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Introduction & Reflection<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Everyone feels a huge sense of accomplishment when they put in enormous energy and effort to complete something that they really care about. This is exactly what I experienced working on this project. For our Junior Documentary Project, we were challenged to creatively and truthfully portray a significant person, group, place, idea, or issue in the community. Being a high school teenager myself and trying to navigate through all the complex and unexpected challenges \u2013 COVID, digital distractions (Tik Tok), relationships, etc., I wanted to tackle an issue that was relevant to me and my peers, so that gathering research sources and developing a story was not only personal to me but also significant to my own community. Working on this narrative-style journalism gave me an opportunity to observe deeply an individual beset with challenges. I tried to understand and accurately report on my subject\u2019s experiences. To capture the subject\u2019s story, and give it its due justice, I also had to examine myself: My view of myself, my own relationships with family members, with peers, and even with food. Given all the new tools that we learned to use – Adobe After Effects, InDesign, Photoshop animation – one would think that telling this story would be easier. But, with more tools come many more ways to tell a story. And, so one can spin and spin, exploring forever. I have been spinning nonstop during this project. The result is a quiet satisfaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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