On November 16th at 8pm A Drag Queen Christmas Show started at the Folly Theatre in Kansas City Missouri. The show was made up of performances from the best drag queens from RuPauls Drag Race in the last few seasons and some that will be appearing in the All-Stars season. These drag queens were Sasha Velour, Latrice Royal,Shea Coulee, Chi Chi DeVayne, Farrah Moan, Aja,Kim Chi, Eureka, all of it is hosted by Trinity Taylor.
Drag can be described as someone imitating a women in an exaggerated way and a drag queen is someone who is in drag and performs. The show consisted off several different drag queens performing in their own style of drag lip syncing to Christmas songs, dancing, telling jokes, and interacting with the audience. It was a night full of happiness, togetherness, and the Christmas spirit. I attend the show with my friend Zach and Jaiden. Zach's favorite of the whole show was "seeing Farrah Moan...almost naked... I liked the tear aways " and we all agreed that our least favorite part was leaving the show. "Seeing what ideas they had and the singing" made Jaiden's night at the Folly. One of there most memorable moments is when Trinity Taylor pulled an audience member in and started to kiss him, that was very unexpected. The show never had a dull moment.
"We are definitely going back next year" is the reaction we all had to seeing the show. A Drag Queen Christmas Show comes to KC every year and is always worth a watch. If you are looking for a good, fun time don't miss the best drag queens when they come to KC.
To help the Kansas City Community the Olathe Northwest Student Councils holds an annual summer, spring, and fall blood drive. Is that time of year when the fall blood drive is taking place.
The ONW blood drive holds an annual fall blood drive due to the blood shortage the area is going through. Due to our large school population, we have been able to break records and donate up to 250 pints of blood through our fall blood drive alone. The blood drive is run by Olathe Northwest Student Council and donations are collected through the Johnson County Community Blood Center. Every year the blood drive takes place at ONW in the East Gym from 7:30-3:30,this year it will be held on November 10th.In order to set up the blood drive, Student Council must spread the word through posters, flyers, and social media to let people know when it's happening. Then they must get food and gift donations from businesses as an inattentive for people to donate. On the day of the drive the Community Blood Center workers come to the school and set up for the day.
The fall blood drive is very important to the community due to the need for donations and the increasing number of people who need them. One pint of blood has the ability to save three lives, but blood has an expiration date so it would need to be used fast. Due to the latest hurricanes striking Florida, Texas, and Puerto Rico, many of our fall blood drive donations will be shipped to those devastated areas as well 60 local hospitals. The Community Blood Center has been very generous in providing information about the need for blood and spending their whole day at our school to help collect it. Our own Student Council Executive Board has been a tremendous help in having information about the blood drive and the cause and helping plan and organize it. The blood drive this year takes place on November 10th and we're hopeful for another record breaking one.
After the blood drive is done, we will help clean up and put everything back on the Community Blood Drive truck so they can go to their next blood drive. The days following the drive, people at the blood center will look at our donation data and figure out how many pints of blood we were able to donate. This is the time when we will learn if we set another record and had a successful blood drive. Then we start planning and figuring out what we can do better at our spring blood drive.
Finding The Story
This weeks project was to create a new, better feature story. Our stories had to have at least two interviews, B-roll, voice overs, and somewhat of a conclusion. To complete these projects we were once again a part of a group. My group had Sophie, Kevin, Caleb, and myself in it. After creating our group we had to find a story about something that was happening outside of our video class. After long discussions about what the story would be about, we decided to make it our feature story about the Fall Blood Drive. Once we had our story it was time to put all the parts together.
Putting All The Pages In Order
After we had decided on our story topic we had to start building it and how we were going to film it. First we choose what kind of information we wanted to give about the blood drive. We choose to include information about the planning and setting up process for the blood drive and what donors should do in preparation for donating like making an appointment and eating the right kinds of food. After that we decided what kind of B-roll we wanted to use and who we wanted to interview. For B-roll we choose to use pictures from previous blood drives and to interview Austin Shivley, Stuco President, and Sydeny Stephens, Stuco Secretary. We interviewed Austin and Sydeny because they help lead and coordinate the planning and setting up of the blood and have the most general information about it. After choosing B-roll and who we were going to interview we created a shot list, questions to ask in the interview, and voice overs. Once of that was done and down on paper we started to film interviews and voice overs. This part to a few tries to get it how we wanted and working properly. Then we started to edit and created our feature story about the ONW Fall Blood Drive.
What I Learned Along The Way
Throughout the process of making a feature I learned some new things. The first thing I learned about is all the hard work that is put into creating just one feature story. From the outside it looks like just a long interview with some pictures thrown in there when in reality it takes a lot of thought and editing to make it good. Another thing I learned is to check what input channel you have switched on so that way you have audio when going back to edit and not having to go back and redo the whole video. The last thing I learned is that making feature stories and spreading information is fun and enjoyable. This project has taught me a lot technically and socially.
Revisions?
Overall I am very proud of my finished project and think I did a pretty good job. I like how my interview flows and how the story makes sense, I like the subject the story talks about, and I like the editing I did in it. However, there a few things I would change. One thing I would change is the framing of some shots and using the rule of thirds, shrinking the head space. Another thing change I would make is getting better microphones so that way they clip on to the person and don't fall off their clothes or the clip. the last thing I would change is getting more B-roll. I feel like if I had more B-roll the video would be more interesting to watch.
On November 16th at 8pm A Drag Queen Christmas Show started at the Folly Theatre in Kansas City Missouri. The show was made up of performances from the best drag queens from RuPauls Drag Race in the last few seasons and some that will be appearing in the All-Stars season. These drag queens were Sasha Velour, Latrice Royal,Shea Coulee, Chi Chi DeVayne, Farrah Moan, Aja,Kim Chi, Eureka, all of it is hosted by Trinity Taylor.
