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Homework 2: Long form (bonus)
I took this assignment super seriously because it fit too well with the direction I want to go with my content. For the kind of content I want to make, long form seemed like the fit. With my short form, I always push the envelope and make it 3 mins or bust. The goal is to make nerdy video essays.
So what I did is do a script littered with bullet points and notes to me, and a ROUGH draft of the video.
3 Things I learned from KevOnStage and Suzu about Grief
Intro
I went to the KevOnStage Grief Sucks show because I wanted to be sad and sit in my sad feels. But leaving the show, I left with a full heart and a mind buzzing with a question: why don’t we talk about grief like this? [make a solo title card]
After sitting with my feelings on the show, the first movie that came to mind was I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, but the movie that really fit my feelings was BELLE.
Let’s talk about the 3 things I learned from Kevin and Suzu about grief.
Thing 1: “They were your *blank* but they were my *blank*!”
v Grief will feel different depending on who the person was to you
v Not everyone will grieve the same based on how the person was ranked to them
v Your position in your worldview will shift and it won’t be easy
Notes to me:
- Kevin as the middle brother/older brother
- Kevin military kid moving around, brother = bestie/only consistent friend = lifeline
- Suzu’s mom vs her dad’s wife vs choir member
- Suzu’s mom = hero = her person
- Kevin math joke relate that to Suzu knowing her mom
Thing 2: Grieving looks different and shows up differently
v Suzu stopped singing in public, but sings as BELLE
v Kevon laughing at a meet and greet (retell that story with the lady and the phone from DC)
Notes to me:
- Kevin crying in the shower
- Suzu vomiting on the bridge
Thing 3: Remembering the good stuff helps with the Grief
v You carry pieces of the person with you in ways you don’t think of until they’re gone
v The person can help/heal you beyond the grave
Note to me:
- Kevin’s video his brother sent him
- Suzu is her mother’s kid (mad spoiler end of the movie)
Conclusion
To answer my question, why don’t we talk about grief like this, I think a possible answer is that we don’t have the language.
To also borrow from John Onwuchekwa, Grief is a Language [make a solo title card]
The goal in learning a language is not to finish but to become fluent.
Notes to me:
- To answer my question, I think we don’t talk about grief like this is because we’re not as fluent in grief as we think we are or where we should be
- I think by becoming fluent in grief, we as humans help others become fluent in a language that is difficult to learn but necessary to understand.
- Kev and Suzu didn’t finish grief at the end of their respective mediums, they became more fluent in grief.
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Homework 2: Long form (bonus)
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