your MOMENT
What was your favorite part of Student Media?
I really like getting out of my comfort zone by talking to people. I like the feeling of getting a really good photo. -Greanly Phillips, 10
finding the per fect
Signing Day in the cafeteria. “Videoing is something that I’ve always wanted to do ever since I was a little kid, and being able to just hold a camera and string segments together to make a film is probably the best feeling to have,” Allem said. photo courtesy of l. thompson BLENDER BEGINNER Creating a project for Kari Fortik’s English class, Hayden Brown, junior, teaches himself how to use a new program called Blender on the computer, not ever used before in the classroom. He recreated the TedTalk set virtually by learning as he goes. photo courtesy of h. brown
DOWN’N’DIRTY While filming for LoboTrax, Jonathan Harker, junior, gets on the floor to capture activities in the
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WORKING IN STYLE Yearbook staffer Brooklynn Gelosa, sophomore, works hard to get her pages done for the yearbook. “I’ve never done this before and I just really like meeting new people. It’s a new experience,” courtesy l. thompson
Gelosa said. photo by s. ransel PICTURE PERFECT While taking photos in the band room, Julia Gnuechtel, freshman, focuses her camera to get the perfect picture. “What I like most is to just capture a moment that you can’t really replay,” Gnuechtel said. photo by s. ransel
“I enjoy Interactive Media because I get to actually use my ideas for film and I get to bring them to life. It’s really awesome.” -Isabella Motter, 10
LOVE FOR LOBOTRAX Getting the best footage for LoboTrax, Nathaniel Allem, sophomore, films National
gym. “I’m always in the pursuit of the perfect shot,” Harker said. photo courtesy of l. thompson
After school work sessions, looming deadlines, talking to strangers. That’s what student media was all about. Whether you were in ewspaper, yearbook, LoboTrax, or Interactive Media, getting shoved out of your comfort zone was pretty much guaranteed. “I’m usually not very comfortable talking to people I don’t know, but since I joined yearbook I kind of had to learn how to approach strangers,” Sydney Ransel, freshman, said. But being in student media wasn’t just about interviews. Depending on which class they were in, the staff also had to write news articles, make and edit videos, and put ogether a yearbook. To do this, there was a lot they needed to learn. “In LoboTrax I’ve learned how to use Adobe programs like Audition, Photoshop, After Effects, and Premiere,” Hayden Brown, junior, aid. In student media, everyone formed deep friendships and made emories they will cherish forever. Many emotions flowed around the oom every day in student media: stress, worry, but mainly happiness and enjoyment. You could always walk into Mrs. Thompson’s room and see someone smiling or hear someone laughing. “There’s always someone who’s happy, who can brighten the rest of the room up,” Sabrynna Clate, freshman, said. “If we’re stressed about a deadline people are always willing to make us laugh.” Staffers in student media had to use their imagination to tell a story, even if it meant working overtime. They were determined to get it done. “It is omething that you can express feelings and emotions toward,” Liam hristianson, freshman, said. “Student Media is really about enjoying the journey, not just the destination.”
candy, Cheyenne Prieto, junior, creates a work of art for the yearbook. “I think it was really fun to spend time with other classmates and make the pages,” Prieto said. photo
I like doing my own segments, because then I can kind of be creative and I can bring in the people I want to bring in. d -Sullivan McGarvey, 9
more than just a video
capturing moments one picture at a time
GRAHAM CRACKER CRAFTS Using graham crackers and
I really enjoy filming and working with other people.”d -Cortney Muilenburg, 9
SHOOTING FOR PERFECTION
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My favotive thing is that you get to learn how to be really independent and you learn life skills.d -Kayla Fuller, 9
WRITE YOUR OWN STORY
another legendary staff
HIGHSCHOOL REFLECTION Sitting next to the Vietnam War Memorial during the DC trip, the Editor in Chief of the Newspaper, Riley Patton, senior, spends his break in a photoshoot with his friends. “It’s very weird having to just let go and just let things happen and sometimes it’s kind of like watching a car crash and other times it’s not,” Patton said. photo by c. kennedy DESTINATION D.C. On the DC trip the Editor in Chief of the yearbook, Samantha Smith, Junior, poses for a photoshoot at Mount Vernon. “I would say there are a bunch of ups, but then around deadlines, it gets stressful and the tears come out, but it’s worth it in the end when we get to open up the box of books and see everything finished. It’s just my baby,” Smith said. photo by c. kennedy MIC DROP Hayden Brown, junior, holds up a brand new video mic for the rest of his LoboTrax crew to see. “LoboTrax got much better at writing stories, telling stories, and together all of us have grown to a point that I never thought we’d get to,” Brown said. photo by s. smith YEARBOOKING AT ITS FINEST While taking photos for the yearbook the Photo Editor, Carson Kennedy, junior, gets low to shoot AP Psychology experimenting children’s ideas. “Yearbook has opened up a lot of opportunities for me. I’ve gotten to do a lot of things that I would have never gotten to do without it,” Kennedy said. “Through student media I’ve really found what I want to do.” photo by s. smith GAME ON As the yearbook staff all stand in a line to figure out lighting for a basketball picture, Jayce Brady, junior, stands in the front, looking fierce. “We were in the gym testing the lighting to see how the basketball pictures would come out, so it kind of was just like something fun that we did to get out of class,” Brady said. photo by c. kennedy
HANGING WITH GEORGE Holding hands with a
statue of George Washington, the Junior Editor of Newspaper, Zoe Watts, sophomore, looks off into the distance. “Joining student media helped me meet a lot of great people. They’re kind of like my life long friends now. Making memories with them has been one of my greatest high school experiences,” Watts said. photo by s. smith CAMERA
AT THE READY While taking pictures in the gym,
Graciela Fisher, sophomore, sits against the wall to get the perfect angle of the game. “I really like taking pictures. I just like it because it’s really cool to see things in a different perspective and getting to capture really cool moments is an awesome feeling overall,” Fisher said. photo courtesy of l. thompson
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