Catherine_CP_#5

Today I met with Ahmad (Jack). We met at CIES and he actually filmed me for a video for the Conversation Partner program! It was really exciting because he talks a lot about filming and it is clearly something he loves, and watching him actually work on something was really interesting to see. It was also way more official than I thought it would be, even though I had some experience with cameras and tv production myself in high school. For example he used a microphone with a kickstand and an actual clapperboard to say "action" for me to start talking. He was really good at making me feel more comfortable talking on camera and helped me figure out exactly what I wanted to say. I was nervous because I knew it would be seen by many future CIES students when they start to be introduced to the program. He also showed me the final product of the class short documentary that I had seen many students working on. I even helped a couple of them with what they were going to say and pronunciation of there words the day before they started filming, so seeing the final product was really awesome. I was very impressed with how it turned out. I told him he should definitely see if the FSU film school was having any upcoming film competitions because he should enter it! It would be a waste for people to not see it, especially with how hard all the students involved worked. Even though I was nervous to be on camera, I'm really glad I agreed to be filmed today. It was a really cool experience and I always have fun at our conversation partner meetings!