Project 2 Ideas

Something I have been thinking about doing lately has been to make a documentary that promotes peace and positive dialogue between the people of the world, namely trying to bridge the gap between Iran and the US.

As an Iranian-American, born in neither one of these countries, I really do feel like a citizen of the world. As time goes on and as I go through my experiences here I feel as though I have pride for both countries and I feel that i truly am a citizen of them both (as both passports indicate)...

For now, in Methods of Motion, I am exploring with animation and the topic of Iran for this week. I wouls also like to pursue this during the summer and I am planning on making a trip out to Iran to work on this.

For Project #2 in Video for New Media I have been thinking about how I would like to collaborate with some other people in the class and come up with some topic that would be interesting to all of us while challenging us to learn the basics of documentary film making. We could all decide together what that topic would be...

Here are some ideas:

1. Interview someone or some people that we know and think are very cool, and are interested in learning more about...

2. Ask some of the ITP students to talk about and share the development of their thesis projects (again, we would have to ask the 2nd years to submit their ideas and we would have to choose between them)

3. Interview some professors we would like to get to know better (preferably in other departments) regarding some specific topic?

OR

3. Get to know some aspect of Manhattan; a person, a place, or a thing... and explore that.

I truly believe in the synergy of the group dynamic... my intention is to create something positive and enlightening... I would like to work in a group with people that are interested in just following thier interests. As each individual makes up the group dynamic, i believe in remaining open to any possibility.

I have also been given some music by a friend... if the group wants to do something simple and just work on some kind of a music video, I am fine with that too.

In conclusion, I would like to work in a group on this project, and I would like learn as much as can, while enjoying the whole experience.

Thank You :)