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Editing! The vast world of editing is fun to explore! However, when you have no experience, it’s tough. That’s why I’m here to tell all my Romeo and Juliet editors out there 10 tips for editing an effective and flowing scene. Camera Angles While camera angles aren’t done while editing in post, they’re the most important thing to editing. If your shots aren’t intriguing or creative, you will lose your viewers’ attention immediately. If you have a small frame with five people jammed into it, your audience doesn’t know where to look. For shots with a lot of people, you need to get either a wide shot or put your shot at a large angle. For shots where you want to focus on one person, to POV shots of another person in the scene. If your scenes are boring or average, you lose eyes. Music MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC! Music is…

The annual Earth Force work day is today! This is an entire day that is dedicated to improving the health of East Indian Creek, a stream located in Morris Park, only steps away from our campus. This day also provides an opportunity to eighth graders working on their Earth Force projects to utilize this day to advance their work. From a personal standpoint, I will be one of those people. I’m working to make sure that trees are planted in and around our community, especially for those that need them. There is a chance that there will be trees to plant tomorrow. You’re probably wondering what kinds of activities will be included. We will be removing invasive species, clearing swamp algae, removing dead wood from trails, digging a runoff trench to prevent water erosion on the trail, and doing some general litter patrol. I interviewed Dr. Z., one of the coordinators…

Welcome to a short article on the National History Bee! We have some great news: four contestants from our school are moving on to the national finals. (That is a record high for Friends’ Central.) The finals will be held in Atlanta, Georgia on June 1-4. The four contestants are: Sam Kazak, Charlie Szwartz, Jacob Lowry, and Dev Gupta. All of us would like to thank Mr. Chagan for the time he put into the Bee and all the times he helped us practice and prepare for the finals. The next paragraph is Mr. Chagan’s interview. (Note: The italics are me asking the question.) What do you think about the regional finals and the history bee in general? I think the opportunity for students to compete in the regional finals is a terrific opportunity for them to get a chance to work with kids across different grades and they get…

Bettering our communities and improving the quality of our experiences aren’t easy tasks. They take a lot of work, dedication, and willing citizens in order to make progress in society. Our eighth grade community has been given an assignment called, “Earth Force,” which is about working with a cause that you are passionate about. Eighth graders Ha-Eun Choi, Anne Gullace, and Cindy Kim are working on their Earth Force project now. They are donating books to the Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania and to GoodWill. I had the fortunate opportunity to be able to talk to Ha-Eun about their project and got some details about the process of collecting the books. Why did you decide on this project? We all like to read books so we wanted to donate some so that others can read them. How have you been going about collecting books? We made an assembly announcement, we have…