Tracey, Nely, Ricky

Title: Art in the Banana

This film will analyze the presence and absence of art within the Lehigh- Valley by exploring visual arts of Arts Quest, specifically the Banana Factory Arts Center of Bethlehem and it’s effects on the development of the community.

Interview Pitch:

I am interviewing Mike Donnelly one of the captains of the football team, originally a walk-on now scholarship player, an economics major, brother, and son. Through Mike I hope to highlight what it takes to be noticed. Coming from a Freshman walk on to know not only a leader but a scholarship athlete is an incredible feat that probably had many highs, many lows, and all in between. Mike possesses a great deal of tenacity and passion something that drives his football career and his everyday life.

My first interview with him is Friday, October 27^th. We are meeting at the field house with the hopes of getting the interview either by his locker or in the football house. I will ask him about his family, his overall football history, what his path to the top looked like, what drives him, what inspires him, if he has any pregame rituals. With all this information, I hope to convey what skills he possesses that led him to success and how these skills can be transferable to others.

First off, I want this interview to stay about Mike and not have his spotlight taken by Lafayette football. I hope to show what his life is like on and off the field. While I will be getting footage of him in the field house I hope to also get him doing other day-to-day activities. When interviewing him I will focus the camera on-axis so to the audience it feels like they are having a personal conversation with him. I hope to get b-roll of him at practice, how he acts around his team, and anything else he does on campus. I am going into the first interview with broad topics I would like to talk about and open-ended questions. I am hoping that as we get going I can find more of a path. I want to take a relaxed approach to make Mike feel more comfortable with opening up.

After some thought, I decided that I am going to interview one of my sorority sisters, Anna Evinski, for my project. Anna is one of the most intelligent people I have ever met. What makes her so special is that her dream is to become an investment banker. She is in the investment club on campus, and has been interviewing for internships for next summer like crazy. Although she sounds like any other college student, there are very few women who take on the role of going into investment banking. She doesn’t care that what she wants to do is mainly full of men. She is an extremely hard worker, and has an amazing outlook on life. Just last week, she secured a position at Barclay’s for next summer.

I want to interview Anna in Simon Hall (the Econ building) for my interview. I want viewers to see her in her habitat. I also want the Broll to be shot in her bedroom doing work, and her at investment club. Some of the questions I want to ask include: why did you decide to go into field? Why investment banking? What was your mindset going into these interviews? Would you consider yourself a minority in this field? What are your career aspirations?

Anna is one of the hardest working people I have ever met. I am really excited to interview her because I feel like a ton of film students don’t get to hear about other majors at the college and their obstacles that they have to go through. I truly am looking forward to it.