EDITOR MUSINGS
BIG THANK YOU THIS IS A HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS MADE FILM POSSIBLE AT JOHNS HOPKINS.
Dear Readers, This 2011 edition is particularly special to me because it is my last. On May 26th, I will don black and take that fateful walk across the stage, pray that my name is not butchered, receive a scroll of parchment from a superior in a robe, and it will be over. My university career will be finished. I dream that upon passing that master in gold and black and moving my tassel to the left (or is it the right?), I will be flooded with clarity – a divine understanding of what has passed and what is to come. As I reflect upon my four years at Johns Hopkins and layout my ultimate edition of Frame of Reference, I cannot help but view the end as a fresh start. Everything reads black and white. Hopkins has taught me what I love, who I love, and how I aim to manifest that in the future. The grey area that consumed me in past years has dissipated. This Frame of Reference attempts to mimic such newfound lucidness. The edition focuses less on frill, and more on its heart – the content. Love and legacy,
THANK YOU MEREDITH WARD FOR PUTTING IN HUNDREDS OF EXTRA HOURS TO ORGANIZE FILM SOCIETY AND TEACHING US HOW TO CREATE A FUNCTIONING, THRIVING GROUP. THANK YOU LUCY BUCKNELL, LINDA DELIBERO, JOHN MANN, & MATT PORTERFIELD FOR GIVING EVERY FILM STUDENT AN INTIMATE, INVALUABLE EDUCATION THAT COULD LITERALLY BE FOUND NO WHERE ELSE. AND THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN THIS PROGRAM JUST AS MUCH AS THE STUDENTS - WITHOUT YOUR PASSION WE WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COME THIS FAR AND DEVELOP AS FILMMAKERS. THANK YOU VIVECA PATTISON FOR YOUR PATIENCE, UNWAVERING FRIENDLINESS, AND HELPFULNESS WITH EVERYTHING - EVEN WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE TO. THANK YOU JOSH GLEASON FOR KEEPING ME GROUNDED AND FOR AN AMAZING YEAR FOR FILM SOCIETY. I COULD NEVER HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU. LASTLY, THANK YOU FILM SOCIETY. THIS YEAR WAS PIVOTAL FOR US AND, WITHOUT YOUR PARTICIPATION, ENERGY, AND COMMITMENT EVERY WEEK, IT WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN NEARLY AS SUCCESSFUL.