Mrs. Amy Boutilier Sport and Medical Sciences Academy 280 Huyshope Avenue Hartford, CT 06106
Dear Mrs. Boutilier: For my capstone project, I decided to create a documentary about Capstone. I will be interviewing the seniors of SMSA about their capstone project. I will be getting footage from any of their events or when they´re doing field work. I want to reveal how capstone is a good project for seniors to participate in and how much it is needed for us to all grow. I think that those who are doing good things for the community deserve that exposure especially those they are helping.There´s a lot behind the scenes that no one gets to see and I want to shine light on this to show how much work it is to make this project successful.
My research question is: ¨How do you create a good documentary? ¨ I decided to use this as my research question because I´ve never made a documentary and I know how much work it goes in to make one successful. To show proof that I have completed my hours the artifacts I chose will include videos, photographs, voice memos, interview questions and answers.
For this project my mentor will be Leslie Gomez, she is a photographer that I met over the summer during a photography class I attended. She is ideal for my capstone because I learned so much from her over 6 weeks and she´s inspired me to get back into doing what I love. Leslie is a self-taught photographer who just started 2 years ago but already owns two businesses including her photography one while also being a nurse. My learning stretch is going to be not trying to do everything all on my own, I like to take all responsibility but for this project, I´ll have to learn how to work with others and get others to work for me also to make this project successful.