Short Essay:
I chose to talk about how Facebook can affect one’s ability to
get a job. The argument I was attempting to make is that it is important to
monitor what one posts on Facebook because employers take it into consideration
when hiring for a position. In my documentary, I spoke to three students of
different ages and majors as well as a business professional. When I began my
project I thought that the students I talked to would not be concerned about
what they posted but as I continued to interview them I saw that there was a
range of opinions. Dylan’s (sophomore) answers to my questions fit more with
what I was expecting about not worrying about it too much. Maredith (freshman)
pointed out that she monitors her Facebook because she has many younger people
looking up to her and she wants to be a good role model through her Facebook
but she doesn’t monitor it for the employer’s sake. Bailey (Senior) seemed to
have the most thoughts toward the importance of monitoring Facebook because of
the three students she is the most immediate one to go into the work force. Ray
(Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Bush Brothers & Co.)
provided a perspective from the work force. Being in a position to hire, he
could shed light on how much companies really focus on the potential employees
Facebook.
I think that the video succeeded in that it showed that
monitoring Facebook is important. None of the students I spoke to had any
provocative material on their Facebook but I think that since they had
different view points the video still worked. If I had more time I would have
tried to find people like the two in the opening two shots. I also would have
liked to be able to talk to more professionals about their thoughts on
Facebook. I contacted several others but their schedules didn’t have any
openings when I needed to shoot the footage. I think that my shots were pretty
good except for the few shakier moments of the camera as well as the black bag
in my interview with Ray.
Although my documentary expressed my thesis, I came up short in
that it wasn’t very thought provoking. The video wrapped itself up in a way
that didn’t allow the audience to draw their own conclusions. However I did
really like what Ray had to say about Facebook so I wanted to put as much of
our time in together in the documentary. I think that the music and the
pictures in that broke up the interviews and questions helped the documentary
be far more interesting for the audience.
I think overall the video was successful in getting my message
across, I just think that with more time it could have been more interesting
than it currently is and it could have including a wider range of view points which
would have added more value to the documentary as a whole.
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