Hey everyone! I want to start long forms this month but the thumbnail is a mind f**k right now. Any tips (besides what Franchesca said). I can't figure out brand colors and don't want to rely on AI either. So any help is appreciated

I will fully admit, for this homework, I procrastinated something bad. Or well, it wasn’t procrastination, it was full and complete burnout. I was making things worse because I had a bunch of ideas that I wanted to pull and simply could not figure them out, and this one hit me because I was in a slump and was, frankly, tired of watching the same movie I've seen a billion times when I'm sad. I do also feel like my long form might be *too* long. I have a lot of examples I wanted to go through but maybe looking at splitting them up. But I have a script for a short form version of this as well as a long form version. I would love people to take a look at this ahead of my filming. Thank you! Also - I filmed my short version: https://www.instagram.com/p/DfpVWj-NYfr/ Long version maybe to come soon. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QtG7iWacn_3TJz-rmd0zUgovB7a5DOasl2Zg8BAb6jY/edit?usp=sharing

I don't expect too many people to be hanging around at this point but I wanted to post anyway. This interview is from the pandemic... that's how long I've been putting this off. When I say I almost had a panic attack at the thought of editing this, I men it. There was so much anxiety wrapped up in this for me. I'm honestly shocked that I actually did it. Thank you for all the encouragement! It has been a rough month and I work on Sundays so missed most of the lives and joined the last one while closing up shop. My sister and I are going to make a video essay about the A03 outage and how capitalism is hurting fandom and safe spaces on the internet... I'll post it here when we do. We have given our selves two weeks. I learned so much but have so much cringe mountain to climb. I will be following a bunch of you after I finish my third gig later tonight! So, here is homework 2 , the video... The audio is off between the voice over and the interview but I did it.

Hi everyone, I am one of the aspiring creators, so I don't have anything to show for content yet... I am working towards a mini documentary and definitely need to get over cringe mountain first. I want to start documenting my journey as I research more about my documentary topic, practice the craft, and study film and filmmaking. I wanted to pursue photojournalism but...life, so I am starting here. My photo portfolio is a mess right now but I'll add a link to a photo story/article I wrote on there if you want an idea of what my work might look/sound like. I don't have any video stories up because I keep getting stuck in the editing stage. I'm rambling because I'm nervous. My why is getting to a place where I have the confidence and skill to make this documentary. It is a story worth telling. In general, that is my why. Every story is worth telling. Everyone deserves to be heard and seen. Also, convincing myself that I am capable of being that storyteller. My pillars are: Chronicle, Connect & Create I'm glad to be in this with all of you! My YouTube inspo is the creator Hallease and I will link something from her, too. My photo story: https://daltonpowell.mypixieset.com/new-page-1/ YouTube Inspo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4tXf39T8a8

Note: It’s been a busy month and I had hoped to edit the short but didn’t get to it. Here is a script for a YT short/Insta Reel Title: My grandmother was born the year the movie Sinners takes place Hook: The title is the hook Footage: Clips from the movie sinners and interview footage with b-roll Interview footage: My grandmother Albertine B-roll: Albertine going through old photos and her playing the piano. Voice Over: This footage was taken during the pandemic. “Interview footage: “My name is Albertine and today, I’m 87” My grandmother was born the year the movie sinners takes place— also known as 1932. Today my grandmother is 93 and her memory has started to go. I wish I had asked more questions during this interview but I’m glad that I was able to record the questions that I did” Albertine was born in Chicago but her father was born in Mississippi before making his way north. Unlike Smoke and Stack, he never had any intention of going back Interview footage: “When people would ask him where he was from, he would say ‘Mississippi, and glad to be from it.’ People would assume that he was proud of where he had come from but what he meant was that he was glad to have made it out. He said that if he hadn’t left when he did, he would either be dead or still picking cotton” Voice Over: My grandfather was a proud and man that spoke his mind and it got him in trouble. Footage: Clip of Smoke from the trailer While it was fun watching Smoke gun down the Klan in the movie, that’s not how it worked in real life. If you want to hear my grandmother tell part of the story about how a lucky warning helped her father escape the Klan, I’ll be posting a longer clip of this interview on YouTube.