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England, UK St.Felicity John University
Oscar Piastri, Aussie, sophomore, photography major and takes professor Mark Webber’s class. But something about Oscar is that, he is one of the most talented students in the major. Students see him as their guider, asking tips and questions left and right. Hell, even his seniors are asking for help. The man was talented in his craft since forever…
The Aussie had cinnamon wavy hair, moles all over his face, his eyes making him have a gentle look on his face. Instead he has a calm and composed demeanor and is known to be reserved and quiet and has dry humor.
His childhood friend Logan Sargent. Who is also his roommate and also goes to the same major as him, he is the only person Oscar doesn’t act so reserved and tells him everything but that still doesn’t improve his dry humor…
January 2025, Prof. Mark’s class
It was a Wednesday and the professor was teaching his students about technical fundamentals of image capture and the artistic principels of visual storytelling.
Oscar sat next to Logan as always and was obviously being attentive in class as usual, if you observe the class you would notice students murmuring to each other, a few feeling stressed trying to understand, you might even find someone on their laptop searching on how to change their major. Photography wasn’t that hard as a major unlike engineering and medicine…
You see, Oscar always wanted to drive for Formula 1 and in McLaren especially. His parents were supportive his dream and let him go through karting but due to the heavy funding throughout and not enough sponsors to keep up, Oscar decided to give it up. Now he is finding his way back to Formula 1 as their paddock photographer, or for any other motorsport.
He could've been one of the 20 drivers who drive for the pinacle of motorsports...
As the class was going to end, Professor Mark decided to give out a project for the week.
"Before this class goes to an end, I will give you students a project for the week."
He then puts down his pointer then goes up to his laptop that was connected to the board and switches slides.
"You guys are gonna do rather a common project, Sequential Narrative." Mark announced, showing of his Aussie accent as he spoke.
"You must select a clear subject for the define theme and concept, and I better see the necessities such as Visual continuity, Narrative, demonstrate the technical skills we taught in our classes, and presentation... T
hat is important, this small project could help your portfolio..." He explained before finishing it off with a firm tone before announcing the class was over. Students start packing up to leave the room, so as Oscar and Logan.
As they stepped down Mark quickly stops Oscar from leaving and the younger man turns around with his eyebrow slightly raised. "May I talk to you for a moment, Oscar?"
Oscar then glanced back at Logan, signaling him to go without him and Logan obeys him then leaves the hall.
He then walked up to his professor with his arms crossed over his chest. "Yes?" He asked, he doesn't really ask too much questions.
Mark glances away and sighs for a moment before looking back at him.
"Well our university is hosting a small organization, where you students will volunteer in occupations based on their major. Y'know, to give them an early experience for the real world, a-and this could give you extra marks."
Mark gave him a quick explation, he acted kinda casual towards Oscar, not like a professor and he kept his hands on the desk, waiting to hear the young man's response.
"Why are you asking me specifically?" He furrowed his eyebrows and spoke dryly, he wasn't trying to be rude or anything he just wants answers.
"Oscar, you are a brilliant man and amazing in the craft you do. I have observed seniors going up to you for help."
Mark replied, slightly leaning closer still giving appropriate amount of distance between the two. He spoke with this intrigued tone in his voice, he was always amazed about Oscar's talent in photography and it always surprised him that the young man always hid his impressive work.
"I think it's best for you to test out those real skills aside from uni projects and art galleries. Just send your portfolio and your email and I can help you sign up for the organization."
Mark explained for him as Oscar stares at him with his lips slightly apart as he heard the praisings. Oscar isn't a person to share his projects to the world for a job oppurtunity, he is a person who rather have small amount of views, he didnt like popularity that much...
He then glanced down for a moment and curled his lips, he was unsure on what to say... He wanted to say no really badly. But he was afraid of the disappointment he will see on Mark's face... He finally let out an exhale through his nose then made eye contact with him.
"Uhm, I will think about it. I'm just not sure." The Aussie quietly replied, rubbing the back of his neck and cleared his throat after speaking.
Mark's face slightly dropped when Oscar expressed his uncertainty, he crossed his arms and slightly nodded with his lips apart but he wasn't disappointed.
"If it's about the job you're worried about, don't worry with the amazing portfolio of yours, you might be in luck."
Mark let out a chuckle hile Oscar gave out a sheepish and awkward chuckle.
"Look, If you need time I will just send you an email with the application form, read the form, send you email and info, send your portfolio... The last day of submission is after five days, don't take too much time. You can leave now."
Mark politely let Oscar go, the young man gave a quick nod before leaving the hall through the door with his bag hanging on one shoulder.
After Oscar left, he then searched for Logan. It didn't take him too long to find him talking with Charles who is majoring in medicine, it's been a long while since they seen the Monégasque around due to the obvious crazy amount of work and assignments to go through.
"Dude, you look so exhuasted- You look like the Ferarri strategy." Logan spoke before letting out a chuckle while Charles gave him a deadpan expression before they both notice Oscar going up to them.
"Oh, hey man! What happened there?" Logan asked as soon as he saw the Aussie before giving him an one-sided hug for a moment before going back to let him speak as Charles stares at him with a small smirk.
"Hey Logan.." Oscar smirked before glancing at Charles and quickly dapped him up and moved away again.
"Ah, professor just wanted to inform me about some organization and asked about signing me up, basically I guess they will check my portfolio and give me a random job that suits me."
Oscar finally explained, to be honest he was still unsure about this organization. Logan and Charles glance at each other, giving out a bewildered look.
"What kind of organization is that?" Logan asked and furrowed his eyebrows.
"Why you specifically?" Charles asked after him and raised his eyebrow before Logan let out a scoff, it was like Charles just asked the most obvious thing.
"What else do you think? Oscar was literally born for photography, this oppurtunity was literally made for him."
Charles let out a hum and nodded, when he remembered about Oscar's talent. The Aussie curled his lips in awkwardness, he didn't want to sound like he was flexing.
"Come on, maybe the news will go to the others. Maybe I just got an early announcement." He shrugged his shoulders, feeling a bit embarrassed.
Logan and Charles stared at Oscar before Charles decided to continue.
"Mate, I had to do a toxicology report of 5 cases. I can't wait for my retirement..."
Charles mumbled wearily as he rubs his face from exhusation and let out an audible sigh, Logan and Oscar curled their lips feeling bad for the man. It's like they could feel the exhuasted aura radiating out of the Monégasque.
"I don't know when's the last time I slept. I was basically fed on coffee and Max's RedBull cans..."
"Hey, I haven't seen Max for a while as well." Oscar quickly pointed out as soon as Max was mentioned, the Dutch majors for automotive engineering.
The two other men stared at Oscar like he just said the most dumbest thing, the man takes engineering seriously so serious that you wold never see him around the university, you will only see him in lecures and the library. That will all change when there is any vacations.
"Nevermind." Oscar mumbled before Charles spoke again. "I'm gonna go back to the library, got another test coming up. See yea mates."
The other two gave him a wave as they watched him walk away with his bag overflowing with papers and folders, they even noticed a sticky note behind his shoulder with ton of equations.
Time skip to the evening
The Aussie and the American were back in their dorm, they decided to do their project due for next week, the earlier the less busy they will be.
Logan was searching for inspo on Google and Pinterest trying not to go crazy while Oscar is taking random sample photos with the most random objects.
"Man, what thing shows off visual storytelling?" Logan asked as he put his hand on his forehead while scrolling through his laptop.
Oscar the takes a random picture of his bottle to get an example of the composition then glances at his camera.
"Did you think of a theme first?" Oscar asked without looking up from his camera.
"Yeah, the most basic 'A Day in the Life'."
"Come on mate, that's easy enough. Like for the beginning shot take like the picture of the 'annoying golden hour' always blinding your eyes which is just the morning sunlight blinding you when you wake up."
"I know what's that, Captian Obvious. It's just how the hell do I make it look good? Y'know using the right concepts- You know what I mean!"
Logan groaned then covers his face with his hands, feeling tired already.
After a few hours of researching, taking example photos, Logan groaning and about to give up a few times, Oscar explaining the concepts for him, the two sometimes having a laugh of their dumb example photos and a lot of notes around their dorm.
It was now already late at night and Logan was laying on his back sleeping on their L-shaped couch, his arm dangling over as his laptop switched off by itself and his mouth slightly agape but not snoring thankfully.
Oscar was still on his laptop, He already got around 5 photos to use for the project. He glanced behind, seeing Logan's sleeping form. He let out a huff of laughter before turning back. As he was editing the photos, he finally remembered about the organization his professor talked about, and remembered about that email. He let out a quiet gasp but slowly he let his mouse cursor go towards the envelope icon and double clikced and immediately found the email.
Date: 15/1/2025
From:Professor Mark Webber
To:Oscar Piastri
Subject:Form for the organization
Good evening Oscar. Here's the link for the organization. Take your time to think if you want to go or not... The last day to fill the form is 20/1/2025. Don't take too long.
www.St. Felicity Organization.com
Oscar stared at the link for a good 10 seconds before deciding to click on it, to see where it will send him. Of course it took him to the page where they explained what they will do and examples of job oppurtunities they will send you to...
Expression of Interest: University Portfolio-Based Career Opportunities Program
We are excited to announce a new first stepped designed to fast-track your professional careers. Our university has organized exclusive partnerships with leading industry employers who are offering early and direct job opportunities to students whose academic portfolios demonstrate exceptional skill and potential.
This program provides a unique chance to leverage your coursework, projects, and realistic experience for a head start in your chosen field.
If you wish to be considered for these opportunities, please complete the form below.
Student Information
| Field | Input |
|---|---|
| Full Name: | N/A |
| Student ID: | N/A |
| University Email: | N/A |
| Phone Number: | N/A |
Academic Details
| Field | Input |
|---|---|
| Major(s): | N/A |
| Minor(s) (If applicable): | N/A |
| Expected Graduation Date: | N/A |
| Cumulative GPA: | N/A |
Portfolio Submission
Your portfolio is the foundation of this initiative. It should showcase your best academic projects, personal work, research papers, GitHub repositories, design samples, etc.
- Link to Online Portfolio/Website:www.Portfolio.com
- Alternatively, Upload Portfolio Files (PDF/ZIP max 25MB):www.Portfolio.com
Agreement and Consent
- I certify that all information provided above is accurate to the best of my knowledge.
- I consent to the University sharing my academic portfolio, resume, and contact information with our approved industry partners for the sole purpose of recruitment for this program.
Oscar then checked over to File Explorer and saw the file named 'Portfolio'. The one which he had before he started college, literally has everything... His mouse cursor just hovering it, considering if he should do this entire thing or not. For the sake of his grades or his sanity? He went for the first one.
He clicked on the folder and scrolled through the entire file, every photo he took since the beginning of highschool, ever since he took the media club. He uploaded the photos which he thought was perfect, wrote a reason why he thought it was good for him to be in this organization, gave out his info and done.
Oscar then let out a sigh, stared at his laptop wondering if this is the worst decision he has done this year or it's going to be the best one. He decided to call it a night, closed his tabs and shut down his laptop and closed the flap down. He rubbed his face in exhuastion before getting up and deciding to let Logan sleep on the couch to avoid disturbing him, he gently threw his pillow and blanket at him just in case.
Went to the bathroom, took a bath and brushed his teeth, checked the clock on the wall before going to his room to sleep, unlike Charles and Max who don't even remember if it's day or night at this point due tothem studying so much.
The Next Morning
Oscar got up early in the morning around 7:30, he then yawned and let out a groan as he stretched and rubbed his face. He sat up on the bed with his feet touching the floor. The Aussie stayed like that for a minute before getting up to start the day, their class was starting at 9:30 and they both have two hours. Oscar noticed that Logan was still sleeping on the couch now laying on his pillow and having the blanket around waist while facing the wall, he then decided to do his routine first, brushed his teeth, showered, y'know the essentials...
After all that, he put on a black shirt with black pants like a basic person he is during the cold winters of January. He finally decided to wake up Logan.
He tapped his shoulder like three times before Logan let out a quiet gasp and opened his eyes. He then shook his head and looked around for a moment, his face all tired and quickly wipes his drool at the corner of his mouth.
"W-What? It's morning already?" He asked quietly
"Yeah, get up mate. We have over hour and a half left till class starts."
Oscar casually reminded the American, but that just made him jump awake in surprise.
"Hour and a half- Ah!" Logan quickly pushed the blanket over and quickly went up to the bathroom to freshen himself up.
Oscar made breakfast for the two, and as they ate Logan complained about how cold the water is during the winter while Oscar reviews last class's lecture notes.
"Hey I decided to apply for that organizaiton." Oscar casualy informed him as he continued to stare at the computer.
Logan paused as the fork was about to reach his mouth, he stared at OScar before finally speaking.
"Oh... Well, what's gonna happen now?"
He asked, unsnre what else to say about this news, well he knows that Oscar is gonna get a good occupation, it's certain.
"Ah, well just wait for a few days until they announce it through an email. I don't know how many students are going to apply for this..."
Oscar shrugged before Logan got an idea for another topic.
"Hey, since we are gonna have mid term break next week... What if we go out somewhere with Max and Charles?"
Oscar glanced up and just simply shrugged not giving out a proper answer.
At least he didn't say no... Logan thought to himself as he chewed on his food
Time skip
Now the four men have finally met together after a long time. Logan felt relieved that Max remembered that he has an amazing group of friendds and not a group of equations.
"Hey..." Logan awkwardly chuckles as he stares at Max with his RedBull can and his disheveled look, not even smiling back at Logan.
"What? You guys wanted to see me?" The Dutch replied, feeling annoyed felt slightly judged before Charles puts his hand on his shoulder.
"Mate, just be simply lovely. It's been a while since they saw you.."
He let out a sigh and gently patted his shoulders, but that made Max a bit more annoyed but didn't say anything.
Logan found this entire conversation (if you can call it one) entirely awkward and decided to steer the conversation into a completely different way.
"Hey, have you guys noticed Lando Norris's new post that he doing a shoot with Vogue?"
The three other men slightly raised their eyebrows, a bit bewildered that Logan just randomly mentioned the supermodel Lando Norris but decided to go along with it because they find him amazing because they see him modeling every product they own.
"Mate, have you seen him modeling with Dior? He literally made their products fly off the sheleves."
Charles spoke with an amused look o his face, his eyes slightly wide as his hand gave a flying motion.
"Hah!- Especially when he was out in the public a girl literally dragged his by his coat with so much strength he literally fell on his ass."
Max spoke, he actually laughed and smiled for the first time ever after their last hangout 9 months ago.
"His fangirls are literally like the Beatles fans." Charles added but a few people didn't really get that
As everyone chuckled along, talking about the supermodel, this was the first where everyone was finally together and they are all laughing, well almost all...
When someone is so famous to the point everyone in the world knows their name without being aware on what they do. There is always some people who never really heard their name before and in unaware of their famous existence. Oscar is one of those people, he just heard who Lando Norris was and was just fake laughing along... That will all change later on but not in the Oscar thinks...