The Kennedy Administration

I do have to admit, this assignment was sort of difficult for me.   For a long time I did not know what I wanted to do because I felt drawn in many different directions and like there was so much I was wanting to say all at the same time.   Eventually I decided on the trait I wanted to show, that of being a put together, classy woman.   For most of my life, I felt like in public, I was very put together.   I always dressed up, tried to make myself sociable at different functions, and basically aspired to elevate my life.   The women I admired growing up were Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly and the like.   In those old movies I would watch as a kid, they always seemed to be calm and collected, and put together, even in the face of danger.   They were grace and beauty and I wanted to be like them.   When choosing the picture I wanted for the project I found this lovely photograph of Grace Kelly, and in black and white, which was perfect.   ...

            (My Husband, Candy, Myself and Rich)       For our script, we drew upon inspiration from a book that uses parallel storytelling: “All The Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr. This book tells the stories of a blind girl in France and a boy in Hitler Youth in World War II. By telling their respective stories side by side, it creates a more dramatic story overall-- something we hoped to do in our script. We also were inspired by “My Grandmother Ironed the King’s Shirts,” which told the story of the narrator’s grandmother in a concise and respectable way. Because of these two stories, wanted to incorporate the storytelling methods of the novel and the respectful nature of the short film. Kennedy            Our two historical sources were in fact Candy and Rich themselves-- they are my grandparents.  I remember when I was out visit...