University of California San Diego Writing Question

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1. What were your takeaways from the discussion? List at least 2 specific themes that resonated with you from what they discussed being a transfer student and adapting to UCSD, their education at UCSD, learning media production, building a production company outside of Hollywood, and working and building a family. These are possible themes, but you can, of course, comment on other themes as well. This response should be at least a paragraph long; more is fine.

2. Todd was precise about how he defined success; accomplishment through hard work and collaboration, adapting and changing to his clients' technology and needs, and caring about the work that Jumpcutters makes as a company. What do you think about these ideas about success? Do you think you might apply them?

3. Katherine and Todd both stressed how they made community through media practice. Even though it is challenging to do this under current circumstances, have you been able to do it, and/or do you look forward to making community through media practice in the future?

4. What are your thoughts on the Guide Dogs for the Blind promotion campaign video? Did the piece resonate with you? Why or why not? What did you observe about the specific production techniques that were mentioned by them while creating the video? What new insights about production and post-production did you gain from their discussion?

5. How did Katherine and Todd's visit influence the way you might think about working with and within media if you think you will continue with media after this course?


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I gained several takeaways from the discussion including two major themes. From the
discussion, I learned that a lot of hard work is needed for an individual to become successful in
life. There are a lot of challenges from being a student to starting a company and building a
family. One of the major themes discussed is social change. The only way to bring about any sort
of change on a social level is to integrate with like-minded people (Liu, 2021). If you are lucky
there will be enough like-minded and people to enact a large-scale change. For example, Todd
and Katherine are like-minded, and together they have worked hard to bring change not only in
society but also to themselves. Social change is a process and happens over time. For social
change to take place individuals in collaboration need to be on the same page and want change to
take place.
Another important theme media production. According to Todd and Katherine, there are
three stages of media production. The first stage is pre-production which is conducted on a
particular product, like a documentary or film before the beginning of the f...

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