VIDEO: West Seattle student filmmaker’s view of lockdown life

| Coronavirus | West Seattle news | WS culture/arts

Our previous story covered one aspect of how education has changed for high-school students because of campus closures. So what’s their view of how life has changed in general because of the stay-home order? This video is a mini-doc by one local student, West Seattle High School senior Riley Nachtrieb, recently featured here after winning an award for another short film, about her . Olympic Discovery Trail run last August. Her new film “People vs. Pandemic” was mostly shot in West Seattle. Got 6 1/2 minutes? Watch above (or here)!

R2 April 20, 2020 (4:48 pm)

What a great document of this strange time! Nice work!

Scrappy April 20, 2020 (5:07 pm)

Well done, Miss Nachtrieb! That was awesome! Sorry you didn’t get to finish out your Senior year. Best to you and your future. 🙏

newnative April 20, 2020 (5:14 pm)

Interesting how something only days old is already out of date. The man waiting for a bus at a bus stop that no longer serves (routes 56/57 were cut), the people not wearing masks in proximity of each other, a coffee shop manager telling customers it’s okay to come close. Do we really have helicopter surveillance?
Interesting about marking days off on a calendar. I was doing the same (we were sent home to work on March 13th) and stopped April 7th. I think that’s when people started envisioning staying at home for months, not weeks.

mok4315 April 20, 2020 (5:18 pm)

Great job Riley!

r April 20, 2020 (6:03 pm)

What a great demonstration of productivity and a memorable contribution to document this historic experience. Best wishes to you, Riley!

Rumbles April 20, 2020 (7:04 pm)

Super video! Really well done!

HS April 20, 2020 (7:24 pm)

Really well done. Editing and sound are both excellent too. I agree with the other comment, it’s so interesting to see how quickly things have changed since this video was shot. Only leaving the house once a week, it was particularly eye opening to see video of an empty downtown.

Liz April 20, 2020 (9:11 pm)

That was excellent! I really appreciate the narration. It’s accuracy and conciseness. Thank you!

Nancy April 20, 2020 (10:03 pm)

Loved this! Such great, local reporting. I also appreciate how this impacts your senior year in a most unexpected and unwelcomed way. Thank you for sharing this.

Ken April 20, 2020 (9:39 pm)

Riley – Keep it up! You’re a natural. And please, stay safe out there.

me April 20, 2020 (10:22 pm)

I liked it, you should make more.

Saaly April 20, 2020 (11:05 pm)

Excellent film!

Diane April 21, 2020 (5:55 am)

Very well done Riley!

SeaGirl April 21, 2020 (7:37 am)

Really impressed! Nicely done especially the perspective you provided. Thank you. I’d love to see your next one on the close of the West Seattle Bridge. You are great at what you do. Keep it up!!

S April 21, 2020 (9:47 am)

Great work! I agree more would be welcome! I am a huge fan of the podcast, This Podcast Will Kill You, which has a mini series on COVID-19. it would be great to see something like that with minisodes and different people having their experiences captured. Especially the older population and the younger population too. It has been strange for my elementary kids to be at home and I see them process this through pretend play when dolly gets sick with COVID and the flamingo has to wear a sock mask to go out of the living room. Thanks again!

Jill April 22, 2020 (10:56 am)

Excellent job!!

Ulyana April 23, 2020 (6:14 am)

What an excellent film! Loved watching every second of it. Thank you for sharing on the emotional level what this time looks like. It’s unusual, it’s scary, it’s like a rollercoaster where all you want to do is scream..but it will come to an end. Stay positive. Yes.. things are changing but I hope we get to be a bit more grateful for the things we’ve had, we get to have now and look forward to make the best out of what comes next.

Asha April 24, 2020 (1:12 am)

Great film. You have talent. Gonna let me kids watch this, it puts it in perspective. Sorry for the end of your senior year. Let’s hope got better days soon!

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