CTE Community Engagement: For my capstone, I provided digital media services to my community through photography and videography. I was the club photographer for SOCA (Student of Color Association), ran my own workshop for the April art show, filmed and edited staff interviews for incoming SLA students, and even helped my teacher on a music video gig for an upcoming rapper and much, much more. Considering I switched my capstone twice, I am proud of my work and all the activities I participated in this year, as it gave me the networking skills I need in order to thrive in whatever career path I take in the future.

I aided the following students’ capstones,

-Yun (Art show exhibition)

-Matthew Zematitis (Filmed and edited staff Interviews)

-Magda (Weekly SOCA photographer)

-Destiny Harris (Senior Signature film)

-Quincy (Filmed sports games)

-Reese (Documented & assisted classes)

-Abby (Assistant photographer for media day)

-Angel (Consulted Digvid equipment room additions)

Link to my Portfolio:

https://tinyurl.com/ys3pvh4h

Digital Video students at SLA work tirelessly to produce documentaries, narrative films, and experimental projects, yet once those films are turned in and presented, they largely disappear. They get buried in the cloud, forgotten, and never seen again. Digflix was created to change that.

Digflix is a student-built website designed to archive and celebrate the work of Dig Vid students by giving their films a permanent, accessible home. The site was built with a bright, intentional design to reflect the creativity of the students it showcases. Each film is accompanied by a written reflection from the filmmaker covering their creative process, the tools they used, what they are proud of, and what they want viewers to take away.

The project began with a Google Form sent to current and former Dig Vid students, collecting both their films and their reflections. From there, films were uploaded to YouTube as unlisted videos and embedded on the site, with reflections shaped into cohesive paragraphs. Building the site from scratch with no prior web development experience required significant independent research and problem solving at every stage.

Digflix matters because it fills a gap that is easy to overlook but hard to ignore once you see it. It extends the life of student work, provides future filmmakers with a reference for what is possible, and turns a pattern of loss into a lasting celebration of creativity and growth.