Identity Project

For my Identity project I created a video. Someone that has had a profound effect on my life is my friend catherine. I met her in 7th grade and thought she was the coolest thing I had ever seen. I had just moved to a new middle school and was meeting all types of people and had never met anyone like her. She was just a badass- she had already done everything! I wanted to be just like her. So I started smoking, drinking, doing drugs, and having sex. Yes I was a bad kid- and at a really young age. But even though my lifestyle was unfavorable- it made me into who I am today, I never would have met some of the people I did, and learned life lessons so early. In my video, it begins with a picture of me under a blanket to represent me before I met catherine- I didnt really know who I was, and that why I was so drawn to her- So the blanket represents me before I met her. Thoughout the video Catherine offers me cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana. The white outs represents peer pressure and me giving in to it. -the whole video is a progression of how she affected my decisions in life and how it got to even doing illegal drugs. At the end of the video is a picture of me now (without the blanket), to represent how even though I did these things in my life it made me into who I am.

I basically went over to her house and filmed her in my perspective offering me these things. And edited the clips into a video all on iMovie.





This project I had many more illegal drugs in it- but I thought that the 3 that I chose were enough to convey my point. The others would give people the idea that it was a video about drugs- in which it wasnt - it was a video about how my life was changed through peer pressure, and I am not trying to blame my bad choices on anyone-My process was pretty simple and actually pretty fun! It was like filming things that we usually do (smoking and drinking) and not really acting what so ever- I just called her and asked if I could come over and if she had the materials- of course she does! It's weird how now I dont look up to her what so ever- its liek this girl that I was best freinds with is addicted to drugs and doesnt have any life goals- funny how people grow up, or dont....