My post-production consisted of editing all of my clips together, doing voiceovers, and adding in clips from my fil opening as well as other images.
Today my best friend came to help me with my podcast CCR and it went well we recorded everything good, we ended up using the top of my water bottle as a tripod since mine broke as soon as we were about to film, but it turned out great in my opinion! We had fun and were able to complete the job.
I used iMovie to edit because my mom had it on her iMac and I found it really effective and easy to use. I first put the clips all together, made an opening and made my reference page at the end, and I integrated visuals as well as clips from my opening, some with voice over and some with the original sound. Filming took us about 2 hours and then editing took me about 5 hours. I felt extremely productive and confident in my project.
For the interview "vogue" CCR we had a complication where the mic my best friend was using behind the camera broke and we did not realize for the entire time so I had to voiceover her parts and basically make it an interview with myself which turned out great in the end.
I decided I am going to do a video inspired by the "73 questions with.... Vogue" for my first CCR, so for the first 2 questions and I edited my script to fit this type of video.
The general idea of this video is that there is a person behind the camera asking me the questions which I will split up into multiple parts, while filming me walking around the house and giving a "house tour" while answering the questions and being interactive while the background changes constantly to remain engaging. The costuming will be a nice outfit, similar to the nice outfits artists tend to wear on these videos. This video would include clips of the film opening to show the techniques I am talking about and different images or videos while I am explaining. All my sources will be at the end.
Here is my new script for this CCR video-
I am going to have one of my family members ask me the questions behind the screen while filming me and I am going to try to memorize my lines to say them smoothly. I will later edit in the clips of the additional things I want to show in the video.
For my second CCR I was thinking of doing a podcast with my bestfriend, she would be asking me the questions and I would be answering them. We will create a podcast atmosphere where we are on a couch or a table with microphones like a classic podcast would be in. Usually they are filmed in a comfortable spot with someone that people are comfortable with and I feel that what I will create will represent that effectively.
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My script for this CCR is this now that it is edited-
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I began to brainstorm a couple ideas for my CCR and I wanted to get really creative and not do an interview because I heard a lot of people in my class doing that.
So I made a list of my main ones and I am going to describe how I would approach them.
-Social media video like a livestream or a get ready with me
I would do this by putting the questions in the comments of the live stream or the video and answering them in the video. The live can be done with a live template and comments and pop ups and pretending I am an actor answering questions about a production.
-Podcast
I could sit with another person of my group and talk about our film as if we were 2 actors talking or I could get a person who was not in the production be in the podcast and ask me the questions. This can be done with a couch like most podcasts or a table with mics.
-News report
This can be done by filming outside and someone behind the camera asks the question and the mic pops out from behind the camera like in a broadcast.
-Vlog
A walk around my house or outside with different shots while someone behind the camera is asking me questions.
CCR question 4 is-
How did you integrate technologies – software, hardware and online – in this project?
In this project I got to experience using different technologies to create my final production. I used hardware such as the phone we used to film the scenes and the tripod we used to stabilize different shots. The phone captured the focus pulls and we used cinematic mode on iphone to get the footage to be high quality. I learned how to stabilize the shots and also move the shots accordingly with the phone. We filmed close ups, mid shots, establishing shots and over the shoulder shots, as well as some movement shots like tilts and hand held camera shots. Some angle shots as well like high angle shots.
For software we used Adobe Premiere Pro to edit the entirety of our film and put in fonts for our credits and title. As well and include music and sound effects and paste our clips together smoothly using transitions and after effects. We also removed background noise and made sure the clips were seamless. We integrated this into our project to make it the best we could and we realized hoe important editing is in the filming world and how it can add so much to a film.
We used online resources such as blogger.com to blog our entire process of producing which helped us make our schedule and organize ourselves so our process ran smoothly. We posted clips of our opening and every step we did towards the final product which helped us make sure none of the steps were missing. We also used YouTube to find tutorials on how to edit and watch other film openings for inspiration.
Overall this helped us in completing our project successfully and ending up with a high quality project.
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CCR question 3 is-
How did your production skills develop throughout this project?
My production skills have improved so much because of this project due to the fact that I filmed half of the project, I put to practice plenty of the different techniques we learned throughout the year.
Before beginning this project I had some experience while filming since we had done other projects in which I had filmed. But with this one being a film opening the camera movements done were way more significant and gave meaning to the scenes. My skills improved in pre production , filming, as well as post production.
I learned how to write a script and effectively use a storyboard in the pre-production. As well as cast actors for roles and teach them their lines. I also was able to make a set for where the film would take place and organize our schedules for filming. Costuming was also something I used when setting up what each character would wear especially the main character and the villain in our film, since they were the most important characters and had to give off a specific vibe with simply their costuming and editing. This was because our film opening was mostly silent so everything had to be shown in either camera techniques, costuming and actions.
When it came to filming I learned how to effectively capture shots and move the camera is specific ways to portray different ideas. I also put into practice different camera angles we learned in class and got to experience how they are filmed when I see them in a movie. I used a tri-pod and a phone to film most of the shots, since a lot of the shots are moving. I was able to do focus pulls and change the lighting when I filmed to give the attention to certain characters to cause suspense and a unsettling mood which was perfect for our genre.
From editing it was mostly not done by me but what I did learn was how to choose a font accordingly to your genre and to the lighting and vibe of the opening. I saw how certain fonts could not be seen due to the lighting, but I also learned that the credits are very important and can set a mood for the rest of the movie. As well as how the title is seen as the color and font and how important all the factors are. The editing of the clips and the sound of the film opening is key to making it suspenseful so we put together different sound elements that add to the tone of the production.
