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Prompt: Choose someone for your profile with a compelling, interesting, unusual, inspiring, or illustrative story. Shoot and edit a 1:30-2:00 video that captures their character, spirit and style. Interview the main subject and at least one other person who offers insight into what makes them special. What motivates them, what excites them, what makes them interesting? Write and record an accompanying VO. Don’t use text on screen for this assignment.

Theme: Document living with challenges surrounding coronavirus.  ​ Prompt: Shoot & edit a 2 to 3 minute social video for IGTV with interviews, b-roll, sound and visuals. Focus on one main character or issue, have a strong story arc, and be accurate and compelling. The story must demonstrate an understanding of visual journalism, first-person or narrative storytelling, news judgment, concepts learned in class & audience-first approach. At least three sources (using social distance reporting methods) & some natural sound is required.  My accompanying text caption: The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the vulnerability of models working jobs with an already transient nature. Many struggled to pay bills, voice concerns on set, and feel productive. Yet the challenges brought by lockdowns and social distancing also pushed them to be more creative and look inwards, focusing more energy on their hobbies and side hustles. From making TikToks and YouTube vlogs to writing a book and running an online store, the lack of gigs presented an opportunity for models to step away and become more in tune with themselves and their identity outside of work.  Featuring: @daphnedebaat, @ivantaged, & @jaelen_kim

Prompt: Compose a 1:30-3 minute remix video that can serve as a piece of advocacy and/or civic media. Use found footage, images, and/or audio (no more than 15-20 seconds for each piece of media) to create new meanings and messages. Topics: COVID-19 campaigns and conspiracy theories/collective delusions; spread of misinformation; declining trust in institutions, in credible sources of information, and in the news. Link to in-depth explanation of my process, research, and sources: https://christinasascj200blog.wordpress.com/2021/11/18/dont-be-a-karen/