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Assignment #1: Filmmakers Statement

Until my first semester at UNCW, Spring of 2017, I would say that my experience with film was limited to what I could teach myself about the subject. My hometown of Bishopville, South Carolina is not exactly a place brimming with artistic opportunities. However, I knew from an early age that I wanted to be involved in the Film industry, so I began teaching myself what I could as a young teenager. I learned how to rip scenes from DVD's of my favorite television shows and movies, how to use Adobe software, and how to make my own creations out of them. Eventually, I acquired my own camera and began editing and compiling my own videos into short films. So, other than this class, everything that I know about hands-on filmmaking I have taught myself. This semester, in FST 201, I hope to learn exactly what each member within a production team does, which of those positions I excel within, and what it is like working within a team of other aspiring filmmakers. 

 Currently, I am most interested in editing and screenwriting. In ten years, I would love to be a successful film editor, director, music supervisor, or screenwriter. I really think I would be happy and fulfilled working in any of those roles. However, I am looking forward to learning and taking other roles within a film production, because I feel like it is important to be able to fulfill any of those positions as well. 

 Something interesting, and non-film related, about me is that I love to write. I am minoring in Creative Writing. If I did not love film as much as I do, I would have aspired to be a novelist. I have loved to read books and write stories for as long as I can remember. 



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