I would definitely describe myself as a documentarian. However, in a different way than someone who is a short film or feature film documentarian. I am obsessed with social media. I truly love every aspect of it. Not to show off, not to label myself as someone, but the aspect of it allowing me to express myself and show my creative side. My two favorite social media platforms are Snapchat and Instagram, because I get to create, photograph, and film some of my favorite events that go on in my life. Taking pictures with my friends and family at fun events is so exciting to me, and I love posting them on Instagram to share my experiences with the world. I try to Instagram at least every week, but sometimes it turns into once every two weeks or multiple times in one week. I also love to snapchat story. I Snapchat story multiple times in a day, depending on what I do in that day. Whenever I am at a cool restaurant or with my friends, I tend to snapchat story because I like to play with the different filters and stickers that one can use. I like to experiment with all that snapchat has to offer. I also really enjoy looking at other people’s Snapchat stories and instagram posts too, because it sparks ideas in my mind for future ideas. However, I don’t usually get my ideas from anyone besides myself. I really enjoy coming up with ideas to post, even if it is a plate of cool looking food that I ordered at a restaurant.

The exercise that we did in class was beneficial because I was able to meet someone who I previously did not know anything about. On Monday I met Ricky, a senior who goes to Lafayette. He lives in D.C. and is an Africana Studies major. His fun fact is that he taught himself how to design tattoos on himself and other people. He has some really cool tattoos that he showed me on his arms which mean a lot to him. I decided to take a picture of him holding up his favorite tattoo which is in memory of his mom. It was really nice to meet Ricky and I am glad that this exercise introduced me to someone new in the class.

As for my picture, Ricky decided to take a picture of me taking a picture of him. When I am older, I want to work in television, so Ricky believed that this would be a smart picture to take because it represents my future aspirations. Also, I interned at the Discovery Channel this summer, so this photo of me represents the experience I had. I had a great talk with Ricky and I look forward to meeting more people in class!

Here are my five still images that tell a story. I decided to choose images from my trip to Ocean City, New Jersey. I went with many of my friends and I had such a great time. The five images show pictures of us driving down, us at the beach, all of us cooking, and the two final products. I had a ton of fun and I’m glad I get to share these pictures with the class!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxDRGA5HIg7QQl9kaW1laWl5UE0/view

I am a person who thinks fast on their feet, so getting this assignment first thing on Monday was really enjoyable for me. I think the best part of the entire process was being able to work with classmates that I did not know. All of us were from different schools, so we all had something different to bring to the table. Some of us specialized in filming, while others specialized in editing. It was a really nice combination of different talents. One thing that I really benefitted from this exercise was learning the fundamentals of Premiere. Over the past two years, I have learned how to edit on Final Cut Pro. Now that the FAMS Department is switching over to Premiere, it was nice to get a gist of how to work this software. Annie, a student from Muhlenberg, uses Premiere so she was able to show me how it differs from Final Cut. It was really nice to be able to learn this in a small group.

As for the actual experience, it was very enjoyable. All of us worked together in order to come up with an idea. I knew that people were probably just going to talk about their childhood pets, so I thought it would be interesting to do something unique. We brainstormed ideas and came up with pet therapy. As we filmed, we then thought of the idea to do a spoof off of the television show “The Untold Stories of the ER”, hence the title of our short film being “The Untold Stories of PT”. I had a great time working with everyone and I hope we can do something similar to this again. Attached is our film. Enjoy!