FILM 160: The Final Frontier
Wow! We survived the first Corona Semester of 2020 Taking Media160 during the Spring 2020 semester set out to be an exciting journey during the late winter months. At the end of January 20', I was sitting in a cleaner lecture hall, my lab was small enough to actually look at everyone in the face...and smile. My Professors seemed like relatable professionals who would help answer my question: “why am I actually here?” , and with 27 days in, the new year was still new! But then Coronavirus came just 8 weeks into the semester and 8 weeks later (current week of May 17) , my perception on life has dramatically changed. In March 2020 when most of the country simultaneously moved to the remote learning setting, I felt very comfortable showing up to class in my bathrobe. However the pressure to “show up” quickly set-in, because showing up now meant to be alert, engaged and enthused as if we never left the lab or lecture hall. For me, it was no longer that easy to show up. Remote ...
