CCR’s and Film

 Well here’s my last post. Here are my CCRs and the film opening itself.

CCR1: https://youtu.be/wvDQ1iz0Dbs 

CCR2: https://youtu.be/xRl00s_F0xU

Film Opening: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F3gv49QFqFH0A7b93Aor1cPA9yA87EA3/view?usp=drivesdk 

Reflecting time

Here we are, the edn of the project. My group and I have come a long way and now we are finally done. I can start off by saying I couldn't have chosen a better group, we all worked together so well and everytime we were together it didn't just feel like a project but almost as if we were just hanging out and doing a task throughout. 

 We Had a great time comparing luis to jj from obx. We all had great ideas and different skills of our own. Luis was the main editor and I took care of all the filming. I told them when i didn't think the lighting was right or where they were standing was good enough stuff like that We all grew in the knowedge of film making whether it was editing or filming itself. I for one became  much better at editing than I thought I always thought that it would be something that I could never do but it turns ut that it is somehting that is actualy fun and doesn' t have to feel like a time soncuming mind killing task. Things were going super wonderful until the dreaded day of February 3rd came along... I had tragically torn my acl during backetball practice and required surgery, this surgery took place march 18th and i can definetely say that the night after was the worst pain I had every felt ever. My whole leg was on fire. Thankfully we had finished filming and things were already done with that. 

The project helped me form a better awareness for planning and and better time management. I was able to balance this project as well as I could before and after the surgery and I hope I did well, I'd say I did. I grew so much throughout the project helping me broadenden my knowldge on film making, although I am still an extreme beginner I can say that I now have some experience with this and that I could use these skills one day in the future for whatever it may be. I feel as everything that we had done helped us in one way or another whether it was better time management or being able to work better with others, we all gained something out of it.

I am so glad to have had an oppertunity like ths especially with such amazing poeple to help along the way and I hope to look back on this and project and have it be something that I think very fondly of as it was a very fun time for me. I hope that my group felt the same about it and I hope that they had just as much fun as I did because I couldn't have done it without them. 

post ccr production

 Soooooo a little set because of this unfortunate knee surgery yet moving along, I have finished filming my ccr's and can I say I felt absolutely terrible the past couple of weeks with this project constantly on my mind. 

BUT its okay because we finally got it done!! I used my brother for both ccr's and he was a very good actor honestly, he did a great job fitting the roll of a uninterested podcast cohost who played alogn with what was being said but also engaged pretty well. For the second ccr he did pretty well keeping the energy up and sticking to the script while making sure everything sounded well. We used my mini mics which he also enjoyed along with myself because they honestly are really fun to use and just hold in ur hand for fun you know.. Anywho it honestly didn't take that many times to shoot each ccr because we both just wanted to get it over with, we kept the laughing toa minimum and got the job done. I would honestly say I am very proud of  myselfr because I never really was verry good and/or fond of editing and I somehow pulled it off pretty decent I would hope to say.

  Overall, the ccr's were the most fun to film in my opinion as they got to include mine and my brothers sense of humor, and well my mini mics of course. 

CCR productions

 For my CCR's I am going to be doing a podcast to start with. I have m own mics that I am using and my brother will be the second person that I am going to be conversating with. We both have a distinct sense of humor so the conversation of the podcast will flow even though we will both have scripts. I am going to try to make it interesting because as I mentioned a while ago I tore my acl, and tomorrow I have knee surgery. 

I had to add that, I've been waiting for a while to use that joke, A trend isn't over until I do it I guess. I am going to record both CCR's this week with the help of my brother. For the second CCR I am going to have my brother come into my room recording and I am going to be laying in bed with my helpless leg propped up and he will say for a dollar answer these questions.  I will answer these questions in bed yet while also adding inserts of clips and sound effects. As unfortunate as it is that my leg is like this I am going to incorporate it to make things just a little more interesting instead of boring and sad. 

CCR#4

All the things integrated into  the project were all used separately to work together to create our production now of course. So for the film I really had to get creative. Basically, we used our phones for everything! I found some cool free pictures and videos on Pixabay to set the scene, and recorded some rough sounds and voice bits with my phone's voice memos. When it came to filming, yep, phone again! I even used the screen as a light, which was surprisingly effective. Then, I used Soundboard Tuna to grab some sound effects to make everything sound more interesting. Finally, I put it all together in Adobe Premiere Pro, which was where the real magic happened – editing, syncing the sound, adding effects, all of that fun stuff. We also used my own mics that i’ve had for a little fun of my own, but overall I think our production definitely turned out how we wanted it for the most part. 

CCR#3

 The second half of the CCR's I am going to be doing something like Billy On The Street. Its almost like an interview in a way where a man walks through the streets of New York and other cities with a microphone and a huge camera asking people questions in exchange for a dollar Billy On The Street. I like this idea for the question because i can add my own spin to it and make it unique in a way 

CCR#2

Question for one my first CCR is, how does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text? As I mentioned before for my first two questions I am going to be doing a podcast and I listed the conventions that I am going to be using and/or challenging. My product will engage with audiences through humor and almost through a conversation with the listeners. I am going to be speaking directly to them along with my cohost at the same time. The podcast reflecting the film opening  can engage audiences by also offering a behind-the-scenes look at the process. It would dive deeper into the project, scriptwriting, filming, editing and sound design, featuring the discussion of the production itself and after. This allows the listeners to understand the challenges of filmmaking. To distribute it as a real media text, the podcast would use the school's website and popular podcast platforms like Spotify and Apple Podcasts, ensuring that more people had accessibility.

Along with this a small advertisement in the middle of the podcast, connecting with the audience more and also utilize the convention of a podcast. I was thinking about advertising an energy drink which has been a popular thing to advertise in the past three years. Most influencers and other content creators of all kinds have been sponsored by different drink companies like Ghost, Monster, and Bang being a popular one for a couple years. This uses the convention of a podcast and also brings a sense of familiarity to the audience. I am going to be advertising Monster as it is in fact my favorite one of them all, especially the white one!  I am going to advertise a new flavor while incorporating that to my  topic, I will even be drinking something to make it sound like I am drinking the new flavor as I continue to speak throughout the podcast.