Riley McDonnell

Some aspects of print journalism that interest me is design and writing. I have always had an interest in journalism and excelled in writing throughout school. From watching All the President's Men and The Newsroom in AICE Media Studies, I have learned about the effects of news and print journalism on society and how much of an impact it can have, which I find very intriguing. Some skills I possess that would make the project a good fit for me include my eye for creativity. It would be fun to design a magazine layout and play around with colors and positioning.

I feel doing this project in film form would be best fitting for me due to my experience. Some aspects of film that interest me are script-making, directing, editing, music, and marketing. I have taken directing and put on three shows being the main or assistant director. I have created short-length films and also taken a film, theater and cinema appreciation class through FLVS, which taught be many aspects of film with camera and angles. I've also been taught on the elements and necessities of marketing. I've had to create a marketing plan for a show I had planned to direct and had a professional marketer coach my class on the topic. Last year, I helped my friends who took this class in their film project and was an actor in theirs, getting an inside look at how the project should go. What I've learned in class has also further interested be in film production from learning about the use of camera technique and angles as well as watching the Newsroom and other movies to a...