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I’ve gotten some questions in the past about why go into Digital Media Production if I’m so unmotivated and I don’t seem to particularly care about a lot of things. So let’s talk about that. Putting aside any mental health I need to work on. 1/12
A big part of it stems from the fact that this field gives me clear, concrete evidence that I was here. I did things. I was a person. 2/12
That need has been on my mind especially the last year and a half or so. I’m not really religious so I don’t particularly believe in life after death, but that also means when it’s over.....it’s over in my eyes. That is VERY scary I mean come on. 3/12
A 9-5 office job disappears as soon as I do. But film and photography? That lasts longer. Younger people than me will see it, even if it’s just a photo album they pulled from an old bookshelf out of boredom. For even an hour longer, a minute longer, I’m remembered. 4/12
That’s a comforting thing. But it also brings people together. This is going to make this thread very long but I’m going to tell a quick story. Summer before my last year in college I went to Japan for 2 weeks to study abroad (it was great. 10/10 recommend). 5/12
At one point I was at an airport by myself before the sun was up with maybe 5 other passengers in the building. Turns out we all got there way too early, no one is coming for awhile, and we don’t want to use our electronics so soon. 6/12
Lo and behold one guy mentions that he is a landscape photographer. None of us want to sleep for fear of missing something, so we have an impromptu photoshoot. 7/12
Luggage as thrones, set pieces with the fake plants that were around, you know all the great things adults should be doing. It was by far one of my favorite moments from that whole Japan trip. 8/12
There had to have been well over 100 photos taken by this guy of me and total strangers and they were pretty good. All of us actually gave the guy our emails so he could send them to us and I made sure to save them on my computer. 9/12
I look back at those pics sometimes and just get the fuzzies. That’s the feeling I want to give other people, even those who I don’t really know. I want to be able to take pictures or make short films or even just edit videos that give that connection to people. 10/12
Whether those people end up seeing them in an airport, in a professional company, or just on their twitter feeds. Whether that feeling is the fuzzies or a more reflective feeling. 11/12
I want to be able to travel all over and bring people those connections that are sorely needed nowadays. So that’s basically the up and up of how I feel. Whether I succeed or not is down the road but for now I’m trying. 12/12
