Monday, June 8, 2015

Final Academy Question

https://docs.google.com/document/d/168ewQR-0Rzwvw0HUCSqOUKZ6_zLmxVmQt1Xq9FMd1E8/edit

Chase Kelly

-Chase's presentation is obviously on rap and lyricism, was set to perform with his group at Pozo, constantly got inspiration from different aspiring rap artists around him and how he still uses this are of the Central Coast as a platform for his music
-Still working on the sound engineering aspect of the song and also maybe even try and pursue a different element of creativity and producing his own music and beats.
-The element of POW (Prisoner of Words) in a sense we are all a prisoner of our own words and in order to convey our emotions we need to write it down and perform it for those to see.

Grants' Presentation

-Talks about his farming company and how he's been grown into that lifestyle and how he plans to take over his father's company and then talks about how they strive to want to get more local produce into our grocery stores and markets.
-How does the effect of the drought have an impact on the business, it effects not only the farm itself but the product that it produces, such as buying hay from Nipomo that was irrigated.

Cristian Marquezs' Presentation

-Welding, Cristian has been involved in welding through his Dad who is a welder talks about the different types of welding with the more common styles
-Maybe not something that he wants to get into for the long run but if he did then he would go into something dealing with the oil platforms.

Maddis' Presentation

-Maddi's video was represented as sometimes the little things that we take for granted in life whether that would be just as simple as hanging with friends in a place that makes everyone feel like they're at home
-Video shows how when to get away from all of the distractions that we create that moment of release in a sense where we don't have to be afraid about how we can act around those that we feel more comfortable around rather than being in an area

Leandros' Presentation

-We have another presentation on cutting hair with Leandro and as we start the beginning Isaiah interacts with how they seem to both have different ideas on how they view cutting hair Isaiah view cutting hair as a passion and something that he strives to live for every single day whereas Leandro sees it completely different, his view is more shifted towards something that he does just to pass the time

Edwins' presentation

-Art and literature and the similarities that the two fields can have when they are intertwined
-When I look at other people's artwork I get excited by the creativity that can be made with just very simple materials
-Choose to take these photos while in art galleries in Las Vegas because of their appeal to him

Kyras' Presentation

-Goal is to create a place where homeless people can go and apply for jobs and help them get back onto their feet and to give them a new opportunity. When she views a homeless person she never feels that they were out there because of maybe a possible drug problem but rather then maybe just unfortunate life changing events that can maybe force someone to end up on the streets

Antonios' presentaton

Racism
-Something that happened at an early age, when he was living in Mexico his schoolmates knew that he was born in the United States yet went to school in Mexico and the opposite happened when he returned to the United States and was speaking more Spanish because of his education in Mexico.
-Goes into the history of where racism of different ethnic groups originated from Mexicans, to Japanese and Irish
-Watched a video on how racism even involves professional soccer players dealing with having racist chants or even racist motions towards him.
-Even incidents involving the police with the case of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Antonio Zambrano, and Walter Scott

Alexia's Presentation

-Sound engineer, what does a sound engineer do, basically it helps adjust the aspect of the song in order to enhance the sound quality
-Many famous sound editors include those who have worked with the Beatles, Iggy Pop and The Ramones
-When becoming a sound usually you tend to get a creative insight as to how different aspects of the industry whether it be sound or video or editing in any way
-The second part of her presentation had to deal with her sexual assault when she was young and talked about the factors that can contribute to a traumatic event that happened so young into her life

Rayanns' Presentation

-Went through a lot of various possibilities of just what to do for her masterpiece, she first went through possible of doing cosmetology, then went into nursing and then finally came into her choice of choosing her dog
-Dog has epilepsy which is a brain disorder which tends to cause seizures to happen, when they first realized that she has epilepsy they tried to get her on medications yet they just made her seize even more, then unfortunately the doctors weren't able to give a proper diagnosis so therefore she now has to watch and care for her dog while it's having seizures

Morgans' "Project Phoenix

-Starting out with how Morgan had adjusted from doing her presentation on from costume design to story-telling to finally just drawing a bunch of pictures usually anything that comes to mind
-She then talks about how having ADHD tended to influence how she would randomly just out of nowhere just start drawing mainly different characters and even at times would just start drawing things that usually would reflect her personality and her sense of style

Ashleys' Presentation

-CUPCAKES, CUPCAKES, CUPCAKES if only I thought that a Monday on dead week was going to be horrible but instead we were all delighted to be eating something that almost everyone can enjoy. Cupcakes, Ashley's presentation started with Chase talking about how his Dad had studied in one of most elite culinary courses in world at Le Cordon Blu in France where his "speciality" was Italian cuisine and was more into ethnic food
-She then discusses about how she was offered an internship at Las Vegas hotel at the "Wynn" and is still deciding whether or not to accept the offer

Megans' Presentation

-Marine Biology, how do the actions that we cause effect our ecosystem and the ocean itself, where she first became interested in the subject from 6th grade to now, doesn't always focus all of her attention on marine biology yet focuses on the science field itself
-"Water and air the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans"