Wake Up! | [ACCEPTED] Brown Video Portfolio 

i love you, dad ❤️ (4/5/2023) 🕊️
[ACCEPTED] Brown Video Portfolio for the Class of 2024
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BLURB: Freshman @ Brown University Studying Applied Math (and probably something else lol)
Script:
Hi, my name is Joshua (Raul) Benzon from the Canterbury School in Fort Myers, Florida.
And this was my life.
Life was a chore. I was a robot, doing things I was programmed to do instead of things I wanted to do. Life was a habit and not an adventure. I was sleeping through life, with opportunities and moments flying by.
And then one day, I woke up. Quite literally.
One day, before school, my mom told me my dad was admitted to the hospital the previous night. During his emergency back surgery, doctors discovered he had cancer. It was awful hearing he might never walk again, but even worse, hearing he might not survive at all. The thought of this former military serviceman being paralyzed made my heart sink. His treatments and physical therapy consumed him AND our family for a year.
But that treacherous year was a turning point.
I learned that LIFE IS NOW, because I don’t know when my inner clock is going to run out of batteries.
I began to take every day as my last. Giving all my effort no matter what. Seizing opportunities. Embracing happiness. Making challenges a stepping stone to self-improvement, not failure.
As short as life is, it’s not easy. So when I do crumble, I remember that there are 24 hours, 1,440 minutes, or 86,400 seconds in one day. Don’t let 30 seconds of that define who you are.
I am placed on this Earth with no fixed purpose. I am sentenced to death. I have the choice to create meaning or live a life devoid of meaning.
Because who knows what fate will bring us.
So, embrace the suck. My dad did, and he’s okay now. I did. You can too.
Scenes:
-Breaking Glass in Ultra Slow Motion 30000 FPS by Manphiz
-The “Miraculous” Work at UHN Emergency Department by UHN Toronto
Music:
-“Time” (Inception) by Hans Zimmer
-Sad Instrumental Music (For Voiceovers) by UltraFandom
-Sencha Alarm by Apple
-Take Yours Marks Olympic Swimming London 2012 by 4n0n0z
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