Introduction
Our documentary unit was a really great experience. We were tasked with, in a professional journalistic manner, to research and document a person, place, location, group, or otherwise. This was an extremely fun unit which I got to control my pace and grow my skillset throughout the unit.
English-Research paper
In english we were require to do a profile article on a person. I decided who than our very own , former, journalistic educator Mr.Kahl. Throughout the process, which was an expansive one taking up most of the months of the school year, I had the privilege to learn and research more about journalism and my teacher who once taught such skills to me. Overall i loved this as it was a great way to engage with him once more and create something I hope he is truly proud of.
Film
Mockumentary
In Film, once we learned about several skills when it comes to documentary films, we were tasked with creating a mocumentary-a false documentary- about a subject as long as it was related to freestyle in some way. our group decided o do a project about a fake fight club on campus. I am really happy with this because of the quick turnaround and high quality turn out.
Documentary Film
once being able to improve our skills in the mockumentary, we were able to make our own documentaries. Due to my busy schedule outside of Film I had concepts which I waned to work on, however I kept being pushed away from different groups. Just days before we were supposed to have a final cut, our teacher gave me permission to work on my own project on my own. I chose to do it about stagecraft, a class and group I hold a lot of love and passion for, and I was able to contact quickly, which was needed given the insane turn around. In just three days I had a full edit finished. I am extremely proud as while at point it may not be the highest quality, given its turnaround and solo nature I am very proud of the assignment
Reflection
Overall this unit made me learn a whole lot of new skills. it kept me consistent with my Journalism writing, as well as taught me proper lighting of a subject, audio recording, and many other things. overall, i am glad I did so many parts of this project on my own as it made the process more fulfilling to me.