Five Influences in My Life—A Media Project by: Ana Wright (Version 2.0)
Dear Mr. Nicholson,
I know we were supposed to write a big report to include with our project, so thank you for the chance to give you this for extra credit. You see, I felt terrible I had to miss out on our project night because I had this totally awesome project prepared. It’s a documentary, and I followed people around with a real video camera. I spent hours editing the footage, so you could learn all about them and also all about me. I even got help from my grandpa’s girlfriend, Sugar, who it turns out is an amazing filmmaker and my soon-to-be grandmother. (But that’s a story for another day!) Anyway. In a dramatic turn of events (those are important in documentaries too), I couldn’t actually do the presentation. I know how serious you take your deadlines, so I wanted to show you that I’m serious too. I mean, yes it’s sort of late. But it’s also TWO projects in one! The second half of my project is not a documentary, and there’s no fancy musical introduction, but I think you’ll be able to learn a lot about who and what influences me this way too.
So along with my documentary, please accept this cast. Technically, it’s still on my arm, but I’ve taken good photos of it from all sorts of angles so you can see every single signature and message. When my six weeks are up, I’ll make sure you get the real deal. I hope this means you won’t dock me points!
As you’ll see by what they’ve written, each of my friends is so different. Some of them are supersmart, and some are shy basket cases. Some skip school (but know better), and one’s even a giant princess who happens to love sharks. But despite how different they are, they are all great friends to me.
Actually, maybe they’re great friends to me because of how different they are. I need all of them because they bring out different parts of myself too. And I may not be the best at being great friends back to them yet, but I am trying. All you can do is your best, right? The strong survive, and I know that these friendships will too. Even if it takes a little work sometimes.
Real friends are worth it.
Thanks,
Ana Wright :)
PS
Oh, and in case you’re wondering who drew the comic of the giant lizard destroying the school, it was Daz. Feel free to ignore that.