For my Capstone, I made a video explaining the Exposure Triangle. The guiding question for my project was, "How can I help myself and others learn about the art of film without having the opportunities to do so?" I basically wanted to teach myself and others about filmmaking. I spent most of my time researching how the settings of the camera interact with each other. Which caused me to later learn that that knowledge is useless without putting it into practice with my own camera. Also causing me to change my project significantly. Originally the project would've been much broader, explaining other aspects of filmmaking like,” cinematography, lighting, sound; and post-production including sound design and editing. I clearly had no idea what I've signed up for. I cut it down to just the Exposure Triangle because of the aforementioned reason and it was easier for me to explain as I had no prior knowledge of filmmaking or how to use my own camera. Also, it's the starting point for anyone who decides to pick up a camera as a hobby or career, in my opinion. Through this process, I learned about reality and how to manage expectations because of it.

My name is Nyzhae, For my capstone, I started a program for kids between the ages of 5-8. I started this program because I feel that kids at those ages are very impressionable and they look up to people my age. I wanted to show them what a positive role model looks like, Over the course of two months I volunteered at daycare two or three times a week and created activities for the kids to do during the pandemic. Doing this project to give back to my community taught me a lot about myself as a person, I learned that I want a career that has something to do with children. I am going to college for Criminal Justice but I know I want to be a child advocate lawyer. Going to the park, laughing, participating in relay races, and drawing really was so riveting now that I am older I don't do those things anymore so being able to do those things and share those moments with the kids was an amazing opportunity. My main focus with this program was teaching the kids basic lessons such as learning to express their emotions in a positive way while still getting your point across, treating others how they want to be treated and most importantly respecting one another.