Date of Award

2024

Document Type

Senior Project

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Humanities

First Advisor

Clark, Maribeth

Area of Concentration

Liberal Arts

Abstract

The basis of this project was the researching, establishing, and conducting of a student-run enterprise specializing in the delivery of multimedia services (IE film, photography, sound) working with real-world clients. Our primary purpose was to immerse ourselves in the professional industry of media production and to learn the nuanced dynamics and hard and soft skills the industry requires, with the intent of utilizing direct experience as a form of self-directed education. Simultaneously, we created a tangible body of work and built a network within our community. We created an enterprise called Open Circle Media, complete with its own website, branding identity, and personalized business cards. Under this name, we worked alongside several professional documentary teams and also retained individual clients who contracted us for a variety of production services. We drafted legal contracts, professionally managed and delivered media files, and sent invoices to clients. We filmed over a hundred hours of video content in professional settings, earned more than five thousand dollars in gross revenue (which was then reinvested into professional camera equipment), and learned invaluable lessons from numerous clients and mentors who we encountered along the way.

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