Blog #9 My List
So here’s a list of what I think I need to get done:
close up of Zachary reading in his “nook”
close up of book (blurry to clear)
Pan of kitchen
Pan of bathroom
Write Voice Overs
Write out text
Music?
Film of HVCC some how
Film of Real Estate and Contempo
pictures of kids
still image of piles of books, and papers
I think i’ve got it all. I’m not sure though I’ve been going over this storyboard trying to see what I have and what I don’t have. If we dont have a specific picture we need can we fake it somehow? Some of the pictures that I need I don’t think that I really can get and I’ve realized that from using the camera today. So what do i do????
Add a comment May 20, 2008
Blog #8 Film Treatment
Part 1 Essay:What is it I want to understand by making this film? Describe what I already know, and what I hope to learn of understand better by investigating my own experiences or memories.
What I want to understand by making this film is how I’ve changed throughout the past few years into the peron I am now. It took becoming a Nanny to realize my strengths as an up and coming teacher. I want to understand more in depth the actual moments that I went through when I realized that I had made special bonds with each one of the children that I am a Nanny for. The obvious subject of my story would be being a Nanny refocused my life. The less obvious subject would be how it took failure, and a reattempt at working with children to recall how much I liked going to be a teacher, and how working as a Nanny made my weaknesses stronger. I already know that being a Nanny has changed my life. I want to investigate more into the in depth moments that really did it for me. I have fond memories of the kids flooding the house, and also of comical moments with the kids, but I want to know what really changed my mind into knowing that I would make a good teacher. I’d like to investigate each relationship that I have with every child.
Part 2:
The thing that is the fundamental moment in in my film would be I think in two spots. I think one would be my whole idea of thinking I would fail at being a teacher. I think this is a strong point that I would want to get across and is also a strong emotion; Failure. I think that once I got this point across it could allow for an almost self realization of myself. I used to think that I would fail as a teacher, then becoming a Nanny allowed me realize that I would succeed as a teacher. I got to this point by at first not being able to continue to work in retail, and having to take this job as a Nanny just because I was short on cash. I never thought the job would evolve into what it is today. Taking the postion allowed me to see how well I worked one on one with kids, and how much I really loved seeing them grow and explore new things. I think once this shift took place and I went from failure to reality it shows how I’ve grown. I would really want to incorporate some of the very important moments like when the youngest girl told me she loved me. Also when the seven year old read me a book for the first time. Some of these moments really show my strenghts and compassion for these kids.
Part 3:
As a result of the shift, now I am in a place where I’m happy being a Nanny and love each one of the children that I care for. Because of the shift I am also completing my goal of becoming a first grade teacher. Each one of the bonds that we’re formed throughout my transition of becoming a Nanny has strengthened me as a person. I think that lots of girls my age are now going through this because Nannies are no longer considered to be old fashion. They are young, educated, girls who really have a good head on their shoulders. I think in culture a lot of girls could relate to this, because I belive many girls going to school to be teachers always think that they will fail in some way or another. I also think that many girls work with kids and find insight through it. I want my audience to learn that first off with any young girl there’s always doubts that she will fail at something. With the stress of school, and all the requirements for becoming a teacher, I want people to learn that it’s not as easy as it looks. Also that being creative is something that takes time, and confidence. From gaining the job as a nanny it allowed me to realize my strengths. I think this is important for all girls to realize the strengths that they have, and to use those strenghts to pursue dreams. I also think on the other hand that from this film I want people to see the close relationship of working with children and what it did for me.
Add a comment May 16, 2008
Blog #7
Some interesting facts:Questions 1, 2, 3
I found this blog that is pretty interesting. The girls seems to be a Nanny and has had some pretty intersting experiences with it. I can really relate to some of this. Another Post to look at
I think after doing some research that there’s a lot of people out there who have had the same experiences that I have had as Nanny. I think it’s interesting to get different points of view especially because I listened to comments from everyday Nannies, and from the Super Nanny and a lot of things that i struggle with are also things they one struggled with. I think that with some of the information that i posted I found that there’s a lot more to being a Nanny then many people think. I want people to see the side that is a struggle for some people, and that there are boundaries that you have to be careful not to cross.
Add a comment May 15, 2008
Blog #6
After talking in class I kind of have somthings that really stick out to me.
My first indelible moment would be when the kids and I had our first major kind of dilemma in the house. One of the days about 5 months into working with the kids, the upstairs toilet overflowed and flooded the entire bathroom. Needless to say that because it was upstairs, that the water leaked through the floor and into the kitchen which was below. I can remember working as a team with the kids trying to clean up the floor and get the toilet to stop flowing water. I think of it as a bonding time with the kids because afterwards we were soaked head to toe and kind of all just sat on the floor and laughed. I can remember the sound of the water, and the kids slipping in it over and over again, but I couldn’t get mad, all I could do was laugh because everyone was drenched.
- In the bathroom,
-smell of wet everything,
- water dripping,
-running down the stairs,
-smile on zach’s face,
- Sadie laughing and crying,
-Chloe slipping in the water and looking for towels.
-Being downstairs in the kitchen and watching the water pour from the ceiling.
My second moment would be the first time I kind of had to spend a full week with the kids and they told me how much they loved me. I can remember just being all together watching tv and playing with the kids and as they settled down to go to bed the youngest one said ,”I love you Dacey.” (She calls me Dacey because she can’t say the S for Stacey). I think this was the moment that I really felt closest to the kids and realized that I meant a lot to them and their parents trusted me enough to be left alone with them for a week and to have all the responsibilites of three kids.
The setting was the living room.
On the couch
Smell of popcorn and Sprite soda
Watching Chicken Little
Sadie, Chloe and Zach all in Pajama’s
Blankets.
Curtains closed, nighttime 8:45
I think for the first list that I posted I would use this to show kind of a frustrating moment combined with a bonding moment with the kids. I think it would be cool to somehow show like their bathroom and somehow use the sound of water, the kids, and kind of the frustration yet humor of it all to make a good scene. For editing I think it would be neat to kind of start off showing a state of panic and then kind of show the kids all wet, or something of it, and then tie in us laughing and being together. I dont’ know if i would use any words at this part or just kind of use like a voice over or even just have words flash on screen. I like the ideas of it.
I think for this same list I could also show how the kids and I did more of playing in the water then cleaning for the first bit of it. Then maybe I could write in how my frustration with the situation was torn away by the fun we had and I kind of just had to let go. For this I could show more of me and kids interacting. I could use some sort of music first that is kind of like frustrating and then have music that’s happy and fun-loving. I was also thinking of doing like a pan of the entire scene bathroom and kitchen and then after showing the kids and zooming in on each one of them.
The more I look into it the more interesting it seems, and I’m kind of looking forward to getting my ideas more clear cut, and focused.
Add a comment May 14, 2008
Blog #5
After reading over everyone’s post I kind of get a recurring theme of why I chose to be a nanny, and what made me overcome my fear of failure to get to where I am now. A lot of people found it interesting as to why I didn’t want to work with children. The whole idea of me being scared to fail came from the fear of not being a creative, well developed teacher. After doing two years of college I kind of enjoyed where I was at (working in retail) and was ready to pursue that career, until I found out that the store would be closing. I got to redirect my whole thoughts about children when I was offered the job as a Nanny, but before taking it was still scared of the responsibilities involved.
I think everyone had a lot of good things to say. I like how a lot of people want to hear about the responsibilities I have. And also about the chaotic situations that occur as a Nanny. I think one thing that is important is the turning point that made me love the career of working with children. I really want to touch on that throughout my film.
My concerns for this project is that it will be boring and I won’t get my point across of how important being a Nanny is to me. I want people to kind of see why this career changed my life and how the children have changed me. I also have concerns about when I film what I should put in and what I should do to make it more interesting.
Some questions to ponder:
How hard it is to be a Nanny as a 21 year old.
What resonsibilities you have as Nanny without crossing boundaries.
Why I went from failure to success by working with a family of three kids.
Add a comment May 14, 2008
Blog #4
After doing some writing I think I like the topic of working as a nanny, but not just that i’m thinking of tieing it in with the responsibilites of the children, the job itself, and then my life in general. I think it would be cool to kind of show the two sides of myself, me as a nanny, and me as an overall person (student, girlfriend, daughter, etc.) I do however want to go in depth with being a nanny and the overall dependency the chidlren and parents have on me. I think people would want to hear about the job in itself due to the fact that nannies do sometimes either have the “Mary Poppins” reputation, or they have the “Mean Nanny” like the on the tv show kind of deal.
I find this topic interesting because it’s a passion of mine. Working with children, and allowing time for everything else, it amazes me how i juggle it all sometimes.
I narrowed it down to this topic because children are a big part of my life and the passion to kind of teach children, and to take care of them is something very important to me. I do however want to address how it’s not all easy at times, and between struggling a 40 hour a week job, and school, and all the other things going on, I want it to be made clear of what responsibilites I have and how i deal with them. It’s important to me to do this topic too because the irony of it all is that i thought I would fail as a nanny and that when I took the job I really didn’t want to work with children at all. At this same time I was thinking about changing my major too. By working with children it made me realize who I am as a person, and what I want to do with my life.
Things that i’m thinking about my topic is that it might be dull. However I do think that it’s something that a lot of girls my age have to deal with. Maybe not with being a nanny, but overcoming challenges, and realizing who you really are. I’m also not sure if I really have any good ideas at all?!? I do wonder too how I would go about making a film on this, and what would make it interesting. In real life it is pretty interesting, considering children are full of suprises and i’m on-call all the time. Take tonight for example, it’s 10:40 and i’m still at work. I’m fulfilling my job as Nanny, but i’m also taking care of school work. It’s chaotic, possibly interesting though?
As an outsider I would want to tell someone the struggles of being a Nanny. I would want to share with how much you come to care for the children but yet you don’t want to cross any boudaries at times. I would also want to share some of the moments that are just amazing, like when a child opens up to you and shares things with you that noone else knows. I would want to tell how amazing it is to work with children in general and that they are the most funniest creatures alive! I would however like them to see that being a 21 year old girl that it’s not that easy to take on a full time nanny position like I do.
I’m not sure if i’m even going in the right direction. Any suggestions, or comments would be great! Thanks!
Add a comment May 14, 2008
Post #3
The first video that I found was about a girl who experienced a life long passion for Shakespeare. I’m not sure if this is considered to be a personal essay but she does seem to put a lot individual thoughts, imagery, and compassion into it. During watching the video you really can kind of feel her pain and desire. It’s interesting to me to see the actual video with the words. At first I just listened to the video, and then I watched it with the pictures and it was a very interesting approach to her expressing her view points. What I think makes this a personal essay is also the way she brings in bits of pieces of her story to build up to a bigger story about how she felt she defeated Shakespeare by having a baby with someone else. It was pretty vivid imagery used in her words throughout the video as well. In this video I also see how she uses her past and memories to describe how she now feels that she is having a child. It’s intersting to see how her tone of voice changes too. It does this at one point when she adds in a work from Shakespeare. The entire video I can feel the sadness and disappointment in ther voice when she feels that she is falling away from Shakespeare. Bearing a child seems to be something that is not as happy as it should be because it is not with Shakespeare. I think this has many qualities of a personal essay. I’m not sure if it really is one, but it does seem to hold many of the charachterisitics of one.
The second video that I am posting is about a boy who started to have a passion for star wars at a young age and makes this video about how he wrote a book about them when he was younger. I feel as if this qualifies as a personal essay because of the way he takes a look into his past and uses it as a trigger for the future. The events of his past tie in to a bigger part of his life and his future and turns into a whole instead of just bits and pieces. Even though this video has no speaking and minimal words, the words that he chose to use do play a big part in getting the purpose of the imagery across. I like how strong the beginning of this video starts because the techniques of the music and the pictures really make it feel strong and something that means a lot to this person. Along with memories and imagery, this video shows a recurring theme throughout. The guy in the video continues to go back to his dream and the Star Wars theme throughout. I think this is a personal essay because of the things that I just noted. I think maybe it would qualify more if the guy actually spoke throughout it, but overall it’s pretty intersting to me to see how he approached what he wanted to get across.
Add a comment May 12, 2008
Post #2 Introduction
To start off my name is Stacey Hill. I am a senior and will be student teaching in fall in the North Colonie School District.. (I can’t wait!). I have a boyfriend who I have been with for five years, and we are currently trying to buy land to put a house on. I have a chihuahua named Patches who I absolutely adore! I love to travel, and my favorite place to go is Las Vegas!
Passions and Obsessions* One of my passions in life is working with children. I have been a nanny for two years for a family with three kids. Growing up I always babysat cousins and siblings, and because of this I think is why I wanted to become a teacher/guidance counselor.
An obsession I think I have is watching the Mets play everynight. Now i love just watching the game, but I must admit that their third baseman is great eye candy and adds in an extra bonus to the game! Watching the games gives me time to relax with my dog and my boyfriend and just kind of appreciate the simplicity of life at the time. Another obsession that i don’t think i could live without is chocolate chip cookies..Yum!!
Hobbies and Pasttimes* During high school I played volleyball all four years! I love volleyball to this day but dont’ get the chance to participate in it as much as I’d like. One of my hobbies during the winter is snowmobiling. My boyfriend and I have two snowmobiles which we take to Speculator, New York for a week during January. Other than that I like to cook, bake, and spend as much time traveling as possible!!
I am currently working as a nanny for a family of three children. This job has made me realize my strong points when it comes to working with children. Along with strong points comes weak points and I think as I continue to see the chidlren develop I will help master my weaknesses. Before I became a nanny, I worked in retail for three years. I worked at Contempo Casuals right up until they closed last year. It was a great job, but i’m glad to be done with it.
I know how to make great mixed drinks! This is a specialty of mine! I also have recently mastered making taco dip, buffalo chicken dip, and a spicy guacamole dip! (Hopefully these will come in handy this summer!)
For my personal essay I was thinking about doing something about traveling. I have been to las vegas many times and I really enjoy the experience of a completely different life style. Other than that I was leaning towards maybe working with children, because this is what I do on a daily basis. I’m kind of stuck on ideas other than that. Hopefully as I continue to think about it I can narrow it down.
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