My Final Project

Here is Veronica and I's Final Project!!!

 

My CCR

 Here is my Creative Critical Reflection! Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/gUIomPSmla0

CCR Creation

 For my Creative Critical Reflection, the creating process was pretty chaotic. I had my phone on a tripod, had to carry in a chair to my room, and needed to make sure the lighting was consistent throughout the video. However, the planning process was more organized. I had previously written a script since I know I'm the type of person that's not very good at improv. But before I had even written the script I had made a basic planning outline for the topics I wanted to discuss in my video. 

This script really helped, I tried not to look at it as much as I could throughout my video but without it, I know it would have come out horrible. After I was finally done filming I begin to gather my footage and place them in order and cut out parts I didn't like. Once I was done I added pictures and videos from my final project as I would speak and then added some background music to make the video more upbeat and lively. Overall the steps I took to ensure my video would come out the way I wanted successfully worked and I'm proud of the product that came about. 

Pictures of my final script:

Post Production

Post-production is said to take longer than the filming process itself, and let’s just say I can definitely confirm this statement. Filming was quick and easy but the post-production takes lots of time and skill to complete. There are so many choices to make in a certain time frame. In our post-production, we worked on the editing which I spoke about in the last blog but there are many other elements. Color correcting is one of these elements to make sure the film looks consistent. 

Removing unwanted noises in the background is also very important, especially when we wanted to add music to the scene. An important aspect of the film was also the dull tones when Oscar is inside the classroom compared to when he finally makes it outside the colors immediately become more saturated. This is completed during post-production. Overall the finished product of our film came out great and I’m confident with the way it turned out!

Image showing how our character associated outside with bright colors:

Editing Process

 For the editing process, Veronica and I are using iMovie, this is because we are both familiar with its mechanics. First, we started by importing all the footage, once that was done we placed the scenes in order of the story. Then the real editing can take place. We begin cutting out the footage we didn’t need or simply didn’t fit. Then we added editing movements like zooms in the opening title scene. Adding the sound was also another process, we placed them underneath the scenes we wanted each of them to play in. To do this we had to cut the sound for only the pieces we wanted to incorporate into the video in the first place. Lastly, the dialogue that is in the footage mostly just stays the same with only slight changes to the volume.

Images of the actual editing process:

CCR Planning

As I begin with my Creative Critical Reflection I've started off by making an outline of how I want to plan out my video. This includes answering each question from the Creative Critical Reflection and labeling which topics I want to touch upon and making sure I don't miss them. Creating this planner has helped assist me as I begin to write my script. I'll take a look at which topics I need to hit on the ceratin portion of the script I write and elaborate and extend on the topic. 

My planning for CCR:

Key Moments

A key moment in this project so far is working with Mr. Petritis and his wife. They are both so kind and helpful throughout the filming. When we filmed Mr. Petritis's wife for the security guard scene she was making jokes but took her job seriously as well. On the other hand, working with Mr. Petritis was somewhat difficult but nonetheless a blast. 

The only difficulty working with Mr. Petritis is his very goofy personality. Many times we would ask him to do one thing and he would do another while maybe adding a joke. This led to having to reshoot many shots multiple times. But overall this made it a key moment because he kept everybody laughing and it was still enjoyable to work with him. Not only that but Veronica has him as a teacher for one of her classes so it was hilarious to see the banter that would occur between the two.

Mr. Petritis: