LINKS!

LINKS 

CCR 1- https://drive.google.com/file/d/16XW0sBnD7sPdnb0mdHiGLrt96jJRw152/view?usp=sharing, 

FILM OPENING - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZteK4x9uXLAF4PM9Z0jpfqU7cqKKwyhh/view?usp=sharing, 

CCR 2- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lfkzu7Xmh2bGc5c_w-r3PFyN8pURAXbA/view?usp=sharing

Producing the CCRS

 Soo..We are on the very last step of this project!!

So we have to film to critical review reflections. One CCR has two questions and the other CCR has another two questions. I did question one and two together because, I thought it would be best and it would help with organization. For questions one and two I did an interview and I had my dad be my guest and he was the one interviewing me and asking the questions. 

For the interview we used microphones and attached them to our clothing so we could get the best audio possible. We Tok about an hour filming these CCRs. We had our scripts for each CCR in-front of us so we could stay on track and have everything flow easily. We spent more time filming the interview than the podcast since, in this one we couldn't really look at our scripts. To keep our camera steady we used our tripod which was very helpful because we didn't have to worry about the camera falling or being unsteady.

During the podcast, we took about 30 minutes filming it was a pretty easy process since it was no visual so we just followed along the script. We had some audio issues because either my microphone was too close to my mouth or too far so it took a couple of attempts to find out where the perfect placement was.

Overall, this process was very smooth I am glad that we filmed all of this in one hour and I am so glad we had access to microphones because we could tell it made a huge difference in the audio. 

Post production of CCR

 Post production of CCR

My post production consisted of editing the scenes together, reviewing audios, and clips. 

Today I had my dad help me with my podcast for the CCR it went very well, better than I expected, we utilized the same tripod that we did for our film opening which was a huge help for this process. We also used microphones to enhance the audio which was very helpful and made the audio sound 100x better.

I used voice memos to record the audios and to keep them stored there after we filmed. 

This was a smoother process than film opening because it was only 2 different videos to manage. 

Reflection on Project

 Reflection on Project

After 7 long weeks of working on our portfolio project we have finally finished!! We had a couple bumps along the road of our film opening projects. Our genre that we chose is coming-of-age and we researched all of the things that you need to have in your film for it to be considered a coming-of-age film, my partner and I have watched many coming-of-age films before so it was perfect that we selected this genre.  I believe that in our film we incorporated all of the coming-of-age elements. We had to make many adjustments yo our script and even filming process many times, but we found a way to resolve the problem and adjust so we could stay on track. The hardest part of the process was coming up with the script because we had to find a way to not make the film seem rushed or moving too fast but also keep the film moving along so we can keep the viewers entertained. 

I am so glad that we were able to have filmed in with about 3 weeks to the due date, which gave us time to reflect, analyze, and see what we need to fix with out film without being rushed. We took only 2 hours to film this project which is very impressive for us!! 

Overall I think we did very good with this project and managed our time in a goodly time manner and were able to bring the storyline to screen.

CCR script for question #3

 Script for CCR Question #3

How did your production skills develop throughout this project? 

Interview: Hi are you Peyton Chatman? 

Peyton: Yes I am!

Interviewer: Wonderful.. can I interview you?

Peyton: Yes of course what do you want to know?

 Interviewer: How did your production skills develop through out this project?

 Peyton: Soo.. this might take a while to answer, I believe my skills have developed in so many ways while doing this project!

Interviewer: Really! Can you explain to me how? 

Peyton: Of Course!!

Peyton: In our previous projects.. I typically did not use a tripod or any sort of equipment to keep the camera stable and non shaky.

Interview: Really wowww! 

Peyton: Using the tripod really helped me produce the best quality scenes we possibly could

Peyton: This project is the first one that I had to make sure I used equipment and made sure the camera was centered and not shaky at all!

Interviewer: What equipment did you use?

Peyton : I used a tripod, funny story actually I did not think I had one in my home but my dad hd one in the garage.

Interviewer: Do you think using the tripod helped your production skills improve? 

Peyton: Of course 1000%, you can also see a huge difference form the quality of this project compared to the other ones that were filmed in the past. 

Interviewer: Do you think your production skills have improved? Yes 100%, when filming in the past I used to just keep the first clip we filmed, but now throughout this project I have learned that it may take 3-4 tries to get the best quality footage possible.

Script for Question #4!!

 Script for Question #4

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

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

Peyton: Well.. We used many technologies I will tell you how.

Interwier: Ok!

Peyton; A software we used is called Imoive. 

Interviewer: What did you use it for? 

Peyton: We used iMovie to piece the scenes/clips together after we were done filming, and we trimmed some of the clips that we had in this software.

Interviewer: Wow! I bet that was really helpful. Isn't iMovie free? 

Peyton: Yes!! and its very easy to use!

Interviewer :What other technologies did you use?

Peyton: Canva!

Interviewer: What for?

Peyton: We used canva to do our credit scenes, we found a texting video template and we customized it to fit all of the credentials we need for our credits!

Interviewer: Wow!!

Interviewer: Did you end up using any softwares??

Peyton: Yes we used premier pro. It is what we used to edit our film instead of iMovie. 

Post-production Process!

 Prost-Production Process!!

Editing 

The first step we did right after we finished was start our editing process. We re watched all of our clips to make sure everything was good and to see if we needed to reshoot any scenes. we are going to use Premier Pro for our editing resource, we were going to use iMovie at first but many of our classmates recommend to Premier Pro instead, and its free!! 

Credits 

For our credits since we use texting in our film, we decided that it would be a good idea to find a texting/messaging video or template on canva and edit it to fit the different criteria we need. For example we need director, actors, writers, editors, and a production name. So we customized it to fit everything that we need. 

Music

I gotten multiple suggestions on music, especially with the coming of age genre. Many coming of ages movies find a way to layer music in their scene and also to have it low enough to where you can still hear what is going on. I think I definitely need to add music for the very first scene, the mirror scene. The mirror scene would be the perfect time to add music into our film.

 

I am very happy with how our film and filming process turned out. I am so glad we were able to make things work even with roadblocks, and adjust.