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The Documentary is the biggest project in Junior year at Freestyle and definitely the biggest project I have done for school. Over the course of 5 months, students complete various projects in each of their classes to answer the question “How do you creatively and truthfully portray a significant person, group, place, idea, or issue in the community?”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this project, we was required to reach out to someone I didn’t know, preferably involved in a topic I was passionate about. For my project, I reached out to Micheal Behen, the owner of Manville Garden Company. I had to personally observe and interview him as well as a person close to him to get a second opinion. Additionally, I had to do extra research to connect my subject to a larger issue that showcased their significance in the community and\/or beyond. The main outcome for English was a article. For Digital Media, a magazine with proper design and layout. For Animation, an animated film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interviewing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Originally for my project, I had contacted one of the caretakers of the Arizona Garden at Stanford University. Unfortunately, she was busy, but thankfully she referred me to someone else, Micheal Behen. He agreed to be my subject and, after doing an observation for a few hours, I got brainstorming on ideas from there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Read the interview transcript with Behen<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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One of the things we had to do was interview our subject. It was here that I learned about many of the topics I wrote about, as well as develop my angle: the significance of doing what you love and how it is worth in the end, even with the challenges you may face.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

While I was nervous at first, I was able to relax as we started talking. When we were ready to start recording I got out my questions and he started speaking. In class, we had done practice interview which I was very thankful for as I was able to stop myself from verbally signaling that I was listening and instead showing it through motions. Overall, I found it a very enjoyable process as it was nice to just listen to someone without feeling to the need to converse back to them all the time. This allowed Micheal more freedom to continue the conversation into topics I had never heard about before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, I interviewed Johnathan Smart to get second opinion on Micheal and his story. Here I learned about some of the things he did as a boss as well as how he interacted with his workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Read the second interview transcript here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

For writing the article, we studied the book Seeing Silicon Valley<\/strong> which I found very insightful. It made me question how great the area I live in actually is, even though everyone keeps praising it. What I found the most shocking was how polluted the area is. While I am still grateful for the opportunities presented to me here, the book made me question how many people are able to take advantage of the area and how many people get left behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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