caisson22
Jan 14, 2010
Undergraduate / Sugar We're Goin' Down (My love for film and video), to pursue a degree [3]
Prompt: Discuss your decision to pursue a degree in your chosen field
and how it was affected by a specific example of media or a particular use
of communications technology (e.g., a news story, web design, multimedia
presentation, film, TV show, video game, ad campaign, or public event). 300-500 words.
"Am I more than you bargained for yet?" was the first line that I heard. When I originally heard Fall Out Boy's hit song "Sugar We're Going Down" on the radio, I thought of it as a catchy little tune, never thinking it could be the inspiration of all my future dreams.
After the summer ended I once again entered school; and subsequently, I entered my first TV Production course. As I waltzed into the classroom I didn't know what to expect. But when I heard our class assignment slip through my teacher's lips within the first fifteen, I knew.
The task was to create a music video to the song of our choice. At first I didn't know what song to choose, there were so many that I liked I couldn't possibly pick any single one. But I remember lying in my bedroom; it was the night before we had to bring our song choices into class. I was flipping through my mp3 player, when all of a sudden the intro to my favorite song started playing. The drums came in followed by some sweet guitar riffs that matched the percussion perfectly. And as I lip synced the lyrics in tune with the song, I was replaying their music video in my head. I'd seen it a million times on MTV and even though I loved the song I just never got the concept behind it. I said to myself, "Even I could make a better video than this!" and that's when the most obvious idea smacked me in the face. Why don't I?
I came into class the next day with my answer already cued up for when the teacher would come to me, asking what song I chose. My idea for the video was already developed, like a story unfolding every time I heard the song. Four weeks, and one music video later, I saw my ideas come to fruition on camera. I was so proud of myself.
After that, I could never listen to a song again without thinking of a story line to go with it. I began making music videos in my spare time, which soon developed into short videos, and then finally ten-minute-long movies. If I had an idea that was particularly creative, I would save it for later until I could get it down on paper. My love for film and the expression of ideas through video has never waned and that's why I want to major in cinema. When I listened to "Sugar We're Going Down" that night, it was the song through which my first ideas came to life and without that inspiration I doubt I would have pursued video by my own volition. So now every time I hear the line "Am I more than you bargained for yet?" crooned through my headphones I think to myself yes. I had never imagined that a simple song would be my greatest inspiration.
Ok so my essay is 636 words, I need major editing and need to trim this amount pronto so please, any feedback is greatly appreciated!!
Prompt: Discuss your decision to pursue a degree in your chosen field
and how it was affected by a specific example of media or a particular use
of communications technology (e.g., a news story, web design, multimedia
presentation, film, TV show, video game, ad campaign, or public event). 300-500 words.
"Am I more than you bargained for yet?" was the first line that I heard. When I originally heard Fall Out Boy's hit song "Sugar We're Going Down" on the radio, I thought of it as a catchy little tune, never thinking it could be the inspiration of all my future dreams.
After the summer ended I once again entered school; and subsequently, I entered my first TV Production course. As I waltzed into the classroom I didn't know what to expect. But when I heard our class assignment slip through my teacher's lips within the first fifteen, I knew.
The task was to create a music video to the song of our choice. At first I didn't know what song to choose, there were so many that I liked I couldn't possibly pick any single one. But I remember lying in my bedroom; it was the night before we had to bring our song choices into class. I was flipping through my mp3 player, when all of a sudden the intro to my favorite song started playing. The drums came in followed by some sweet guitar riffs that matched the percussion perfectly. And as I lip synced the lyrics in tune with the song, I was replaying their music video in my head. I'd seen it a million times on MTV and even though I loved the song I just never got the concept behind it. I said to myself, "Even I could make a better video than this!" and that's when the most obvious idea smacked me in the face. Why don't I?
I came into class the next day with my answer already cued up for when the teacher would come to me, asking what song I chose. My idea for the video was already developed, like a story unfolding every time I heard the song. Four weeks, and one music video later, I saw my ideas come to fruition on camera. I was so proud of myself.
After that, I could never listen to a song again without thinking of a story line to go with it. I began making music videos in my spare time, which soon developed into short videos, and then finally ten-minute-long movies. If I had an idea that was particularly creative, I would save it for later until I could get it down on paper. My love for film and the expression of ideas through video has never waned and that's why I want to major in cinema. When I listened to "Sugar We're Going Down" that night, it was the song through which my first ideas came to life and without that inspiration I doubt I would have pursued video by my own volition. So now every time I hear the line "Am I more than you bargained for yet?" crooned through my headphones I think to myself yes. I had never imagined that a simple song would be my greatest inspiration.
Ok so my essay is 636 words, I need major editing and need to trim this amount pronto so please, any feedback is greatly appreciated!!
