CCR & Film Opening

 Film Opening:

Film Opening

CCR's:

CCR 1 & 2

CCR 3 & 4

Post with final reflection on project

   I  feel that this project changed me and my view on films. I  now have much more appreciation towards films because of the work that gets put into them. In 2 months I made an OPENING for a film, and still had to rush a little at the end. The time management lesson I've leaarnt from this project is crazy. As how the project made me feel, it felt like we were a part of something bigger, and genuinely enjoyed talking and meeting to new people as we have filmed. Would I change anything? NO, my group and I have learnt so much from our mistakes and will continue to,

Post - Production of the CCRs

    Now that my CCRs are complete I am nearly done with my project. To edit my CCR's  I used premier pro, and for the logo I used adobe creative cloud and adobe after effects. I also used a database what my friend recommended called bulletproof bear, this is where I got the audio clips from.

    I made the logo when I was waiting the wave (the wave is what the library is called at my school). I have been using every second I get to finish this project since I have to finish this as soon as possible. 

    When I made my CCR I had to make a tough choice, which was to risk it and go with a different idea then what I planned because I didn't have enough time to complete my board game idea, since I lack time management.

    This is why I had to adapt and make it seem like as if I was getting asked questions by the news. This also meant that I had a lot less time to memorize my script so I ended up having to be more creative and answer the questions by going off the script. 

    This is why I chose to do this with question 3 and 4 because the question were the "easier" questions that weren't more "analytical" responses and where more about what we did and how we improved. This way I could feel more confident about what I was doing and in the end it worked out. 

Producing the CCR's

         When filming this CCR I decided to do a visual podcast because of the simplicity it would be the quickest to complete. This allows me to complete it because of the time crunch I am currently in because I have a really big tournament and then I leave for vacation like immediately after. 

    It had taken me a while to memorize the script of CCR 1 & 2 so I decided to do the visual podcast since it was easier to have my script in front of me in case I start t doubt myself. It took me about 2 hours to get the audio for this CCR because if I wasn't messing up then my dog was barking, or my grandma walked in on me, or my dad got home from work and rings the doorbell. 

    Although these were minor inconveniences I had to restart a lot because of these interruptions. I also stuttered a lot and had to restart because of that. When it came to editing the CCR I used CapCut cause it is really simple and easy to use. Plus I was able to work on it when I wasn't home and I am able to edit on my bus rides to my volleyball games. 

    This helped me a lot because I have so much going on in my life right now and using a 1 hour bus ride to my game in Kendall is a good use of time management. CCR 3 and 4 I had to wait until the next day to film because I had to film it during the day.

    Once I got the audio I was able to start editing, but I left that for another day since it is late and I am tired. Its the last week and it is time to work!

CCR #4 Script

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 In this fourth, and final CCR I had to answer the question:

How did you integrate technologies – software, hardware and online – in this project?

Then I used these tips and tricks to write my script:

-Begin with discussing any techniques that you used while producing the project 

-Discuss hardware-camera, lighting, mics, phones, tripods, dollies, etc.

-Discuss software, editing, planning, blogging, etc.

Once I knew what to do I began to write my script:

    While filming this technique we used a lot of shots that were close to his face so that the audience is able to see that our charachter is still effected from the "alcohol" they consumed last night. We also used three point lighting in the scene we filmed at night so that our characters face was visible.

Before:

After:

    How we did this was we had Arthur's phone, Maxi's, and mine all being held up at different directions. Now, when it came to the actual filming of the project we used Arthur's dads camera which is a Canon EOS 60D. This camera worked really well cause it picked up sound really well, this helped because we didn't have to use any microphones At first we struggled to use it and after a quick tutorial from Arthur's dad, and many YouTube videos later we finally understood how to use it. Once we got that out of the way we began to film.

The editing of this project was honestly one of the hardest parts to do. Thankfully Arthur had a friend who is insanely good at using adobe so we were able to receive some help from him. Not only that but we watched a lot of YouTube tutorials. When we didn't want to edit super complicated because we were just trying to see how scenes would match together I used capcut to help my group and I visualize how our project was coming to life.

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CCR #3 Script

In this third CCR we had to answer the following question:

How did your production skills develop throughout this project?

Then I used these tips and tricks to write my script:

-Reflect on your progress throughout the production

-Discuss how you begin with research and planning, and offer specific details about both of these processes 

-Discuss your approach to production. What did you have to change or adapt as you worked on the project?

- End with a reflection on where you started and where you ended. You may also discuss previous projects completed in class and how they helped you to develop you portfolio project

Once I knew what to do I began writing my script:

   Throughout this production we have made much progress in all aspects acting, editing, and filming. When we first began this project I would've made a film with a lot of transitions and sounds that were obviously fake, or filmed with the same shot over and over and over again. The worst part is the acting, even though I did very very very little acting, I would mess up a lot like for example when I had to speak my voice wouldn't match the scene. So I would sound super jolly and happy in a scene that required some seriousness. Now I've learned to analyze the scene and find out the mood and the tone and try to keep it that way, unless instructed other wise by director. I've also learned a lot about filming and genuinely enjoyed creating it. I loved the aspect of directing a lot of the scenes and helping out the cameraman get the perfect shot. Finally, thank god I learned to stop using transitions cause it was insanely off putting and made the film instantly look bad.

    When we first began I looked at a variety of films, The Exorcist, Jaws, In the Tall Grass, Anabelle, IT, and Scream. The reason is I choose movies with insanely diverse types of horror (what I mean by it there not all the same copy paste horror movies they have different horror's for example Jaws is about sharks, Anabelle is about a killer doll). When we first began planning we were nowhere near the idea you see today. We had an idea of a looping forest, kind of like the the tall grass in the film In the Tall Grass. But we scratched that and decided that we wanted to have a side character get killed off in the beginning. Then we were instructed to avoid this so we did, then we finally came up with the idea that we currently have of having a doll appear. As for our research we had did various case studies on films that were similar to our film such as In the Tall Grass and Anaconda. The reason I chose to study these films is because the hardest part of our film is the setting and these 2 films have really similar back grounds to ours.

    One of our biggest issues was gonna be finding somewhere to film the bar scene. Since none of us are of age, we cant enter a bar and film there when closing. Thankfully Maxi has an area of his house that looks like an old timey bar, so we decided to film there. Then we went to go film behind regional park. But the area we chose barely had any trees. So we had to walk about a mile to where we a saw a denser area of forest. We also had to change a whole aspect of our film opening because we didn't find a filming location we felt really embodied our ideas so we completed changed it and came up with the idea of the guy walking on the street at night about 10 minutes before we actually filmed it.

    Throughout this class we have done a couple projects and let me be honest, they all came out pretty horrible, but I learned from them. Although in the moment it seemed like my ideas were stupendous they weren't really anything special and were kind of horrendous if I had to describe them in one word, but I learnt from them. Learning about all the things that go into any films or video had made me deeply appreciate this form of art more, and honestly I deeply enjoyed this project because it gave me a sense of being a part of something bigger. I feel like I actually can appreciate a film for the actual aspects of it like the mis-en-scene, shots, and other techniques, and not just enjoy a movie because of the content.

Group Meeting

     

    This group meeting helped me a lot with my CCR's. Going into this all I knew is that I had to answer certain questions for my CCR's. Now I know that I have to do it in a creative
way. I at first had an idea, but my teacher said that it is common and seen a lot. The idea was the google pull strips where its celebrities named and what they google about them. The issue with this idea is that my teacher told me it is really common. So I just decided to switch it out for a podcast. The podcast that I have in mind would be a Q&A type of podcast where clip play on screen often and I reference many pictures and excerpts from our film and film process. The other idea I have is a board game. The one I would use would be monopoly, and the way I would answer the questions is by answering the questions on the cards. For example, how did you use media conventions in your film. Then I would talk about it to the camera while playing monopoly. While filming this I would have an extra also playing monopoly so that when they are playing there is still stuff going on. Plus you cant play monopoly alone! 

    Overall these group meeting helped so much because I was honestly very nervous about my CCRs. Especially since I have to finish them early cause I am going on vacation. Now that I know what to do I am much more confident and plan to finish them up as soo as possible.