Gil Rosen CAPSTONE

Ultimate frisbee has become a huge part of my life at Science Leadership Academy. Ever since I joined the team back in Junior year, I never looked back. For my capstone, I wanted to do something I was passionate about. I knew doing something on ultimate frisbee was the right idea for me. I wasn’t sure at first what to do. My friend Eli, who is also captain of the Varsity team, approached on the subject and gave the idea for a documentary. I knew it was a fantastic idea since I was in the CTE program. Bringing a documentary about the biggest sport at SLA would be engaging for all. It would also give back to the school. Incoming freshman who wonder what ultimate frisbee is like would watch the documentary and know that the sport is right for them.

Bibliography:

1) YouTube. Accessed January 26, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyUjdQ9lDW-mwV9RscjOjLw/videos.

For my capstone, I am creating a documentary on the Ultimate Frisbee at Science Leadership Academy. This means for my documentary I will be using extra footage to show the playing time of the players during games and tournaments. For the team, I am responsible for recording these games and eventually uploading onto the Youtube channel for the team to watch later as game film. The Youtube channel showcases all the games and tournaments from the season and more will be uploaded for the new season. I will be using this footage for my own documentary which means this will be helping me for my project.

2) “Politics and International Studies.” How to Make a Documentary. Accessed January 26, 2018. https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/research/researchcentres/csd/whatwhydemocracyproject/filmprojects/howto/.

For my capstone, I am creating a documentary on the Ultimate Frisbee team at Science Leadership Academy. I’ve done documentaries before for my Digital Video class, but there is always improvement. My documentaries in the past have been decent, but for this capstone I want to exceed expectations and go beyond my skill set to learn more and perform more. I believe that documentaries need to have some good elements to them and this resource shows me how to create good documentaries. It will provide excellent tips for my filmmaking and also test what I know about documentaries already. 

3) “Making Documentaries: A Step By Step Guide.” Desktop-Documentaries.com. Accessed January 26, 2018. https://www.desktop-documentaries.com/making-documentaries.html.

For my capstone, I am creating a documentary on the Ultimate Frisbee team at Science Leadership Academy. I’ve done documentaries before for my Digital Video class, but there is always improvement. This source provides a useful step by step guide on how to make good documentaries. This will help my skill set become more advanced than it already is. It also gives great tips on how to research for my documentary also which is even better. I am going to need to come up with a good timeline on what I want the documentary to look like and this source helps me create that the way it should. 

4) Dave, and Matt. “How to make a Documentary: 7 Steps For Making a Breathtaking Documentary • Filmmaking Lifestyle.” Filmmaking Lifestyle. September 14, 2017. Accessed January 26, 2018. https://filmlifestyle.com/how-to-make-a-documentary/.

For my capstone, I am creating a documentary on the Ultimate Frisbee team at Science Leadership Academy. I’ve done documentaries before for my Digital Video class, but there is always improvement. Having a specific step by step guide on how to create a documentary is very useful for creating a documentary. Since this is my third source on how to create a documentary, it shows me different ways to create a documentary by different opinions. I can collect this knowledge and incorporate each guide to create my own exceeding documentary. It may be opinion based, but having opinions and resources by professionals are very useful for creating art based work. 

5) Cohen, Emily. “Ultimate Frisbee Resources.” Ultimatefrisbee101. Accessed January 26, 2018. http://www.ultimatefrisbee101.com/resources.php.

For my capstone, I am creating a documentary on the Ultimate Frisbee team at Science Leadership Academy. Ultimate frisbee is a very complex sport that most people do not know how to play. For my audience to understand the sport more and more, I will have to incorpate a segment into the documentary on how to play the sport. For me to explain the sport, I am going to need resources from a website that provides ways to play the game and learn new techniques on how to throw the frisbee properly. This resource is especially helpful because I am not an expert on the sport and I am just a player.

6) Ultimate, USA. USA Ultimate: Teaching Ultimate . Boulder, CO: USA Ultimate, 2011.

For my capstone, I am creating a documentary on the Ultimate Frisbee team at Science Leadership Academy. Ultimate frisbee is a very complex sport that most people do not know how to play. For my audience to understand the sport more and more, I will have to incorpate a segment into the documentary on how to play the sport. For me to explain the sport, I am going to need resources to explain the sport in the best way possible. Multiple sources to explain the sport is more helpful for me to understand how to explain it the best. I used the official Ultimate Frisbee organization in the United States to explain the sport. Their phamplet online as a pdf is the best way to understand the sport to the fullest. 

7) “Interview with … GBR Ultimate Frisbee player.” Interview with … GBR Ultimate Frisbee player. Accessed January 26, 2018. http://www.cppg.co.uk/article.cms/interview-with—gbr-ultimate-frisbee-player.

For my capstone, I am creating a documentary on the Ultimate Frisbee team at Science Leadership Academy. I am going to going the coach of the school who is also the principal, Mr. Lehmann. I will as well interview the captains of the varsity team to understand more of the player side of the team. For my interview, I am going to need to produce thought out questions about the sports and specifically the team. For me to complete this task, I am going to refer to a real interview someone had with a real ultimate frisbee player. This will help me create a real interviews with the coach and players so I can make the best possible documentary possible. 

8) “Interview: A Chat With UNSW Ultimate Frisbee.” Blitz UNSW. September 19, 2016. Accessed January 26, 2018. http://blitz.arc.unsw.edu.au/2016/interview-chat-unsw-ultimate-frisbee/.

For my capstone, I am creating a documentary on the Ultimate Frisbee team at Science Leadership Academy. I am going to going the coach of the school who is also the principal, Mr. Lehmann. I will as well interview the captains of the varsity team to understand more of the player side of the team. For my interview, I am going to need to produce thought out questions about the sports and specifically the team. This interview I found will create the thoughtful questions I need to make my documentary as best as it can be. Instead of one player, this interview is with an entire team so it will be more helpful since my documentary is about a specific team. 

9) OSullivan, John. “Why Sports Matter.” Changing the Game Project. December 01, 2017. Accessed January 26, 2018. http://changingthegameproject.com/why-sports-matter/.

For my capstone, I am creating a documentary on the Ultimate Frisbee team at Science Leadership Academy. My documentary is about a culture about a specific sport at my school. This article is describing why sports matter. This helps me explains and produce the documentary about why the sport matters at my school. The principal is the varsity coach and cares deeply about the sport and the team. This helps me go in depth along with the interviews on why the sport matters and compare it to my interview questions that I have for the players. 

10) Lench, Brooke De. “How a Group of Outcast Teen Boys Taught Me the Value of Youth Sports.” The Huffington Post. March 16, 2015. Accessed January 26, 2018. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-a-group-of-outcast-te_b_6879614.html.

For my capstone, I am creating a documentary on the Ultimate Frisbee team at Science Leadership Academy. This resource is an article about how someone was taught the value of sports through teenage boys. Teenage boys are the future for sports and teaching adults about the sports are crucial for modern day. My documentary is basically the same thing. I am interviewing teenage boys at Science Leadership Academy about their experience on the ultimate frisbee team. This article will help me develop the same kind of plot for my documentary. I will also interview the coach the same thing that this article addresses.