[VVP/Teen] Picking a topic for final project
Hey guys, I just got on to blog to talk a little about Tuesday’s workshop. Tuesday we discussed the pros and cons about deciding either to film Global Warming or Child Soldiers. We talked about how it could be harder to make a second life machinima on Global Warming because the subject in general was too broad. Too many things to discuss in one machinima and it got kind of controversial because people can interpret the machinima in too many different ways. People would really have to think before they get the message across. Child Soldiers on the other hand was more specific in detail. Even though the fact that it’s about other countries that have this problem occurring, if we make a machinima on Child Soldiers, it may get some of us to get involved with that problem because if we can send help to other people from different countries, we can definitely do something to try to reduce the percentage of children being abducted from their homes and forced in to the military.
Children's families are often murdered in order to be able to abduct their children. In the end, the majority of the group voted for Child Soldiers. Towards the end of the session, we watched a documentary on children in Uganda living in fear everyday. The fact that they were taken from their homes…some people should really help or do something about it. I feel it’s great how they don’t lose hope in anything. They have dreams and hopes to be free and come to America to live a good life. Some of us here take advantage of that, like some people give up just because they failed in something, but we have lots more opportunities to gain another chance unlike the kids in Africa. They're trying to survive and they know that they can be taken away anytime, but that doesn’t stop them from dreaming. I hope somebody stops this one day. Anyways guys see you all on Thursday. Take care!
