BREAKFREE 2.0
THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT WE EXPLORED THE CONCEPT OF "BREAKING FREE." IN THIS PROJECT WE WERE EXPOSED TO SOCIAL EXPERIMENTS THAT ALLOWED US TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH RACE IMPACTED US. WE CONDUCTED AN EXPERIMENTS WERE WE HAD TO WRITE THE STEREOTYPES WE KNEW FOR EACH RACE SUCH AS BLACK, WHITE, MEXICAN, AND ASIAN. AFTER THIS EXPERIMENT I WAS RENDERED SPEECHLESS, I WAS ASHAMED THAT I KNEW ALL THESE STEREOTYPES. HOWEVER, I LEARNED THAT ISSUE IS NOT THE FAULT OF EACH INDIVIDUAL, ITS THE AFTER EFFECT OF THE HISTORY THAT SHAPES OUR TODAY. WE WANTED TO COMBAT THIS ISSUE, SO WE SPLIT INTO GROUPS, AND WE BEGAN OUR JOURNEY TO BREAKING FREE. FEEL FREE TO EXPLORE MY BREAK FREE JOURNEY DOWN BELOW, AND FOLLOW OUR PAGE ON INSTAGRAM @BREAKFREEOFFICIAL TO STAY UPDATED.
MY THAT CARD
THE FIRST STEP INTO BREAKING FREE WAS TO CREATE OUR "THAT" CARDS. OUR "THAT" CARDS WERE SUPPOSED TO PORTRAY A VULNERABLE SIDE OF OURSELVES. I WROTE ABOUT A VERY IMPORTANT MOMENT IN MY LIFE, WHERE I UNDERSTOOD THAT RACE MATTERS. I WAS GLAD TO HAVE WRITTEN A THAT CARD, BECAUSE IT SHOWED ME HOW I STRONG I HAVE BECOME. THIS THAT CARD ALLOWED ME TO GAIN INSPIRATION THAT REALLY HELPED ME OUT DURING THIS PROJECT. LISTENING TO MY CLASSMATES THAT CARDS WAS VERY BENEFICIAL, BECAUSE I FINALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT WE ALL FACE OBSTACLES THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES.
SPOKEN WORD POEM
DURING THIS STEP OF MY BREAKFREE JOURNEY I WAS ABLE TO FURTHER ELABORATE ON MY THAT CARD. WRITING THIS SPOKEN WORD POEM WAS REALLY THERAPEUTIC. EVEN THOUGH WRITING THIS SPOKEN WORD POEM WAS EASY, PERFORMING IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT. I WAS REALLY SHY AND I FELT SCARED TO PERFORM MY SPOKEN WORD POEM. HOWEVER, THANKS TO JOANNE ALWAYS ENCOURAGING ME TO PERFORM AND CONSTANTLY TELLING ME THAT MY PIECE WAS POWERFUL DURING REHEARSALS, I WAS ABLE TO DO A GREAT JOB. NOW I FEEL VERY RELAXED PERFORMING ON STAGE, AND I AM CONSTANTLY WRITING NEW MATERIALS.
PRESENTATION
TO EXPLAIN OUR PROPOSAL, WE HAD TO CREATE A PRESENTATION TO SHOW THE OTHER CLASSMATES IN ORDER TO RECEIVE CRITIQUES. WE CREATED A VERY SPECIAL PRESENTATION. BECAUSE WE WERE FOCUSING ON THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND LIKES ON INSTAGRAM, WE POSTED OUR MAIN POINTS AS INSTAGRAM PHOTOS IN ORDER TO CREATE A PRESENTATION THAT WAS VERY UNIQUE.
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BREAKFREE VIDEO: PROJECT PROPOSAL
WHEN WE FIRST BEGAN TO COME UP WITH THE IDEAS FOR THIS VIDEO, WE HAD VERY GOOD BUT NOT FIRM IDEAS. WE CONSTANTLY KEPT COMING UP WITH IDEAS THAT WERE BRAND NEW BUT WE WERE STUCK FOR A WHILE. THEN WE DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING WE WERE PASSIONATE ABOUT, SO WE FOUND AN ISSUE THAT WE ALL WERE DEALING AND WE BEGAN GOING TO WORK.
FINAL VIDEO
THIS VIDEO TOOK A LOT OF HARD WORK. MY GROUP MEMBERS AND I ALL SPLIT THE WORK EVENLY, SO THE WORK LOAD WASN'T AS STRESSFUL AS ANY OTHER PROJECT. HOWEVER, WE GOT REALLY GOOD REACTIONS WHEN WE CONDUCTED OUR EXPERIMENT. ALL THE HARD WORK REALLY PAID OFF AND THE VIDEO CAME OUT REALLY NICE. FEEL FREE TO WATCH OUR VIDEO DOWN BELOW, AND SHARE TO HELP US MAKE THE BREAKFREE MOVEMENT VIRAL.
EXHIBITION & SELF REFLECTION
THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT I UNDERSTOOD THE CONCEPT OF BREAKING FREE. TO ME BREAKING FREE IS GOING AGAINST ALL OF SOCIETY'S RULES THAT LIMIT ME. I FOUND THIS PROJECT TO BE VERY CHALLENGING BECAUSE I AM
A VERY PRIVATE PERSON. I DON'T LIKE SHARING VULNERABLE PARTS OF MYSELF, BUT THIS PROJECT ALLOWED ME TO EXPLORE THAT PART. I WAS ABLE TO OVERCOME MY FEAR OF SHARING MY THOUGHTS THANKS MY TEACHER JOANNE. SHE ENCOURAGED ME AND TOLD ME THAT MY SPOKEN WORD POEM WAS POWERFUL, AND SHE CHEERED ME ON TILL THE END. THIS PROJECT HAS TAUGHT ME VERY IMPORTANT SKILLS THAT WILL HELP IN THE LONG RUN SUCH AS TIME MANAGEMENT, GROUP COOPERATION, AND STAGE PRESENCE. BREAKFREE HAS CHANGED MY WAY OF THINKING, AND ALLOWED TO THINK BEFORE I SPEAK. BREAKFREE CHANGED MY WHOLE PERSPECTIVE, NOW I SEE OTHERS THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENSE. THE ULTIMATE REWARD WAS OUR EXHIBITION AT QUEEN BEE'S.
THE VENUE LOOKED AMAZING, AND THE PERFORMANCES WERE OUTSTANDING.
A VERY PRIVATE PERSON. I DON'T LIKE SHARING VULNERABLE PARTS OF MYSELF, BUT THIS PROJECT ALLOWED ME TO EXPLORE THAT PART. I WAS ABLE TO OVERCOME MY FEAR OF SHARING MY THOUGHTS THANKS MY TEACHER JOANNE. SHE ENCOURAGED ME AND TOLD ME THAT MY SPOKEN WORD POEM WAS POWERFUL, AND SHE CHEERED ME ON TILL THE END. THIS PROJECT HAS TAUGHT ME VERY IMPORTANT SKILLS THAT WILL HELP IN THE LONG RUN SUCH AS TIME MANAGEMENT, GROUP COOPERATION, AND STAGE PRESENCE. BREAKFREE HAS CHANGED MY WAY OF THINKING, AND ALLOWED TO THINK BEFORE I SPEAK. BREAKFREE CHANGED MY WHOLE PERSPECTIVE, NOW I SEE OTHERS THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENSE. THE ULTIMATE REWARD WAS OUR EXHIBITION AT QUEEN BEE'S.
THE VENUE LOOKED AMAZING, AND THE PERFORMANCES WERE OUTSTANDING.