Part 1: Interviews

Interview 1

1. What is your full name? Why did your parents select this name for you? Did you have a nickname?

Brian Lyle Stewart. I dont know. My sister called me “bri”(br-eye), and I always hated it.

 2. When and where were you born?

I was born in 1949 in Guilford Maine.

 3. What is your earliest childhood memory?

My sister’s cat fluffy got hit by a pulp truck. My brother and I found it and brought it to her when she got home from school. She cried for a week.

 4. What kind of games did you play growing up?

Baseball, tag, baseball, kick the can, baseball.

 5.Did you receive an allowance? How much? Did you save your money or spend it?

Yeah, I got an allowance, 25¢ a week, and you could go to the movies on that and still have money left over!

 6.Who were your childhood heroes?

Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone.

 7.What were your favorite songs and music?

I loved the beatles, I even had a beatles haircut.

 8.Describe a typical family dinner. Did you all eat together as a family? Who did the cooking? What were your favorite foods?

Mom and Dad would both be at work when we got home from school, and dad would have left milk and crackers out on the counter every day. The weird part is though, I don’t get why he didn’t leave the milk in the fridge because it would always be half sour by the time we got home. Then Mom and Dad would get home and Mom would cook a roast or something like that, burnt as always, and then after dinner we would all listen to the radio.

 9.How is the world today different from what it was like when you were a child?

Well, everything was a lot cheaper back then, also things were a lot safer. Nobody worried about people breaking into your house on drugs, or stealing your kids, or anything like that.

 10.Of all the things you learned from your parents, which do you feel was the most valuable?

Work hard, but never forget to have fun.

 

Interview 2

1. What is your full name? Why did your parents select this name for you? Did you have a nickname?

Jeanette Diane Stewart. I have no idea why my parents named me that, I guess I just never thought to ask. People used to call me Di ( pronounced-dye).

2. When and where were you born?

I was born in 1960 in Tallahassee Florida.

3. How did your family come to live there?

My mother was born there and we lived in the house she grew up in.

4. Were there other family members in the area? Who?

All of my Mom’s brothers and sisters lived really close, we were a close family.

5. Were there any special items in the house that you remember?

I remember my Mom always had the nicest pots and pans and I always wanted to cook so I could use them.

6. What is your earliest childhood memory?

When my sister Alisa was born.

7. What kind of games did you play growing up?

My sister and i were always playing with dolls, everyday, we had so many dolls.

8. Did you have family chores? What were they? Which was your least favorite?

Well, I always cooked dinner. That wasn’t really a chore though because I really enjoyed it. I would say taking care of my little brothers was the most annoying job I had around the house.

9. What was school like for you as a child? What were your best and worst subjects?

I always loved school. Math was my favorite subject, I was so good at it! I was never any good at art though, I always wished I had been but I just wasn’t.

10. What were your favorite songs and music?

Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin and  Tina turner. I did NOT like the beatles

 

Part 2: Artifacts

 

Part 3: My Story Snapshot

My favorite memory was when we moved back home to Maine from living at my grandmothers house in Florida for a year.

 My Mom used to always have soul train on during the day because she had all the VHS’s, and from a very early age music was a large part of my life.

My first day of college was quite stressful, as I had been homeschooled ever since kindergarten and had very little social experience.

 

Part 4: My Education

My Education

My goals for education are to learn as much as I can about audio and film production in order to further my storytelling abilities and broaden my imagination.

I plan on taking film and audio classes, and learning as much as I can outside of school about film and the influence it has, and music production as a whole.

I want to write direct and score my own short film but the end of next summer.

Part 5: A Day In My Future

Quality of life requirements, top 10

1. Can provide for myself and my family

2. Good relationship with my family

3. Travel the world

4. Have good friends who support me and value my support

5. Love my job

6. Meet lots of new people

7. Learn something new everyday

8. Live healthy

9. Care for the earth

10. Try new things

Once upon a time,

The year is two thousand and- OH SHIT… that can wait, I didn’t realize what time it was! I run out the door and hit my automatic herb garden waterer. I have a spectacular herb garden. As much as I hate leaving my family I’m making a documentary about a pod of whales my team and I have been following and I’ve got to get to the helicopter, they’re waiting for me! I’m so excited! Usually I drive to the boat but today I get to ride a helicopter! My best friend is a pilot and he’s taken me all around the world in his plane. The ride was fun but I’m really glad we’re here because I met a professional diver who dives with whales and he has been taking me down to film underwater. I’ve been training so that I can be in top physical condition on these dives. Wish me luck!