Appreciation Post

I just wanted to say that I really appreciate this class and how much it taught me. I came into it knowing almost literally nothing about computers (I needed help using a flashdrive, honestly), and this class just opened up a whole new world for me. Thank you!

Video Final

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUqRJzqdURk
(Video Link)

Erica McGloin

Mia Boday

Aaron Curry

Synopsis:

Story follows a young woman (Mia Boday) and her experience with a transorbital lobotomy

Location Filiming:
Snug Harbor "Art Lab", SI, NYC

Seaview Hospital, SI, NYC

Richmond University Hospital, SI, NYC

Soundtrack:
Thomas Newman - "Mental Boy" ("American Beauty" Soundtrack)
Thomas Newman - "Root Beer" ("American Beauty" Soundtrack)

Edith Piaf - "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien"

Appropriated Video: 

"Walter Freeman Explains Transorbital Lobotomy"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKZD5CgQ0Q

"Lobotomy - PBS Documentary on Walter Freeman"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0aNILW6ILk

Fun Facts:

- The staircase landing where we were originally going to film the mental breakdown was covered in what we thought were leaves, but were really billions of insect carcasses

- After getting lost, in order to find our way through the woods to get to Seaview, we followed a mysterious trail of lottery tickets

- Other strange things we found at Seaview (considering the place it was) included a blow-up male sex doll and used tampons

- There are only so many minutes of continuous blood-curdling screaming a father can handle coming from his living room before he starts asking questions

- While we were filming the breakdown scene (originally multiple scenes), i just said "think about the direction your life is heading in" and Mia just rolled with it

- Mia was not impressed with my decision to have her lay down on a 100 year old, abandoned hospital bed where children were historically treated for tuberculosis. Her expression of fear and disgust is genuine.

- Now that i think about it, Mia didn't really do much acting.

- Watching lobotomies for hours is a numbing experience

- Did you know that if you accidentally walk into a closed museum, sometimes the security guards won't question it and will essentially let you film anything you want provided you're in a dark hallway?

- Mia is the nude girl on the Pro-Smoking Propaganda Ad a few posts down. Now you get to see her face.