Film Production- Final CCR's

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After months, and months of working on these post every week and weekend, I have finally finished my entire portfolio. I have worked really hard for this and I really hope you enjoy my CCR'S!

CCR Part One- Director's Commentary

How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?

For this question, I wanted to explain how I used music/mirrors and effects as my conventions, and I felt there was no better way to display them then to go to the video and pause and explain, rather than without any visuals.

CCR Part Two - Google Most Searched Questions

How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?

CCR Part Three - Podcast

How did your production skills develop throughout this project?

I decided to choose to make a podcast to answer this question because I could talk a lot on it and I didn't really have to do a lot of interactive and visual movements. Since it's just me talking, it was easy to film and I could easily elaborate on the question.

CCR Part Four -Whats In My Equipment Bag

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

After hearing about what CCR's were, I thought it'd be really fun to do a 'what's in my bag', which is usually just a celebrity interview, but instead integrated it with my question. I thought I'd be good way to show what equipment I used during filming, but with a creative approach!

REFLECTION

In conclusion, I would say that my ending results and my creative critical reflection responses were worth all of the stress caused for me over the last few months. Though I am glad it's over and all the hard work is done, I will definitely miss being able to direct something and be accomplished on something that I worked completely bymyself.

Film Production- My Brief!!

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TODAY IS THE DAY!! After months of researching, planning, filming and editing, my completed film opening is finally done. This has been a very stressful and chaotic process, but I am really glad I did it and kept up with all my work and expectations. With little help I am really proud of how it turned out and without further ado, here is my final product, Not My Time:

If the video doesn't work for some reason, here is link: https://youtu.be/wrLtKvhl6ok

REFLECTION

Even though I worked alone, I had so much fun working on this project and my next step is working on my CCR's!

Film Production- Posting on Youtube

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After I tried to upload the file of my brief on here, It says the file is too big so I have to post it on my YouTube. This isn't an issue because I wanted to start posting all my projects on my YouTube anyway so I figured this would be a good start. Nevertheless, I have never posted anything on there so this will be my first time.

After I uploaded the file on YouTube, It just asked me questions like the title description, thumbnail, and all of that which was pretty easy.

It then asked me if I want to add subtitles, but since my filming didn't have any dialogue, it wasn't necessary.

The next step was checking for a copyright songs/ music which I passed so I just moved on

The final step was to adjust the privacy settings on the post. I made it public so it could get maximum reach and from there I submitted it.

REFLECTION

This posting didn't take long and was crucial to being able to upload my final post to blogger. This is exactly what my next blog post will be. I'm really excited to release my final version of my film, which took a lot of hard work and dedication. 

Film Production - Exporting

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Now that I finished editing, coloring, adding graphics and everything, I went through the timeline to check if there's any last tweaks I wanted to make before exporting the file. I decided to make small changes like  substituting the first shot of the phone to be a clock (that I had luckily filmed) and then the first shot of the phone to have a glitch effect so you could kind of get the idea that some sort of transition happened.

I added a sound effect for glitch noises too, because I wanted it to make the most sense possible in the two minute frame I had. Besides that, I removed the close-up shot of her face from the mirror's perspective because it was too dark and instead, extend the one of her looking into the mirror from behind. I also shortened the length of some clips due to its quality.

REFLECTION

I was trying not to be picky about the whole thing because I had to keep reminding myself that it was only film opening, and stop myself from adding more and more because I'm used to making short films. Although after exporting the file to my downloads, I was really happy that I finished it before the due date and was proud with my work that I will submit.

Film Production- Title Slate + Credits

 

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In my planning phase, I had a whole post about how I chose my film's title and font. However, after trying to import the form, I realize I couldn't choose it. I have to pick a font that Adobe allows, so I clicked the text and then went to the website that offers Adobe fonts. I typed the title into the sample text on the website and it showed me a whole bunch of fonts with the text I want.

 The site had a wide selection to choose from so it took me a while to find one that I liked. I tested out like the following:

It only took me two tries to find one that I liked, and about 20 minutes to find where exactly I wanted the title in the timeline. I had to switch around where I wanted the credits and the slate because I wanted to have the best looking option. After a lot of moving around, I put the title for when she finishes messing with her hair and then I put the actors name when she blows the kiss, and my name at the end when she is leaving the bathroom.

REFLECTION

In this post I created and finished making my title today, which is basically the last step in my editing. I really enjoyed how the font I chose looks and the only thing left to do is export!

Film Production- Color Grading

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Hi everyone, in this blog post, I will be going through the process of coloring my film opening to my liking! It's really important to not submit a film without any coloring because it can look really bland and grading could add a lot of character and can a lot of the time portray emotions, which I found in the research I did previously in my portfolio.

To start off, I tried with the auto settings Premiere provides just to see if I like it and it would be easier, but it's not exactly what I wanted so I decided to edit it a little more. There's a weird setting on my computer where my Premiere looks way more saturated than compared to when I exported it so I made sure the saturation and vibrance was really high.

Here are some examples of the color difference I've made. On the left is unsaturated and on the right is after editing. You could also see the exact settings I used all the way to the right panel and I just kind of played around. Once I found what I like the most I copied the settings and paste them to all of the clips in the bedroom. I made the bathroom shots seem more saturated because I thought it was more fun and colorful in there with all of the eyeshadow and blush and everything, so once I found a good coloring for the bathroom, I did the same.

REFLECTION

This whole process wasn't very hard, it took me about 30 minutes to get everything to my liking. It was a crucial step in my brief, and I am closer and closer to finishing my film opening. The next step in my editing phase is to add the text in my film, as in the credits, and the title the film.

Film Production- Adding Music + Sound Effects

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When I checked out the mics, I didn't use them during filming because there was no dialogue so I relied on getting sound effects in music afterwards. The first side effect I looked for is the alarm clock. I had a vision of showing modern things in her room while it was beeping a few times, so I was looking for an audio that had pauses and long beeps. 

 

I found this audio and I thought I worked pretty well with the film once I imported it. 

https://www.epidemicsound.com/sound-effects/tracks/0c0b82bf-c847-4573-9397-9cd6f512af72/

The next thing I wanted to add was white noise and just like overall background noise for the film when there isn't music or sound effects over it. I chose this:

https://www.epidemicsound.com/sound-effects/tracks/6eb66c35-ecbe-498f-8033-eb3b95e9596d/

The process of putting in the music into premier wasn't hard, but I had to log into someone's epidemic sound because it cost money and then I downloaded it and dragged the file to import Premiere.

What I was really stressed about, was finding music from when she throws the phone to when she enters the bathroom, because I didn't know how to find a song that would fit the vibe. I asked my friends for help and they said I should find a fast pacing music so I searched around and I found this.

https://www.epidemicsound.com/music/tracks/1178459a-6e03-3752-8d2b-785b7a32b51d/

Lastly, I had to import the 80s song I chose from before, but after importing it, I realize it wasn't exactly the vibe I wanted so I decided to go from to one of my back up songs from before which was:

https://www.epidemicsound.com/music/tracks/e66f03e0-0b5d-3c37-a927-f1789b6daf6a/

REFLECTION

Adding music was a huge factor in my film opening and I'm glad I got all the sounds picked out. Now the only thing left I have to do is color and add my title slate and credits. I'm really happy with how this is turning out so far and I can't wait to submit my final project!