What You Leave Behind

For the longest time, I have been watching short films, daily vlogs, and everything in between on Justin Escalona's youtube channel, "PlayTheGameFilms". Over the years, I have become a huge fan of his cinematic sequences shot with his 4K camera as well as his short films shot on his iPhone 6. Three years ago, he was accepted to the University of Southern California, a school I am very interested in myself. He decided to go there to pursue his interest in film making since it is the #1 film school in the world. Below is just one example of the talent he possesses in a short video he wrote, filmed, and edited in under 24 hours describing how his leaving had a bigger effect on him than he realized. Like him, I never really give much thought to how moving over 2,000 miles away will affect me as well as the only people I've had meaningful relationships with for the past 18 years. Since he does go to USC and live in LA, many of his videos are shot there but it was nice and refreshing to see an old video of him reminiscing on his childhood and teenage years and how they helped shape him into the person he is today-21 and living in California with absolutely no regrets.