Self Portrait

For the self portrait assignment, I'm honestly a little torn on what I think that I should do. I feel like this is a chance to both do something meaningful by taking an introspective look at myself, and commit something about myself to film, something I've never tried to do before. Trying to focus on the smaller things, smaller aspects of myself is rather challenging. I kinda regard myself as a bit of a boring person, so it's somewhat of a cop out of me to brush this off, saying that no matter what I choose, it won't be anything of particular interest. Yet at the same time, this is an exciting prospect. 

I'd like to do something humorous, because at heart I really to try and find the humor in everything. I don't like being all serious all the time, and I'd like to do something funny, or at least with a humorous element. After seeing some of the examples, its kind of easy to fall into this artsy trap, trying to make yourself out to be something more, deeper than what you actually are. To glorify oneself just because we are film majors and we are artsy people. I'm not sure if this is something I really want to do. 

I have a love for the ocean, and the beach. It's one of the major reasons that I chose to go to school here in the first place. I've wanted to live by the sea ever since I was a little kid, so in a way this is a dream come true for me. I'd like to mix these maritime images into my self portrait, because standing beside the ocean gives me a feeling like I never get anywhere else. To feel so small, so out of place beside something so vast is a humbling experience. Mixing a humorous element with coastal images probably will be a bit of a difficult task, but I feel like this is the direction that I'll take this self portrait. 

Lastly I'll leave you all with this images of a handsome man, petting a cat