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Photography Paulina Vo-Griffin Photography Paulina Vo-Griffin

A peek into my world

I show my corner, the corner where I do my thinking, create my ideas, where my journeys begin. I show that you don't need an over the moon area to be able to do things.

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Photography Paulina Vo-Griffin Photography Paulina Vo-Griffin

The fire

I took this picture when the sky literally looked liked we were living on mars. I love love nature so much, and thought that this picture showed so much of what were living in right now, major fires, a pandemic and so much more.

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Music Composition Sophia Wirth Music Composition Sophia Wirth

I am Enough

“I am Enough” is a song about self-value and life purpose. During these past few months, many unprecedented events have taken place that negatively impacted a lot of people’s lives. I wrote this song to spread the message that although we may be feeling low during these trying times, we are strong and can get through any obstacles that are thrown to us. We are enough to make positive changes around us and “we have the power to shape our future”. Each of us has a purpose in this world that we live in.

I find that music is a common ground for people of all backgrounds, and I hope that my song can be part of the bridge that connects individuals of all ethnicities, upbringings, and beliefs. I am optimistic about the future and I wanted to portray that feeling in “I am Enough”.

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Screenplay Paulina Vo-Griffin Screenplay Paulina Vo-Griffin

Aro to the Heart

We begin when the Narrator introduces the audience to Jaz, an everyday good student, and Stephen, a jock. They are destined to be together. However, the cliché bumping into each other results in Jaz totally romantically unaffected, and Stephen wondering whether or not they feel the same way.

Later, Jaz switches up theirs and Stephen’s backpacks, and Jaz’s quirky friend Lidia tells Stephen he should proceed in his courting pursuit with caution. The Narrator is annoyed at Jaz’s continual obliviousness to the cliché meet-cutes, and arranges one more—the falling over of each other—on the football field. Jaz slips away yet again, and Stephen asks them why they don’t seem to like him, and they tell him they’re aromantic. Stephen accepts this, the Narrator is defeated, and the script ends.

Aro to the Heart subverts the expectation that the leads in fiction need to get together—with each other, or anyone at all. It combines expected romantic meet-cutes with half-expected people into an unexpected end.

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Screenplay Paulina Vo-Griffin Screenplay Paulina Vo-Griffin

Catfished

A young girl develops a crush on a boy she’s been talking to over the internet. After a few weeks, she decides she wants to meet him. Her friends are consistent with their worry for her safety, but she doesn’t listen. After hanging out with the boy she realizes she should’ve listened to her friends.

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Screenplay Paulina Vo-Griffin Screenplay Paulina Vo-Griffin

The Introduction

Alex, a quiet but friendly young man walks into a party. He doesn’t know too many people there, but isn’t necessarily a loner either. Alex finds the friend he came to see, Ryan, and they exchange some friendly banter before the focus shifts. Ryan introduces Alex to Margot, the charismatic woman at his side, and a flashback begins. As the montage plays, we become aware that Alex and Margot dated, the flashback guiding the audience through their relationship from beginning to end. We see them meet at a coffee shop, playfully argue over films and talk on the phone. As the flashback progresses, the two start to fall out of love, as Margot’s fiery personality wants something different than Alex’s traditional plans. The implied ending of their relationship occurs when Margot leaves for a business trip and never comes back. The flashback ends and we see Ryan, unaware, reintroduce Margot and Alex as if they were strangers. The film ends with Margot pretending they’ve never met.

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Redswitch

A screenplay about two highschool outcasts that bond over their calling to fight against the coming apocalypse.

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Caged

Over the course of a few years, Alex, a 14 year old boy who loves to help people, finds himself stuck in a manipulative friendship. When he receives a phone call from his friend, Tom, asking for help with homework, he does so, even though it is clear he doesn’t particularly want to. A year passes and Alex receives another phone call from Tom. When Alex suggests that the two volunteer for a blood drive, Tom immediately shuts him down and makes him feel sorry for even suggesting it because Tom hates blood. Alex hangs up, now ashamed. Another year passes and a disheveled Alex finds himself yet again on the phone with Tom, who implicitly threatened to commit suicide. Alex does his best to calm him down and leaves stressed and anxious. He returns later that night tired and miserable, before receiving advice from his mother, who reveals that she has been in a similar situation with Alex’s father. After a few months of implied hardship, Alex finally stands up to Tom and speaks his mind, effectively ending the codependent friendship.

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Screenplay Paulina Vo-Griffin Screenplay Paulina Vo-Griffin

Death of Youth

A struggling teen gets lost in the darkness and solitude that is growing up as his younger self reminds him what it feels like to live youthfully. The ending leaves the viewer wondering if the younger boy was merely a fragment of his imagination? Or if the older boy has really and truly lost himself forever?

Death of Youth is worthy of becoming a movie due to the way it enthralls the viewer and really forces them to think. It seamlessly combines thrill with tragedy in a way that is tasteful, unique, and relatable. It’s a new twist to your coming of age story that will certainly catch the viewers off guard.

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Crushing Anxiety

Anxious, bisexual and non-binary teenager Alex develops a crush on a girl named Niki. Alex faces homophobia from her friends and has to grapple with their social anxiety to talk to Niki.

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Screenplay Paulina Vo-Griffin Screenplay Paulina Vo-Griffin

Delayed Results

An intelligent high school boy named Liam is chosen to go to NASA special program. The only thing in his way from going is the paperwork. Given two days to finish it, Liam decides to spend his time wisely finishing other things like social hour and homework before his paperwork. But the day of, Liam forgets about paperwork and is unable to turn it in on time. The next day, Liam is forced to watch the results of his procrastination as his friends board the NASA bus without him.

Procrastination is a huge problem among high school students. Bad study habits caused by procrastination can lead to unwanted consequences like failing tests, unable to submit homework, and etc. I want to highlight this issue because if students don't learn the hard way then they will miss out on life changing opportunities in the future. One small step toward the right direction is a huge change.

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Screenplay Paulina Vo-Griffin Screenplay Paulina Vo-Griffin

I Did It My Way

I Did It My Way is a realistic fiction that follows two teen boys pining for the part of Macbeth in a local Shakespeare production.

After Samuel scores the part, Virgil feels robbed of his rightful place. Not content with the understudy, Virgil struggles to think of an ethical way to get Samuel to give up the part. When nothing comes up, he vents to his father through letters that never reach the mailbox. Samuel tries to coexist with Virgil but this only makes things worse. Come the night of the final performance, Virgil is about ready to go to any extremes to land the role.

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