![“[Building nerf blasters] became this outlet of creativity for me that hasn't been matched by anything else. The process [of] making a build complete to your desire is such a painstakingly difficult process, but I've had to learn from [the skills needed from] soldering to proper painting. There's so many different options for everything, if you think about it, it exists. The best part is [that] if it doesn't exist, you can build it yourself," Ishaan Parate said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSC_8149-900x604.jpg)
![“When I came into high school, I was ready to be a follower. But DECA was a game changer for me. It helped me overcome my fear of public speaking, and it's played such a major role in who I've become today. To be able to successfully lead a chapter of 150 students, an officer team and be one of the upperclassmen I once really admired is something I'm [really] proud of,” Anvitha Tummala ('21) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-25-at-9.50.05-AM-900x594.png)
![“I think getting up in the morning and having a sense of purpose [is exciting]. I think without a certain amount of drive, life is kind of obsolete and mundane, and I think having that every single day is what makes each day unique and kind of makes life exciting,” Neymika Jain (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screen-Shot-2017-06-03-at-4.54.16-PM.png)
![“My slogan is ‘slow feet, don’t eat, and I’m hungry.’ You need to run fast to get where you are–you aren't going to get those championships if you aren't fast,” Angel Cervantes (12) said. “I want to do well in school on my tests and in track and win championships for my team. I live by that, [and] I can do that anywhere: in the classroom or on the field.”](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/DSC5146-900x601.jpg)
![“[Volleyball has] taught me how to fall correctly, and another thing it taught is that you don’t have to be the best at something to be good at it. If you just hit the ball in a smart way, then it still scores points and you’re good at it. You could be a background player and still make a much bigger impact on the team than you would think,” Anya Gert (’20) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/AnnaGert_JinTuan_HoHPhotoEdited-600x900.jpeg)
![“I'm not nearly there yet, but [my confidence has] definitely been getting better since I was pretty shy and timid coming into Harker my freshman year. I know that there's a lot of people that are really confident in what they do, and I really admire them. Everyone's so driven and that has really pushed me to kind of try to find my own place in high school and be more confident,” Alyssa Huang (’20) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/AlyssaHuang_EmilyChen_HoHPhoto-900x749.jpeg)
Multimedia club supports school with photos and videos
Jonathan Dai (11), Ankur Karwal (11), and Shay Lari-Hosain (11) set up cameras to film. Multimedia Club produces videos for many clubs across campus.
10 a.m., Monday morning. Students witness the Hulk rescue students from demonic academic pressures by transforming them into undefeatable superheroes and guiding them to a paradise—Sadies. Behind the video, the Harker Multimedia Club’s (MMC) tripod and camera snap into place as they set up to create a promotional video to showcase at school meeting.
The club produces videos and multimedia for clubs and organizations and mentors students who wish to learn photography and videography.
As presidents of the club, Shay Lari-Hosain (11) and Jonathan Dai (11) make most of the videos and lead most of the lectures.
“We have a filming session with who[m]ever requested the video so we take a day after school depending how long it has to be and how much we have to film,” Jonathan said. “Then we used to take a night or two, like Friday and Saturday, to edit the video and then we can just send them it.”
Other clubs requesting videos benefit both the Multimedia Club and themselves.
The club took pictures during the Sadies Dance and set up a photo booth for the students under JCL and Key Club’s request. The club also can create posters if asked. Graphic Design Instructor Ankur Karwal (11) helps out with much of the filming and poster design.
Multimedia Club films the Sadies promotion video. The club produces videos for many clubs across campus.
“We have a lot of other videos in the pipeline that we’re working on because a lot of clubs have been asking us to really help them and we’re happy to do so,” he said. “What we tried to focus on is to give the people what they want.”
The senior goodbye project is one of the many projects they are working on.
“We also had an assembly, which is essentially about sending seniors off and MMC produced a video that remembered them for all their accomplishments and their legacy to the Harker School,” Shay said. “This year, we’re going to just produce another one. We’ll talk to students from all the classes including seniors and teachers just to investigate what they think their class meant to the school and what they gave.”
MMC also plans on filming a video for Spirit Club to promote spirit week.
This piece was originally published in the Winged Post on April 22nd.
Emma Yu (9) is a reporter for The Winged Post. In her free time, she usually draws, surfs the internet, and hopes for no tests in the upcoming weeks of...