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In our story about the blind singer I did part camera,
I wrote some of the script, and I edited.
I did a lot of the camerawork for a lot of it, but most of it was just the editing.
This year my students for HIKI NO were all 6th graders.
And it was a bit of a contrast from the previous year where I worked with 8th graders.
I started from kind of like zero.
Um, they did not have any experience.
We kind of knew our capabilities and we all got along.
At some points we were kind of playful and stuff like that, but it ended up like we all
were serious about it.
We all knew exactly what we were supposed to do.
There were some challenges just in terms of the 6th graders are a little bit more playful.
However, at the same time, they had this energy.
And I think they had no fear.
They said, Okay, we’ll do it. Hey, why not?
I think the interview, the interview turned out pretty good.
The hardest part was picking out the best things that she said, ‘cause she said a lot, yeah.
People might think, "Oh I'd be so terrified to take a step without being able to see."
How we got the story from her interview was, we picked out a bunch of clips.
We printed them, we cut them out, then we chose the ones that we thought fit the most,
and that made the most sense.
We kept on mixing them in an order, until we thought it was good.
We had to change it a few times, but then we finally got it.
I’m really happy and really relieved that we did well.
Well, when you guy’s finally say it’s done we’re like—YES! Yes!
It’s a really nice thing that we worked really hard and now it’s finally paid off,
and it’s really satisfying.
It teaches me, um, that my students can do quite a lot.
And I don’t necessarily have to always tell them what to do.
I can take a step back and let them, again, take ownership, and see what they do.