Script to Screen

Have you ever thought about how a film is made? There are multiple steps into making a film, and the two things that come together are the script and the actual film. The script is written to tell the story how the writer sees it. The script includes character names, dialogue, action, and scene headings. […]

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Prejudice Manifests in Dominican Republic Society

The Dominican Republic is known for its beautiful Caribbean waters and lively culture; however, the physical beauty that impacts tourism masks the internal realities of racism, poverty and skewed immigration policies. One Island, Two Divided Countries The island of Hispaniola is home to the Dominican Republic on the eastern side and Haiti on the western […]

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Netflix’s “When They See Us” depicts ugliness and truth

Netflix’s “When They See Us” depicts ugliness and truth within US criminal justice system On April 19, 1989, the lives of five black and brown New York teenagers changed forever. Kevin Richardson, 14, Raymond Santana, 14, Antron McCray, 15, Yusef Salaam, 15 and 16-year-old Korey Wise, commonly known as the Central Park Five, were wrongfully […]

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The Importance of Video on Social Media

The Rise of Mobile Viewing By 2020, more than 80% of what Americans view online will be video content.(1) In 2018 75% of the video content that we’re seeing is being viewed on a mobile device (2) and in this year, 2019, the number of smartphone users is expected to pass 3.3 billion people globally […]

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My First Stop Motion

Stop Motion – What is it?  We have all seen the amazing works of movies like Wallace and Gromit and even had the opportunity to see the behind the scenes of how they make this claymation world.  But in many cases it becomes unattainable and hard to imagine how one might begin to attempt such […]

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Media Master

This week the nation celebrated the 4th of July and I got to take part in the biggest celebration of all: Washington, DC. Much like New York City hosts the largest Thanksgiving day parade, as one would imagine the largest 4th of July parade is in the District of Columbia. I wish I could say […]

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“Celebrity Sightings”

The other day my friend Brianna and I were walking around DC. We happened to find ourselves around the White House when we were crossing the street and all of a sudden a rather tall and heavily armed man approached us. He told us we were to remain on the sidewalk until further notice. As […]

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Networking, Networking, Networking

I have been in musical theater ever since I was in first grade. Little 8 year old Kyle was the opening act of Leipsic High School’s production of South Pacific. The director instructed me it would be dark in the theater and I would not be able to see the audience when I started. The music started […]

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