax, and essentially ease their minds. The main principle that fueled the clinic was positive education, the belief that schools should not only focus on the academic success of their students, but also their mental health and well being. The clinic itself taught me that working with people is not easy. Getting people to attend the clinic was difficult. This tied in with the fact that my fellow classmates where also holding their capstone events during the the same time period, added another hurdle for me. All these hardships led to a myriad of meetings where no students attended. The capstone process was one that has taught me numerous things ranging from what stress is on a psychological level to how to teach and hold a group of people’s attention. Even with all the difficulties and frustrations that occured I cannot lie I enjoyed my capstone. Having an opportunity to work on something that interests me was a big and enjoyable change from normal schooling.
Annotated Bibliography: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cCQFnNrJdE28mF-KTOukRSkyTXlwa9sJHdT7ibUtLjo/edit?usp=sharing
Tia Roberts' Capstone
Jonathan Saldivar Capstone
Alexander Gomez Torres Capstone
For my capstone project I decided to create a rap about my 4 years in high school and Science Leadership Academy’s significance in my life. In my rap I touch on all four years of high school which is freshman, sophomore, junior and senior year. Not only did I rap about what happened in school but I also included some moments in my own personal life outside of school. The most difficult part was most likely trying to find a instrumental to fit my story and adapting to a new rap style. I was going through different types of beats with different flows until I found the perfect beat that fit my story. I freestyle for fun with my friends all the time. These freestyles are just for fun and the things we say don't make sense, they just rhyme. So trying to transition from that rapping style to a more lyrical rapping style was a hard task for me. I would find myself writing things that did not make any sense, so I would have to delete a lot of my lyrics and creating new ones. Before attempting to make an actual rap, I thought the process would so easy. That was not the case at all, I learned that there is so many aspects into creating a song that actually has a meaning. Aside from the rapping and lyrical part of the song, there was the presentation aspect that was also a long and hard process.
Capstone Annotated Bibliography
Brandon, Jessica. "Songwriting Tips, News & More." 5 Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Song Lyrics. June 6, 2017. Accessed January 25, 2018. http://www.songwriting.net/blog/five-mistakes-on-writing-lyrics.
This source gave some valuable information that will help me enhance my lyrics. I never written a song so this source giving me some valuable tips on what mistakes not to make when writing lyrics. I found it useful because the things I have a habit doing I found in the mistake to not make. I will use this source to make sure I don't make any common song making mistakes. The website did not look so professional but after looking through the website thoroughly I found out that this website it a reliable source and it helps out young artist create good music.
Brandon, Jessica. "Songwriting Tips, News & More." Songwriting Tip: You Can Write Better Lyrics. April 14, 2011. Accessed January 25, 2018. http://www.songwriting.net/blog/bid/56567/Songwriting-Tip-You-Can-Write-Better-Lyrics.
This was a very useful source that will help me write my lyrics for my rap. It gives me several tips that I found extremely useful. Researching on how to enhance my lyrics has definitely helped me. I thought knew how to write good lyrics although this source has some good techniques and ideas to incorporate to create a good set of lyrics. These tips and techniques come from famous singers and songwriters. The main thing I took from it was the fact that I'm going to need to incorporate a good melody and a good lyrics to create a good and catchy song.
JColeVEVO. "J. Cole - G.O.M.D." YouTube. March 23, 2015. Accessed January 26, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHU6ZRQJ50Q.
This music video was a perfect example of one of the research ideas that I found which was to make a story within your music video. This video was professionally produced and is voted as one of the best music videos. I will use this video analyze the certain features this music video offer from editing to setting. This will come most useful when planning and directing out my music video. J Cole is a famous and successful rapper so getting ideas from his videos and raps will definitely benefit me.
KendrickLamarVEVO. "Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE." YouTube. March 30, 2017. Accessed January 26, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvTRZJ-4EyI.
Another example of one of the ideas that I researched which was to having a unique theme and specific mood. This video has a unique type of style that enhances the lyrics in the song. This can definitely be something I can incorporate into my music video, making my video stand out while making my lyrics sound better and letting the audience vision my lyrics. Kendrick Lamar is a very successful rapper and it shows in his music. Thus makes him a very reliable person to analyze to gain ideas from.
KriscoartProductions, and Kris Trunini. "Making A Music Video - Tips & Tricks." YouTube. August 10, 2015. Accessed January 26, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPEeVz0nnF0.
Kris Trunini is a professional producer and director that now shared his experience with recording videos for artists. Looking at this source will be really helpful for me because I never shot a music video in my life so to hear from someone who went through this process. I hear out his mistakes and process choices and I can use that information to plan out my music video and make sure to not do the same. Being a beginner in recording a music video this video has definitely gave me some tips and some things to do before. Basically things to do when planning to record.
Letang, Shaun. "How To Write Good Rap Lyrics, Advice For Writing Better!" Music Industry How To. October 21, 2017. Accessed January 25, 2018. https://www.musicindustryhowto.com/how-to-write-better-rap-lyrics-5-big-tips/.
This source coming from the same website as my other source, this one stood out to me the most because it teaches on how to create a actual good rap. Giving me some valuable advice that would make my rap not only good but entertaining. This will come in good use when I will start to plan out what I will be rapping about and what message I would want to get across through my rap. This website helps beginning rappers and gives advice to new artists.
Letang, Shaun. "How To Rap Better In 5 Steps." Music Industry How To. April 03, 2015. Accessed January 25, 2018.
https://www.musicindustryhowto.com/how-to-rap-better-in-5-steps/.
This source is based around the music industry and helping people become better. More specifically rappers which is what I identify myself as. Considering that I just freestyle and have not made a actual rap, this source gives 3 valuable tips for beginners when becoming a rapper. This source is a perfect find for me because it will come in handy in writing my lyrics and not making the same mistakes other beginners make.
Sharp, Rob"How to write a memorable song lyric." The Independent. December 29, 2009. Accessed January 25, 2018. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/how-to-write-a-memorable-song-lyric-1852772.html.
This source wasn't really giving me much facts and the research that I need since it was a story. Although after reading more of the article it started to give me some valuable information about making a memorable song. I notice a ton of great ways to create a memorable song and this is definitely a essential idea and information that I can use when making my own rap. I’ve been wondering on how to make a good and memorable hook. This will come in handy when Im creating my hook and am in the process of writing my lyrics. This information comes from a well known artist who is known for memorable lyrics, Don Black.
Stolpe, Andrea. "5 Steps to Start Writing Lyrics." Take Note by Berklee Online. December 09, 2016. Accessed January 25, 2018. https://online.berklee.edu/takenote/5-steps-to-start-writing-lyrics/.
This source is a reliable source that circles its information on music creation. Although I already know how to rap and freestyle, this article definitely puts me on the right track to write valuable lyrics. This was the best source to start with because it gives me all the specific tips and ideas that I can choose to incorporate in my lyrics. I see the necessary steps to make my rap into a professional song and not just any regular song. This will be most useful when I'm writing my lyrics and making sure its professional
WikiHow. "How to Make a Professional Music Video." WikiHow. June 26, 2017. Accessed January 25, 2018. https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Professional-Music-Video.
Wikihow looking like a sketchy site actually gives a lot of valuable information about how to do something. Coming from no knowledge on how to make a professional music video or a music video at all, this source definitely was the best source to start with. It goes in depth on how to create a professional music video and goes through every single step needed to make the video i want. Not only that but telling me what to expect. This will help when writing my storyboard to help me understand how to plan things and what problems to expect.