CMCstudent, Jenkins

“The great hope that people who normally don’t make movies are going to be making them…One day a little fat girl in Ohio is going to be the new Mozart…the so-called professionalism about movies will be destroyed and it will really become an art form.” This quote by Francis Coppola is very true to what is happening in our culture today. It is no longer great hope of this happening, but a reality. We are encouraged from a young age not only that we can be whatever we want to be, but that technology enables us to express ourselves. I remember as a young child growing up my parents having their camcorder and my younger brother and I doing silly dances in front of it. When I became old enough to understand the functioning of the camera myself, we began to use it as a form of expression without the help of my parents. Sometimes we would set it up and my brother would bang on pans pretending they were drums, while I would sing with my juice box as a microphone. These are silly things that many of us do not think much of because our generation is so used to growing up with technology, for instance the camcorder. However, this shows that even in just 20 years the sphere of public technology and the notion of being able to create things without being a professional have broadened tremendously. It shows the shift from the need of specialties in order to have the know-how to everyday people becoming camera/ technologically savvy. This opens up things to everyday people that were opened to just a select few in recent years. Even as we get older we are still being encouraged to participate in things such as “Movie Fest.” We are encouraged in all aspects, whether through acting, technical work, creating, or producing to show that nonprofessionals can make movies and be just as artistic and successful.