Will Stone - CP 6

 

I met up with Hamad again on Thursday after his classes, in the lounge. At this point I was still trying to get to know him, which can be difficult with the language barrier. So I made it a point to ask him about film making, which I seemed to be something he was really interested in, based on his Facebook page. I had some limited experience making film projects in middle school and high school as well as a working knowledge of how to operate film-editing software. When I asked him about his experience, I could see that he was interested in the conversation. He told me that ever since he was a child he had been interested in making movies and that he had been the only person with this interest in his community. Hamad has made several films and had Final Cut loaded on his computer for film editing. He then told me that his primary motivation for learning English in Tallahassee was so that once he passed his TOEFL he could directly apply to be admitted into FSU’s film program. I told him that I knew a few people enrolled in the film program and had even been an extra in a few of my friends’ projects. I told him that I could try to put him in touch with some of them and he expressed interest. I texted them on the spot but didn’t hear back from them till later that night. We then discussed film studies classes, which he had absolutely no interest in. he told me that he didn’t care about analyzing films and what they meant, but was intrigued by the process and technical qualities of film-making. I asked him at this point if he wanted to try to catch a movie over the weekend. We made plans to try and see Prometheus over the weekend and by that time it was 4:00 and time for TEFL class. I bid he adieu and told him I would be in touch over the weekend.