Going to college

I’ve chosen for my essay to explore the idea of homesickness as it pertains to the transition between ‘home’ and college. I think I’m going to title it “Going to College.” I just want to explain my interpretation of going to college vs. how I thought my feelings would be about it. College is intimidating, difficult and scary, whereas the place you left was everything you knew. I’m going to use footage that I gathered while I was home and footage from here in Chapel Hill of things I find relevant to my idea. I think I’m going to use a voice over of my experiences with the transition. The editing is where, I think, the largest impact on the final product will be produced. I’m going to use relevant sound bytes such as the interview, as well as the odd conversation here and there that end up being significant. I plan to use a few bytes from a few songs that I feel really hit the point home with their tone and word-choice. The editing will sync the pace of the clips and pictures with the sound clips for digetic sound and emphasis and flow. I want there to be an emotional understanding of what going to college means to a person and their experiences, not for their career. College is a milestone that, while it has a lot of sad meaning, is irreversible and can only be accepted in order to go on.