Author: MATIAS CSILLAG

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For my short documentary I will be compiling a five year anniversary video from when I got trapped in the luggage compartment of a moving bus. 

It was a rainy Saturday night in Israel and I was traveling between cousins after spending the sabbath in the city of Ranana. I placed my luggage underneath the 947 express bus en route to the Ben Gurion Airport area and the ride was uneventful. 

When I got to my stop I walked down the steps and moved to the luggage compartment to get my duffel bag but there was a problem. Other passengers bags pushed my luggage all the way to the back forcing me to climb almost entirely inside to get my bag. The driver with the remote by his seat began closing the door on me and to save my legs from injury I touched them inside the bus, hoping a sensor would alert the driver to my wearabouts. The door closed, the lock engaged and the driver began to drive away. 

While under the bus I had several phone calls with relatives and the Police and was rescued after 30. Minutes. The story went viral accross the country and round the world and I was known as being the boy who gut such under the bus. 

Today as a broadcast news reporter, I will discuss how this event impacted me and how I do my work. 

Matias Csillag

For my visual poem, I have two possible directions I can take this assignment.

The first being a 2 minute segment which I would title “nature in winter”, painting a picture into the way nature changes in the colder months. From frozen waterfalls to animals in the snow. I would put the clips to light, slow music, similar to the “Planet Earth” or “Our Planet” series. Being in Northern New Jersey, I have plenty of access to parks and beautiful look outs with nature so I feel I would have enough content. My main concern would be if the weather while filming or around the time of filming is extreme enough to make it clear this is about winter.

My second Idea would be covering the buildup and aftermath of the 2024 State Of The Union address by President Biden in Washington, DC. I would open with purposefully shaky video of the capitol dome from the highway. Then go into some security setup on Capitol Hill and the White House press briefing if there is one on the 7th. I would film lawmaker arrival and motorcades but I will not be inside the Capitol for the speech itself which eliminates the middle part unless I film the watch party I attend. I would end on myself getting ready for my stand up concluding on a clip of my stand up (speaking about speech and outro) and then the video goes dark. My concerns with this project will be timing. If I have enough time thought my trip to do this project justice.

By: Matias Csillag