My Sight

Friendsgiving will tell the story of a group of friends, some of whom have known each other since the young age of five and some of whom met as late as their junior year of high school. Nonetheless, these sophomore college students share a bond that the distance of their universities did not break. The girls are a close knit group of friends and being as far north as SUNY Oneonta in upstate New York or as far south as the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia is no obstacle in remaining close. My film will explore female friendship and how this group has grown together, how they communicate now that they don’t see each other everyday, and what it means to choose your own family. Further, a new holiday has evolved in the past few years and this group hopped right on back in their sophomore year of high school. Although common among groups of friends more recently - especially in the millennial generation - Friendsgiving has been celebrated by these girls for years. Each “squad...

In Lea Thompson’s directorial debut with her daughters as the female leads, The Year of Spectacular Men, she tells the story of Izzy and her last months of college as well as the year that follows. She spends that year with her sister and meets various guys, looking for answers and endings but comes to realize that she doesn’t need an ending just yet. Despite the title, this indie film is about sisterhood and family. One of the most important lines, spoken by the mother (also played by Lea Thompson) is “Bitches need bitches”. The range of moods of the film are helped to be conveyed and emphasized through a variety of shots, blocking, lighting changes, and costume designs. The darkest lighting seems to be when Izzy is with her various boyfriends and flings, while the brightest are when she’s with her sister. This is not an attack on men, but an emphasis that her sister Sabrina is a source of light in all of her struggles. As annoying as she can be, she’s always trying to help and be the...

Title : Friendsgiving Theme/Concept : My film, Friendsgiving will conceptualize what it means to have strong friendships that last beyond high school with themes of female friendship specifically as well as growing up. Genre : Nostalgic documentary Synopsis : In our sophomore year of high school, my friends and I created an annual holiday for ourselves: Friendsgiving. Allie, Becca, Chloe, Dana, Leah, Julia, and I. Then our group grew and Sierra came to our next one. After that, our group shrank when Julia left. In the video, we will discuss the traditions of our version of Friendsgiving - and how they’ve evolved. We’ll discuss our roles in the friend group and what we mean to each other, discuss memories we have with each other, how our friend group has grown and shrunk, what maintaining our group after high school has been like, etc. The video is meant to be nostalgic, but not all serious. Moments of being ridiculous and crazy are important because that’s truthfully a huge part of how...

Title: Cooking with College Kids Theme/Concept: Advice/Stories for prospective college students on a broad range of topics Genre: Advice/Interview/Cooking Synopsis: My video is intended to give a little more understanding of college to prospective students from a group of girls who are now in their sophomore year of college and have been friends since high school. Each of us has a broad range of experiences, interests, majors, and location/size/type of schools (ex: Northern vs Southern colleges; large vs small universities; city layout vs closed campus; traditional vs art school; STEM vs Arts and Sciences majors). To add a little more interest than a basic interview, we will be making our own first home-cooked meal in a while - something that is famously missed by many students. We will introduce ourselves and describe each of our respective schools a little and what our major and prospective careers could be. While cooking/baking we will discuss all of the many different asp...

Squirt foundation on the back of your hand. Dip beauty blender into the cream colored puddle and blot onto your face. Next, spread concealer under your eyes in a triangular shape. Dab to smooth it out. It's too early to be awake right now. Open your Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit and brush the warm brown on the bottom right onto your cheek bone, forehead, and jawline. Blend it in. This is so boujee, I love it. Fill in your eyebrows with a cold-toned brown eye shadow. Pluck if needed. Apply a shimmery base coat to your eyelid. Blend a darker shadow just below your brow bone and under your waterline. Now, apply a white eyeliner pencil to your bottom water line to brighten your eyes and make them appear bigger. Oh, yay. Here's where I tear up. Apply a black eyeliner pencil to the top water line. When finished, take an eyeliner pen and draw a wing extended off your lid. Yes, that came out sharp... okay, is this one uneven though? Now I have to ruin the other to fix it. I ...

Name(first and last) - Abigail Filson Age - 16 Appearance - brown hair, brown eyes, clean cut, preppy look Occupation - student in high school Income - N/A Class - middle Occupation of parents - father is a pastor, mother is a 6th grade Social Studies teacher Family members - father, grandparents, only child Education - in her junior year of high school Place of residence - Tennessee Place of birth (if different) - Tennessee Religion - Christian Ethnic Background - Dutch and German Hobbies - biking, choir, hanging out with friends Pet(s) - 3 fish Talents - singing, violin Dislikes - being yelled at, chaos, being second Eccentric Habits - picking nails Phobias - heights, spiders Favorite foods - lasagna, cheeseburgers Manner of dress - preppy Favorite color - sky blue Sound of voice - often quiet, but friendly Aspirations - unsure, maybe a teacher? Favorite place - the treehouse she made with her Dad when she was 6 Number of friends - ...

Word Count: 921 INT. WEDDING VENUE’S KITCHEN. LISA, ANNA’S maid of honor, has discovered TONY, a mess, has a gun. They are in the middle of arguing. LISA Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. TONY (almost laughing) I told you I’m not actually going to do anything with it Lisa. It’s not even loaded. Lisa Give it to me. I wanna see it. Tony No, there are people around. (Beat.) And you’re not even gonna give it back either. Lisa Tony. Think about what the hell you’re trying to do here. You’re fucking crazy right now. I’ve seen you in some bad places, but I haven’t seen you like this since high school. Tony You haven’t seen me since high school. Lisa I see you nearly everyday. Tony I make your sandwiches nearly everyday. Lisa (guilty) Just give it to me, please Tony. Tony I’m not giving you the gun. Lisa You’re really freaking me out. Give it to me. Tony (Angry) I’m not gonna fucking do anything! (Beat.) Lisa, please. There ...