Reflecting on the past, present, and future...

Let me start out by saying that this was one of the most exciting and thought provoking projects I have ever done! I got to be as creative as I wanted and I got to explore my own life and really think about who I am. I didn’t have any trouble deciding on what to do for this project. As soon as I started thinking about what to do I knew that I would do a video scrapbook. This summer my dad and I spent a lot of time putting together videos with the flip camera. I really enjoy working with technology and I also love making music videos.
The storyboard for this project kind of just fell into place. There are three distinct sections to the video. The first answering the question, “Who was Megan before college?” I chose to pick very significant events that happened in my life before college. For example, I chose prom, Seniors ARE special, my senior recital, Furman recitals, and SOAP to represent who I was before college. I spent most of my high school career trying to figure out who I was. I never really had a steady group of friends until my senior year. I finally thought that I had found my clique my senior year, but then it was time to graduate and we all went our separate ways. All of those events that are shown in the video impacted my life in very big ways. Each occasion helped to shape me in its own kind of way. Family, friends, my church, recitals, and SOAP have all shaped me into the young woman that I am today. This first section of the video goes by faster than the other two parts because it is in the past. I am now looking forward into my future and I do not want to look to the past.
The second section answers the question, “How has Megan changed since Converse?” This section is all about my new experiences. It includes things like a new instrument, new friends, activities, new home, and “new traditions.” Pictures from 1889, powderpuff, College Fest represent new experiences and traditions and pictures of my room, roommate, and new friends represent my life right now. There is also a clip from the CBS National news in this section. After the powderpuff game, my family and I went to the Beacon and CBS was filming that day we went! It was so exciting!
The third section is filled with question marks. It does not answer just one question, but poses many questions. I chose to do this section this way because as a freshman in college, I do not really know what my future looks like. I know that it will definitely be something in the music field but I do not know if I want to be an elementary school teacher, a choral director, or go to graduate school. I chose to put a clip of an elementary school class in this section because I would absolutely love to teach elementary school children! The second clip in this section is of PS22 in New York. I find this elementary school chorus one of most inspiring things I have ever seen! I want to be like Gregg Breinberg! The way he has shared his passion of music with PS22 is amazing. I have followed this school since they first went on Facebook and I hope to one day model my elementary school classes after what this director has done with his chorus.
I chose the song Keep Your Head Up by Andy Grammer because the whole song talks about when you get overwhelmed and feel like you cannot make it any longer, you just have to remember to keep your head up and keep looking forward because things will get better! I find this song very inspiring. AND I met Andy Grammer at College Fest which makes me love his music even more!