Leslie Smeaton Portfolio

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Leslie Smeaton

10th Grade

LSmeaton at annrichardsstars.com

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Table of Contents

Cover Letter..............................................Pg. 1

Resume......................................................Pg.2

Certicates & Awards...............................Pg. 4

Sample Assignments...............................Pg. 12

Pathway Piece.........................................Pg. 14


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January 31, 2011

Leslie Smeaton

2206 Prather Lane

Austin, TX

78704

Dear Austin Film Society,

I am interested in interning for you. One day, Id like to get a job in the lm industry and hope that interning for

the society will help teach me.

I hope to either be an animator, a screenplay writer or a cinematographer. It intrigues me how the Austin Film

Society helps lmmakers who are struggling to start somewhere, trying to get their work out into the public. You

probably even help launch the careers of very successful people. It would be an honor to help be a part of making

peoples cinematic dreams come true.

I am currently a 10th grader at the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders. I am in the Media Tech

pathway class, which teaches all aspects of lm. Having a teacher with experience in lm and TV, he knows whathes doing and can explain how the things were learning can apply to the real world lm industry. So far in the

course, Ive learned the following programs:

Final Cut pro

Garage Band

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe After Effects

I have a basic understanding of these programs and could make a simple lm or animation. At ARS, were also

encouraged to do service work. I have done about 40 hours of service work at the Society before, helping out

with Summer Camps by assisting students with lming and editing. Prior to that, I have participated in some of

the camps myself. It was a fun experience, and it made me more interested in becoming a part of this business.

Having primary knowledge of the Austin Film Society, I have an idea of what the environment is like and howsome things work around there. I know a worker of yours, Jonny Stranger, who believes I could make a good

candidate for interning at the Society. By best possible way, I can be reached by email: LeslieSmeaton@gmail.

com if there are any questions concerning anything else you would need to know.

Thank you for taking the time to read this letter, and I hope you can see me as a probable candidate for

internship.

Leslie Smeaton


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Leslie Sheridan Smeaton 3500 Santa Monica DrAustin, TX 7 8741

5 1 2- 7 3 6- 8 97 6

lSmeaton @annri chards

Aug 10 - Jun 11 Ann Richards School For Young Women Leaders

Austin, TX

10th Grade

Education

Present Wrapp er

Austin, TX

Blue Sant a

Grade 9

Volunteer Service

Jun 09 - Jun 10 Counselor Assistant

Austin, TX

Austin Film Society

Grades 9,10

40 Hours/ Week

Total Hours: 80

I voulenteer f or this organizat ion every Summer I can.

Sep 06 - May 07 Chess Club

Grade 6

Extracurricular Activities

Sep 10 - Jan 11 Roller Derby

Grade 10

Aug 07 - Jun 09 NJHS

Grades 7 ,8,9

A/ B Honor Roll

Grades 6,7,8,9,10

I str ive to do my academic best in school.

Awards/ Certificates

May 07 Perfect Attendance

I attened school all day, everyday without a single sick day.

Skil ls/ Academic Achievement

May 07 - Jun 07 Fulmore 9/ 11

Grade 6

In an afterschool f i lm program, I had f i lmed t he other students in the class

talking about their views of the 9/ 11 attacks and won special recognit ion for i t

Music/ Artistic Achievement


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when it was entered in a f i lm contest by th e teacher.

Sep 09 - Nov 09 Making Fiends Art Contest

Grade 9

This contest w as hosted by a w ebsite that makes a web cartoon called "Making

Fiends." Every year, they have an art contest. I decided to enter and I won

special recognition for my entry.


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I got this certicate from volunteering at an organization called

Operation Blue Santa. This organization is run by the AustinPolice Department and gives gifts to children of unfortunate

families. These gifts are donated by other kids at the Chuys

Children Giving to Children christmas parade. I helped out by

wrapping a lot of the gifts that were donated.


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6th grade was when I was rst accepted into the NJHS. This is

the letter I recieved stating that I was ofcially accepted into

the program.


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The certicate & membership card I recieved at a ceremony in

6th grade, ofcially making me a member of the NJHS.


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The certicate I recieved at a ceremony in 7th grade making me a member of

the NJHS chapter at The Ann Richards School.


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This was a certicate I recieved in 6th grade for academic

achievement in my world cultures class.


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This certicate that I recieved in 6th grade is for being on the

semester honor roll. I always did well in my classes, earning

mostly As which I got awarded for.


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This certicate states that I had perfect attendence all my 6thgrade year. I never missed one, single day of school, including

no sick days as well.


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This is a picture I drew that

I entered into an art contestfor a web cartoon called

Making Fiends. I didnt

win overall however I did

win special recognition.


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For this assignment, I had to create a civilization type environment us-

ing Adobe Photoshop. I decided to make a rainforest civilization. The

nal product had to have objects from at least 8 different pictures. I

used pictures of a forest (the main background), some hills, a rainbow,

a sky, a hut, a parrot, a fern, and a bush. The hut, parrot, fern, and bush

I cut from a picture by itself and then copied so I could have more of it

in the picture so I could show a little more diversity in my nal prod-

uct. The huts, for example, came from a picture of a single hut whichI cut out and then copied 3 times. I then made each individual one

unique so that they didnt all look the same.


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This is a test for my pre-AP Chemistry class that I passed. Sci-

ence is usually not my strongest subject, so earning this high

grade made me feel proud and believe that I can always try my

best.


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This is an animation I created using Adobe After Effects.

The main point of this assignment was to learn how to

make an animated character talk. I had to make up a 50

word story, record my voice, then match up the mouths

to the audio. Since South Park is done in a simple cut-

out style, our teacher thought it would be easier to ani-

mate in this way to teach us about matching up the dif-

ferent types of mouths to the words.


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