I grew up my whole life, never knowing a single thing about him. I knew tragic things had happened in the past, and I knew he lost his whole family, but I didn’t know how or know anything about his own accident.This is an interview I did of my dad on our way back from Connecticut over thanksgiving. I used this as a project for my Photojournalism class, and am continuing to work and expand on it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVBqVk4PGZM
These are pictures of artifacts from my family history. The first photo is of old pictures of a boat my grandfather owned. The story behind the boat is that it use to belong to the owner of the Hershey chocolate corporation. It had sunk in a storm, and my grandfather asked him if he raised the boat, if he could keep it. He obliged, and my grandfather restored the boat to perfect condition, and only took it out once a year. But instead of passing the boat through the family, he sold it, and my dad never forgave him.
The second picture is of an accordion from Italy. Before my dads mom passed away at an early age, she had my father and his brother taking accordion lessons starting at age 4. The accordion is is mint condition, and is now worth over 4,000 dollars.
One of the bigger moments of my life was the interview I did with my dad. I grew up my whole life, never knowing a single thing about him. I knew tragic things had happened in the past, and I knew he lost his whole family, but I didn’t know how or know anything about his own accident. Hearing my dad talk about his past for the first time, changed the lives of me and my sisters, as well as my mom. It’s hard to believe you can go so long, knowing so little about someone that close to you.
One time I was with my cousin Molly, and we got lost in the woods by my house. We loved to explore and make forts in the woods, and we went searching for bigger and thicker branches for our teepee. We ended traveling too far, and when we went to head back, we went the wrong way and ended up even further. What was convenient is we were prepared with sleeping bags, snacks, matches, and basically all survival stuff because we were planning on camping out in our teepee (which was right in the back yard.) We ended up having to spend the night in the woods, and were found the next morning by the police. But at night, it was the scariest time of our lives.
A favorite time or memory of mine, is when I played on the boys lacrosse team in high school. I played from Sophomore to Senior year, and it was the most fun of my life. I got in great shape and made some great friendships.
My dream is to become a filmmaker. Not just someone who makes movies, but movies, documentaries, and any video related media that actually means something. I want to change the way people think. I want to to make them laugh and feel intense emotion. I want to make my mark on society through the creative process of film. It’s my passion. I could spend every day doing it. Although most of the films I’ve done so far have been light, and cheesy small projects, I can’t wait to challenge myself to a bigger task.
What I want for myself and for my future, is to be happily married with at least five children. I want to have had time to experience my career as a filmmaker, and travel, and accomplish things such as successful films that changed people. I want to have made a name for myself, not just as a filmmaker but as a good mother with a good family that has a solid religious background. I can envision a day where I wake up in the morning to my husband getting ready for work, which in turn signals me to get up and to get the kids ready for school. After everyone has been sent on their way, I am able to stay home and work on my film projects from my office, editing footage on my computer and looking after my youngest child. Later on I leave and head out to my sons football game, and then gather all the kids and head home for dinner. My husband then later shows up from his day at work, and we all sit together as a family. After dinner we sit in the living room together and pray the rosary. My life would consist of morals and happiness.