I am a little confused on what to do for the digital essay. Can a digital essay be something other than a video or mini-clip? Like perhaps a slideshow, a song, or something else. Under the digital component description for the project it only mentions film or movie/short video but it also states that it should incorporate audio, video, text, and/or images so could it be possible to make a slideshow?
My topic is about people who are perceived to be lonely actually like to be distant from others and that these supposedly loners only need one true friend to be happy. I don’t know how I could portray this through a short video. Perhaps I could have something show an individual being alone at the beginning of the video, show envy to those who are popular and has a lot of friends, but in the end when this individual finds that true friend he/she rejects the popular ones when they ask to be his/her friend. The problem is that I have no experience with making anything of this sort. If I was to portray this concept in an animated video how could I do it? How could i fit this concept into a short amount of time like 1-2minutes? I do look foward to working on this, however, because it sounds interesting and I believe it will be something fun to do and learn at the same time.
