Sunina Samantha Khargie

Who am I in the world of Media? I'm a student of the Arts torn between Media & Film. It all started in High School when I discovered my love for Communications, but was unsure of which path to take. All I knew was that I enjoyed speaking in front of groups of people, giving speeches, and doing the weather report for the morning announcements. I first attended Brooklyn College and declared Media Studies as my major. Then I decided I wanted to attend Hunter College instead and transferred to BMCC for two semesters. They had a different name or program altogether for my interest. A little unsure I ended up declaring VAT (Video & Arts Technology) as my major. 

When I finally transferred to Hunter I was torn because the Media & Film programs were separate majors of which you're not allowed to double major or minor in either or. All the courses I had taken at Brooklyn College & BMCC transferred over as Media credits. The problem was that having the experience of television production at BMCC sparked my interest in the creation of film. I was mesmerized by all the work that goes into just one frame, and all the people behind the scenes that make this possible.

One graduation and two transfers later here I am. I decided to major in Film and still take some Media courses as electives since I couldn't minor in it. It was a hard decision to make and I had to carefully review all the courses offered by both departments. To help make my decision I attended the Majors meeting for the Film & Media Department. In the end I chose Film, because they offered more courses I was interested in than Media which seemed to focus more on journalism. I believe both fields are connected and go hand in hand, so either ways I'm winning!