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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Capturing The Reality in Movies and The Film Industry
Starting The Movement It’s an interesting time to be alive. A lot of good and bad is happening around the world. I remember in history class, I was interested in learning about the events that occurred in the 60’s and 70’s like the Civil Rights Movement, The Feminist Movement, The War in Vietnam (and the […]
Helping Houston – from a distance – Adobe Photo Restoration Project
When a natural disaster occurs it becomes the top news story, we see images and videos of destroyed homes, properties, people crammed together in shelters, and the beginning process of the relief effort. A lot of people want to help but aren’t sure as to how to go about it. You could donate money, but […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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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