There is one simple thing that I believe a capstone is, and that is to showcase everything that I feel I have learned the best from school. I feel that this word is synonymous with capping off what you have done at school. I think that if you have put forth your best effort in school, then you will be able to create a piece of work that you are truly proud of. For me, I'm making a narrative film and I don't know when I will ever be able to do this again, so I'm going to make sure to put my heart into it.
I think that IUPUI wants us to put at least two semesters into working on our capstones because it is worth AT LEAST that much time for planning, and putting forth the effort of making. They could have made us start working on our capstones Freshmen year and you know what? I think they did.
Monday, August 29, 2011
First Blog Post: 3 Ideas for Capstone
I have had ideas running through my head all summer, trying to come up with something to do for my capstone. I am not completely set on what I'm going to do yet, but I know I will make some sort of movie. Here are my ideas.
1) I want to create a narrative film that is split into three different segments. The reason for this is because I want to be able to show people more than just a trailer for my presentation. I realize we only get 30 minutes, and I don't want to have to compromise on anything. The film is potentially going to be about post-Armageddon America and is based off of a love story/survival story.
2) The other idea I had was to create a documentary series on the decline of cotton farm and textile mills in America. This subject I haven't researched a whole lot, but I find it to be of great value because the United States was once the world leading exporter of cotton.
3) Another idea I had was to create sort of a "road" film, either a documentary style by following someone traveling, or a narrative style film.
The 3 examples that inspired my ideas are as follows, The book Swan Song by Robert Mcgammon, Finding out that the US isn't the leading exporter in Cotton, through news articles, and the book On The Road by Jack Kerouac.
1) I want to create a narrative film that is split into three different segments. The reason for this is because I want to be able to show people more than just a trailer for my presentation. I realize we only get 30 minutes, and I don't want to have to compromise on anything. The film is potentially going to be about post-Armageddon America and is based off of a love story/survival story.
2) The other idea I had was to create a documentary series on the decline of cotton farm and textile mills in America. This subject I haven't researched a whole lot, but I find it to be of great value because the United States was once the world leading exporter of cotton.
3) Another idea I had was to create sort of a "road" film, either a documentary style by following someone traveling, or a narrative style film.
The 3 examples that inspired my ideas are as follows, The book Swan Song by Robert Mcgammon, Finding out that the US isn't the leading exporter in Cotton, through news articles, and the book On The Road by Jack Kerouac.
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