Documentaries and New Friends

May 27, 2016

As the first week comes to a close I can firmly say that I am definitely going to get hit by a car while in London.

All joking aside- I love London and the people on my trip are quickly becoming great friends. We’re all staying in a dorm called Lightfoot Hall. While it is the smallest place I’ve ever lived in with one other person, it’s fantastic storage and incredible location makes it all worth it.

We all had a chance to get to know each other last night (Friday) and it was really fun to learn where everyone was from as well as meet other students around town when we all went out! I even found 2 other students not in the NU program who are also from Minnesota!

For the “Documentary Filmmaking” part of my dialogue the 30 kids in my group were split up into 6 smaller groups (the groups were formed back in March). My group is amazing! We all mesh really well and since we had a chance to meet and talk before getting to London, becoming better friends with them wasn’t hard at all!

We’ve begun filming our documentaries and learning about English culture and while it can be sometimes hard to keep in mind that I’m London for school, I’m learning more than ever through my classes!

Written By

Rae Akinsanya

One of my goals for my time here at Northeastern is to gain a minor in Communication Studies. I feel like that second minor combined with my International Business (Marketing Concentration) major and Spanish minor will put me in the best position to reach my long term career goals of being a Social Media Marketer for a corporation. I couldn’t think of a better way to connect my minor in Communications to my major than completing some of the elective requirements in a global setting. During our time in London and Scotland, we will have a chance to direct and produce a documentary. Personally I hope to make a film that is not only visually professional and interesting, but a film that makes others think. Additionally, I want to fully immerse myself in the subject matter my group chooses. I think that some of the best films are the ones where the director attempts to get into the head or setting of their topic. Through producing a film abroad, I feel we would be in a unique position to not only try and visualize our subject matter, but also actually go to the places that some of these events took place.