Camp Capilano

On the second day of school to start off the year the PLP class went on a field trip to camp capilano for a night. The teachers thought it would be a good idea to go to camp to help us get used to working again and to do some team bonding. I honestly was not looking forward to this at all because all I knew about it was that we were going to be doing a lot of hard work. I also knew that we would be staying up late to work and I do not work well when I am tired. 

We got to school on Thursday morning and went to class. The teachers told us we would be doing three projects and then gave us the instructions for the first project. For the first project we had to make a reality tv intro. We watched examp,es from master chef, big brother and a couple others. Our job was to make the intro with 10 differnt characters and we had to clearly show their personality traits without them speaking. After we got the instructions we headed to our first stop which was a dam. We were randomly put into groups and got started right away because we only had an hour. In my group was Mimi, Robbie, Calum, and Ethan. We all came up with differnt characters to portray and then started filming. After the hour was up we had to walk to the camp which was about a 15 min walk, while the teachers drive their. ​

​When we arrived at the camp we had burritos for lunch then got set up in our rooms. After that we watched all of our reality tv intros and they were pretty funny. 

We were then given our second project which was to do the exact same thing as the first project except using only voices and no visuals. This would be a lot more challenging because it had to be less than 60 seconds and it is hard to distinguish 10 different  personalities in that time. Using different voices was the best way to do this along with making sure what everyone said suited their personalities. Once everyone was done we went back into the camp and listened to them all. After that we went swimming in the pool then had burgers for dinner.​

​After dinner it was finally time for the biggest and the hardest project of the camp. For the final project we had to make a podcast in partners about a story that has something to do with identity. The podcast had to be exactly 4 mins long and have original background music made on garage band. I partnered up with my friend Hannah and we started to brainstorm ideas for the story. The story could be about anything as long as it had something to do with identity and it was true. We took about 30 mins to come up with a good story. We decided to tell the story of why I don’t eat seafood. Once we got our story approved we started writing a script and working on the music. We had to do a little research to get all the information we needed and once that was don’t we started recording. The recording was pretty easy and after that all that was left was putting everything together. The editing took us a while because the podcast had to be exactly 4 mins but we were one of the first groups done. We were completely finished at 12:30 and could go to bed. ​

​The next morning we had pancakes for breakfast and they were delicious. After breakfast we listened to everyone’s podcasts and they were all really good. We critiqued everyone’s so we all New what to do better next time. Luckily Hannah and mine’s podcast was pretty good so we didn’t have a lot to critique. After that was done we cleaned up the cabin and headed home. We made when quick stop at the salmon hatchery for lunch then headed back to school. It was a really fun trip and it was a great way to start the year.