MEAN GIRLS

• good
  • experience in film making
  • people are already excited about it
  • probably would be the more fun out of the two options
  • helps in making a portfolio (if i'm not violating copyright)
• bad
  • VERY relient on other people. if someone is uncooperative, it could keep me from graduating
  • how am i supposed to film the drinking/party scenes?
  • i'm fairly certain it's an arrant copyright violation
  • VERY, VERY time-consuming. filming is just the beginning. editing takes me hours.
  • ridiculously expensive, I'm realizing. A dolly costs at least $100, boom mics are like $800, and editing software that isn't shit costs at least $1000. thankfully i already own a camcorder.

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• good
  • my two favorite things ever: books and movies
  • independent: no worrying about other people being committed
  • gives me a chance to read books that I wouldn't otherwise have time for
  • allows me to explore the relationship between books and movies, which is very important since my ultimate goal is to be a director who makes movies from books
  • i regulate the pace. i already have it set up so that the last book (the long one - 1000 pages) is optional, and whether i read it or not will be dictated by the pace in which i read the others
  • with Mr. Anthony as my faculty advisor i'd be able to discuss the books with him
• bad
  • it's not very glamorous/ISP-ish
  • it will be a heck of a lot of reading on top of AP English (but hey, I love reading anyway)