There is a moment for everyone where they realize their goals and aspirations. Once they do, nothing will stop that person from achieving their goals. For me, my whole life has led up to me pursuing a filmmaking career, and nothing is going to stop me.
Film is one of many influences that made me the man I am today. In my pursuit to becoming a filmmaker, I have been blessed with friends that shared similar interest in filmmaking, opportunities to work on independent film productions as well as other short film documentaries, and motivations to be a smarter and better person. More recently, I have taken film production classes at Bayview Hunters Point Center for Arts & Technology, or BAYCAT, and had the opportunity to edit a short advertisement for the online dating company known as Zoosk. I even worked on Scary Cow Production films over the previous spring and summer. …show more content…
When I was a kid, growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, I was surrounded by a lot of negative influences. Prostitution, drug dealers, gangsters, and much more. I also had the displeasure of suffering through post-traumatic stress disorder after I was raped by my older brother. As a kid, I was not fully aware of the negative influences around me nor what it meant to be raped. I was not fully aware of most things at that age. In a way, the pain of experience had built up for years until I realized what had actually happened and how heinous it
Film is one of many influences that made me the man I am today. In my pursuit to becoming a filmmaker, I have been blessed with friends that shared similar interest in filmmaking, opportunities to work on independent film productions as well as other short film documentaries, and motivations to be a smarter and better person. More recently, I have taken film production classes at Bayview Hunters Point Center for Arts & Technology, or BAYCAT, and had the opportunity to edit a short advertisement for the online dating company known as Zoosk. I even worked on Scary Cow Production films over the previous spring and summer. …show more content…
When I was a kid, growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, I was surrounded by a lot of negative influences. Prostitution, drug dealers, gangsters, and much more. I also had the displeasure of suffering through post-traumatic stress disorder after I was raped by my older brother. As a kid, I was not fully aware of the negative influences around me nor what it meant to be raped. I was not fully aware of most things at that age. In a way, the pain of experience had built up for years until I realized what had actually happened and how heinous it