Creative Critical Reflection

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SVhH1SNuL1I91R40jPPAN5kQ7hnDDiIG/view?usp=sharing

This is a CCR of a PowerPoint with a voice over.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZBO_TX_sHB5pPOTh_FSAkekB5pdTLmCo/view?usp=sharing

This is a CCR acting out a stream with its chat.

Film Opening

 https://youtu.be/SqlDxKsG37w

 

Final Reflection

During this project I learned many new techniques to make a good film opening.  It also gave me first-hand experience on how hard it is to create a film.  Many scenes came out differently than expected, but one thing that stayed the same was the base idea.  It took many hours to figure out the best shots to portray my idea and bring it to life.  

I had a great time working with my partner.  He had many great ideas and lightened the burden off work for me.  This project helped me with my teamwork skills.  This is important because the majority of things in life will be done with multiple people and not individually.

Non-Copyright audio

 

These are the audio clips we used in our film opening.

Editing Process

 

Throughout the weeks my partner and I were editing the opening.  Since we both don't know how to edit we had to watch many you tube tutorials.  

We had trouble figuring out how to fade our title.  This is a video on how to fade an image in adobe Priemer pro.  It showed where to find the effect and how to implement it.  

I knew going into the project that the editing process was going to be the most challenging.  We overcame many challenges like figuring out effects.

Production Skill Development

Throughout this project my planning has improved the most.  There are many things to plan like the shots, dialogue, location, props, and character design.  There are a lot of pieces that need to connect.  I have made a shot list, storyboard, mood boards, and props.  All of these things were done before the production so our film opening will be as good as possible.  During the filming I was the one behind the camera.  My filming has improved. In the opening there are many camera movement techniques like pans, tilts, and tracking shots.  I gained some experience as a director even though I was only directing 1 or 2 people at a time. My editing has improved greatly because before this project I had very minimal editing experience. 

The hardest part when filming was the opening shot. This is because I had to get the right lighting and tell the actors where to be and what to do. This part of the project developed my skills the most, since there was the most challenges.

Group Discussion

 In the group discussion we had in class I talked about my project and got great advice on how to improve the film opening.  I learned that you could color code your clips when editing.  This is helpful because you could organize your scenes by colors or make different layers different colors.  We also talked about the CCR and what ideas we had.  This was helpful because I was stuck on what I wanted to do for the CCR.  Some different idea's we came up with were a directors commentary, podcast, reaction video, PowerPoint presentation, and an interview.