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“How do you creatively and truthfully portray a significant person, group, place, idea, or issue in the community?”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For the Documentary Unit this semester at Freestyle, we were assigned to choose an interesting person or idea, obtain primary and secondary source material, and create a documentary product that told their story. In English class, we worked on the written portion of the project. Through conducting personal interviews and completing further research through secondary sources, we were able to write an article length paper profiling our subjects. In Digital Media, we learned how to transcribe our audio interviews into text transcripts to more easily reference the interview and quote our subjects. Additionally, we began to learn how to use Adobe InDesign, a desktop publishing and page layout designing software application, and created flyers and magazine pages. In Design class, we further used inDesign to develop our books. We inserted our finished profile articles along with original photography and graphic design elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I chose to focus my documentary project on my mother, Karen McKinley, and her hobby of baking bread during the pandemic. After initially struggling to decide on a profile subject, I realized that writing about my mom would allow for the perfect blend of visual appeal and engaging written content. Her creative journey reflects the resilience and willingness to learn of many across the world during the pandemic. Despite already knowing a bit about baking and her personal experiences during quarantine, I still learned a lot and found value in hearing her story.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Karen shapes dough in the kitchen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Overall, I really valued the experience that this project gave me, and can definitely see myself using many of the skills I learned in the future. The interview and research process was difficult, but I felt that I learned a lot through it and am glad I was able to gain that experience. I also feel that I’ve grown a lot as a designer, as this project pushed me past the limits of what I had previously thought myself capable of. Despite being the hardest and most intensive project I’ve faced at Freestyle so far, I found the Documentary Unit to be by far the most rewarding project I’ve accomplished so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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