What Matters Most

What matters most to me is Jesus. It might sound cliché to you, but it is true. I would not be the person I am now with out him saving me. If it was not for the trails and tribulations he put me through I would probable in the worst state of mind. My friends have even noticed that I am a different person ever since I was saved by Christ. I am so thankful that I have Christ in my life, to help protect me from so many temptations. But even as a Christian, I do suffer from sinful temptations. Thankfully Jesus forgives, he wipes your slate clean, and you start over new. In my life, what matters most to me is having Jesus in every step of it.

"Roller Boogie"

Rob Sheffield tells about his passion with rock-and-roll. As a teen, Sheffield made playlist for school dances. He was so in love with this hobbie that he didnt worry about anything in the world. I wish I could have done that when I was 13 years old.

"Perfect From Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life"

John Stellers talks about how he went from listening to music on CD's to listening to music on iTunes. He feels great when he buys CD's, and enjoys the whole process of a new CD. He loves itunes but doesnt want to go through with itunes all the way. And he loves the play count option on iTunes.

"Play"

Olive Panter, 16, writes a story about music. Olive grew up listening to music and learning how to create art- in all of its ways. She drops a lot of bands and musician names showing her infromation of music. She likes all kinds of music. She finds out that everyone has different music and that means everyone has different lifes.

"What Truthiness Taught Me About Being (Un)Cool"

Sarah Schelde, is obsessed with Stephen Colbert. She even likes to accept Mr. Colbert's life myths. The narrator claims that she owes her individuality to this Colbert because it helped her to achive her goals. She admires Stephen Colbert's strong sense of morals.

"Appeal From an Angry Not So Emo"

Kali Moriarty, 15, feels people at her school pick on her group of friends becasue the way they act. They call her group "emo". Kali infroms us that the bullying needs to stop becasue is can cause physical harmed to ones self. The story talks about how hard it is to be a teenager sometimes.

"Just Watch"

Saskia Boggs, 17, tells about the role television plays in her family's life. Saskia thinks that watching T.V. distracts her from talking with others and it competes with music to get poeples attention.But Saskia tells us how hard it is to stop watching television.

"The Depth of Depp"

A crazy girl or you could call her a teenager named Grace Habegger talks about her love with Johnny Depp. She is an actress, the narrator is inspired by Johnny Depp and his 'amazing' talent playing the characters he has played. Grace tells us how she 1st heard of Johnny Depp in Edward Scissorhands. She learns about acting from his work. Grace loves listening to Johnny Depp speak in interviews because he makes things sound more important to the world. She loves the way Depp takes care of his family.

"The O.C.- The Road Warrior"

Summer & Marissa talk about voice overs. Summer records her voice and then plays the recording. In the recording, Summer speaks what she thought about what clothes she is/was going to wear. SHe comes up with an understanding that we need to make decions even if people already make decions for us. Marissa doesnt get it, Summer argues that voice-overs make stories more dramatic. Which is true because just look at our videos

"High School Confidential- Episode 1: Lauren G. and Cappie"

Lauren G. and Cappie are two high school girl. Completly different from eat other. But they are both in the same grade, and the cameras follow them around from 9th grade to 12th grade. They both tell the best and the worst things that have happend to them through out high school. Lauren G. became a cheer leader, but she developed a tumor in her brain. As if high school wasnt as bad as it is. And Cappie starts as a party girl and trys to find help by hanging out with boys because she didnt have the greatest realtionship with her father. But both girls go through tough struggles and become a even better person in the end.

"This American Life- My Way"

The cameras follows three people with crazy personalities. 1st is 14-year-old Joe lives in his own world of Dungeons and Dragons. He doesnt like to deal with the emotion love, so he decides to never fall in love. Not even with his family. Brad Blanton is a polititionwho thinks that being completly honest is always the best policy. He promises to never lie because lying makes him come off as wrong. Marcus Halevi is a photographer who takes pictures of unbarble acts. The 3 are all very different from the normal person and they dont want to change the way they are.

"This American Life- God's Close-Up"

Two people tell us about their favorite Biblical scenes. McPherson is a Mormon who travels around Utah looking for men with beards, which is a hard because Mormons dont reallylike men who grow beards. The bearded men are used as models as Jesus and His followers and Ben paints the scenes. The second character, Christy, is an atheist and she is a very confusing girl. Her father is a Christian. Christy says she does not believe in God, but she likes painting pictures of Jesus. Bob and Christy like to paint their personal interpretations of images in the Bible. Which is very confusing to me.

"Running"

"Running" Juan is a guy who is obsessed with running. Especially the streets of LA. The narrator observes everything around him.The narrator keeps the story fast just as he is running. Rodriguez loves the beauty of life because he thinks that Los Angeles is nasty.

"Born to Run"

Bruce Springsteen reflects on the creation he took to produce his record, "Born to Run". Springsteen musician searching for people to listen to his music. His lyrics tell his emotions in a song format. This video has video footage of Springsteen in the studio and on stage. It has interviews with Springsteen, his producer, engineer, and band members were also in these videos. After watching this video, I am inspired to make my story nothing like this.

"My So Called Life- Pilot"

The girl talking tells us her thoughts about high school in this television-form personal narrative. She lives with her mom, dad, and younger sister. BY making an extreme change, she dyes her hair. The show has acting, music, and voice-overs. After watching this I want to show a side of me that people would not expect.

"Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence"

Paul Feig tells us about his insecurity as a kid. He tells about school and his mother and how they empacted his life. You feel bad for him becasue of his name, But he seems to be crying about such a silly thing. But I can understand becasue it can affect you in a major way when you grow older.

"I Am From" Video Stills

"I Am From" Video

My LA

Though I am not from Los Angeles, I am from Granada Hills, which is in Los Angeles County, which is the same thing, right? But I have been sheltered from the dark side of LA my whole life. I have only been to down about 4 times my whole life. Been to Hollywood probably 25 times, to see shows at the El Capitan. But I have been to North Hollywood many many times. So many times that I almost lived there. But I know most of the streets there and I know so many people there, but not the whole city just a good 50 to 100 people that live there. But I love North Hollywood, I love how they have the NoHo art district that is only a block long or so. But in the block it has a few cool art stuff but nothing crazy. I basically lived on Burbank and Lankershim. Because I use to go to the church right on that corner called The Center at North Hollywood. That church was so big and I was discovering new rooms in that place for weeks. It was amazing how big that place was. Unforchanetly, our church didn’t have enough money to support such a large piece of property so we moved to Granada Hills. We still love our church, plus its not about the building or location. It’s about God.

Travis Gergen, 18 ;Dos and Don’ts

What fires me up is life. I mean the point of life is to live it out as long as you can and do what is best, great, and fun in life. You have to live your life out to the fullest, but stay in the boundaries of society. What I mean is that you can have fun but you can’t go all crazy and loose all your morals and other things while you’re having fun. Like I can go out and have fun with friends, as long as I don’t go drinking, do drugs, or have sex. I think most kids do whatever they want to do, without any restrictions. I have boundaries that I won’t cross, but I once have crossed these boundaries. But I try my best to not even go near these boundaries anymore. Anyways back to the point, what fires me up is life and all that I can do. I choose the safer routes when the outcome can be dangerous. But with things that I know the outcome could be I will take ricks and chances. I want to basically not look back at situations and say “I should have done that”. No regrets anymore. And I know I’m all over the place now but I don’t care anymore. Live your life to the fullest without hurting anyone.