Week 1 Class Blog

Walking into the classroom of my senior capstone class was an odd feeling. One one hand, there was a lot of excitement. "This is it," I was thinking, "my college career is coming to close." But at the same time, there was some uneasiness in my heart. I knew that the class would be a lot of work combined with a great deal of team coordination. Working on a team is not a foreign idea to me, but this semester I have more on my plate than ever before. On one hand, I am under the pressure to finish strong as a college student. On the other hand, I am just starting some other big things in my life. I am now the marketing director for Visions film festival, which is huge. I have also been promoted to team leader on my Young Life team at New Hanover, which is another big responsibility. Last, but definitely not least, I was recently hired as a Media Intern at Christ Community Church. These new responsibilities combined with finishing my old ones made me realize that I would not have the mental or creative capacity to direct my own film this semester. Thankfully, I was assigned with only being the sound guy! 

Don't get me wrong, this is no easy way out, but I am looking forward to contributing to an idea in any way that I can, while also letting the leaders lead, themselves. I am especially comfortable with this because the leaders on my crew are very strong; Mariah as director and Kebba as producer, respectively. I am very excited about Mariah's idea. I think it will be a playful and entertaining look at something that has been a foundation in western civilization for so long. That 'something' is how women so easily go behind their friends' backs.

I was intrigued by the other ideas in class, as well. Whether it be the space animation, the credit card film, or witches, our classes' films should very greatly in style, tone, and affect. This should be a fun and exciting semester.