Wow...and we're all excited because we like have a blog....

This Shorewood lip dub phenomenon moved me in so many ways. There is so much more here than just viral video 15 inutes of fame, Talk Soup type stuff going on. Not only is it an innvoative idea launched by the ubiquity of Youtube, but it is also a testament to youth, public education and the power of imagination! Ok, maybe that last part was a bit much, but man oh man, does that video production class have vision! And guts...I mean big plastic bags full! No one should be more aware of the undertaking this video represents than you guys. You know how long it takes to capture even the simplest of ideas on film. Think of the use of facilities. The direction. Think about how hard it would be at Oakcrest to insure the type of pervading and uniform cooperation that occured at this high school. With epic choreography. Ridiculously clean editing. Imagine the spirit. You can feel it. Maybe Shorewood High is an unusally spirited place, but....what if it isn't. What I mean is...what if the director is just that good, and now, the world believes that it is. What if this young man has painted his own high school with the same type of broad, and encompassing stroke that Capra used for small town USA?

The video is as precise as it is imaginative...as a film teacher it depressed me, because it exposed all we are not. It also inspired me to reimagine what we can become. But more importantly, as a human being, I smiled...the whole time. I would've danced along if it weren't approaching midnight in a Costal house buzzing with the guarded silence of sleeping toddlers. And so isn't that the most important thing about film? It certainly ellicits the emotional response I always talk about. So Shorewoods High created art that was fresh and fun, and have thus left a mark on this world that can be so easily and seamlessly reached. Maybe we don't have the skill or good idea or the time or the place to pull something like this off. But, remember, your presence in this class means somewhere deep inside each of you, yes even you Clancey, there is an artist. Set that free!

What have you done? What have you created? It's midterms. How can you make the most of this institute for the last few months? How can you use it and us as tools to make the final breaths of high school great? Or just unpause your Playstation and wait for the buzz to wear off.