Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Project

Assignment/Activity Title— Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Project                                               Year— Sophomore

Skill— Writing, Media

Portfolio Category— Media and Communications

            The Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close voice project was one of my favorite projects so far this year. It forced me to really analyze the book for what I thought was important and connect it to my own life. The reason I liked this project so much was because I got to use pictures, quotes, and music that meant something to me, and that I wasn’t constrained in what I could do.

I struggled with this project for a while, but it wasn’t because I didn’t have any ideas it was because I had an abundance of them. I constantly came up with new themes and had trouble deciding on one. Twice before I used the theme opportunity I had picked a different theme only to find that everything that I wanted to say wouldn’t fit within the constraints of the theme. I also struggled to choose quotes. There were so many quotes that I found powerful and wanted to use but I had to narrow it down to quotes that directly related to my theme.

The theme I chose for the project was, the opportunity to live life, and I connected that to the characters by illustrating how they were able to overcome the tragedies that happened in their life to try and continue to live life to its fullest potential. I connected this to my own life by saying how I have a lot of opportunities to meet new people, make new friends, and learn new things.

I decided to create a video presentation on windows movie maker, which was challenging because I didn’t have much experience using movie maker.

I used the song “Opportunity” by Quvenzhané Wallis, from the new Annie movie. This song was one of my favorites from the movie, and was really fitting for my project because it talks about how we only get one opportunity to make something of our lives and when we get that chance we have to take full advantage of it.

            Another big part of my presentation was the pictures that I used. I used all personal pictures of me and my friends, family, and doing things that were important to me. A lot of my pictures featured my friends because they are a huge part of my life. I also used some pictures of my family because they are of course a huge part of my life. I connected the important people in my life to my theme of opportunity because we have the opportunity to love and to give love in our lives, and we can’t be willing to throw away an opportunity at love because of something petty.

            I want to include this because unlike a lot of my projects it is really personal and shows my ability to reflect on my own life and what I have been given.