My earliest memory of using technology was probably in kindergarten. Even though it was just painting, being able to use the computer was remarkable to me.
My high school consisted of 3 magnets. Fashion/Business, Engineering, and Technology.
I was placed in Technology as a freshman. In 9th grade, my first computer class was Computer Science. Honestly, I was lost. The teacher noticed and wrote me a slip to go to the library while he asked the Digital Imagery teacher if I could be in her senior/sophomore class. I got in and again I was lost.
She gave me a tutor (alumni). He was full of shit. I eventually caught up to the assignments but at the end, I got a D.
In tenth grade, I retook the Digital Imagery class but this time with people my own age and in the same grade. I learned how to use the program. The stamp tool was my favorite.
At one point I was obsessed with photo shopping eyes and making them look abstract by using the stamp tool. I would lightly change an image, let's say a wolf howling at the moon or a clock and I would stamp it on top of the eye.
In eleventh grade, I took "photography". It was just Digital Imagery (Part 2) again but this time we had to take our own pictures and create something out of it using photo shop. I wasn't too shabby, if I do say so myself.
My senior year, I took filmaking. This was probably my favorite year.
Yes it was difficult coming up with a good screenplay and yes it was cold when we played a broadcaster in the rain but it was all worth it when I got to learn iMovie and create what before were still images, into moving pictures hence our films. It was all worth it when my group left the audience shocked when they saw our final film. It was worth it being nominated for an award for one of our films. It was worth meeting The Game at the Fox Studios.
At the end, it was worth it getting that A in Filmaking.
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