As a Biology major with an Environmental Science minor, a documentary story making class is definitely not typical script. Most things in biology are about structure and how things function together, which I feel, both connects and separates Biology and FAMS. There is much more of a creative aspect to this class which I would love to explore, but at the same time while a biological perspective often includes thinking how things function together that can directly be translated into documentary making. In documentary making you have to understand how things work together and connect, between filming, editing and capturing content.
I would love to create a documentary surrounding issues that I’m passionate about such as animal rights and environmental education. There is a huge gap between scientist and the general public that I would like to try to fix. Often scientist create great discoveries but it can be hard to convey the meaning to the general public which leads to misinformation and confusion of potentially vital information.