CCR #2
I plan to make my second CCR, answering questions 3 and 4, to be much more simple. I wanted to do a room tour, because besides the filming sets, I have everything I've used for production in my room. Sort of walk around and show everything like my GoPro and laptop. Then for the second part, just a small speech to the camera about how much I've learned. I wanted to avoid the "talking head" version of a CCR, but it'll just be a short speech. So I'm basically doing question 4 first then 3.
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It'll start off with me at my bedroom door.
"Hello everyone! I realize you've all seen a lot of my process and my project, but not who made it. My name is Andrea and I am the creator and producer of The Quiet Before. I wanted to share a peek of the place I've been working with all of these months and everything that has helped me along the way. Come on in."
I open the door as the camera follows me.
"This is where all my blogs have been written, footage has been edited, and ideas have been brewed."
I walk over to my desk.
"I got this GoPro as a gift from my brother last summer and it's what I used to make the first scene of my project. I chose it instead of my phone because I wanted to use some sort of "real" camera. It was a breeze to manage and it got the job done at least."
I sit down on my chair.
"But I ran into a problem when it came to audio. The microphone on my GoPro is not very good at all, and that was okay for the first scene with no dialogue, but for the second it was an issue. I tried to find a bluetooth microphone that I could use for the GoPro but I couldn't."
I take my phone from my pocket.
"So I resulted to the next best thing, my phone. It fit with the plug from my teacher's bluetooth microphone that I borrowed, and I figured the slight change in resolution wouldn't be too big of a deal."
I stand and walk to my stand.
"I used this stand once or twice to film my first CCR and editing process, but I filmed everything else by hand."
I go to sit back down.
"And as for lighting, we relied on natural lighting and my house's lamps, nothing fancy at all."
Then I turn to my desk as the camera follows.
"I used my laptop to record my process and plan, and my PC to edit."
"Talking about editing, I used various online resources throughout this project. Besides the websites I used to research, I used Canva to create and design my production logo and movie title. I used ClipChamp (and ClipChamp tutorials on Youtube) to edit my video which I will also use to edit my CCRs. I was going to use Adobe Premier Pro, but I found that ClipChamp is much more beginner friendly.
"As for the sound affects and music, I used Epidemic Sound. I did have to create an account but it was so worth it for me personally."
"I used the GoPro Quik app to upload the first half of my footage to my phone with ease as well."
"Emailing also came very handy to contact the GoldCoast Railroad Museum where I filmed the first part of my opening, and also to try and reach out to the artist who's music I wanted to use."
"Last but not least, I used known and beloved Blogger to record my process and plan. I even used it to write the script I'm talking about now!"
"Those are the technologies and online applications I used for this project."
The chair turns and it goes to me on the other side sitting at my desk where I begin to answer the second question.
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"When it comes to the development of my production skills, I quite literally went from 0 to 100. I'm not saying I'm a pro, but just that knew almost nothing about production when I started this project. I've always had a good eye for photography, but never filmmaking. I learned about shots and angles and how to take them correctly, such as how a tracking shot can change the feel of a scene. I also started from scratch on learning how to edit, having no experience, and learned how to do it decently well."
"I'm not going to lie, this project has caused me a lot of stress. On the nights before filming I'd be up biting my nails and thinking of everything that could go wrong. So I did also learn how to slow down and trust my own process. As someone who has been interested in film since she has watched La La Land when she was 10 years old, I never explored filmmaking as an option for my future. But after all the fun I had doing this, I think I want to explore it a lot more and possibly more depending on where my last year of highschool takes me. I didn't just view this project as just another assignment, but something that I truly felt passionate about the whole way through, and I'm glad I did it."
"Thank you for listening and following my progress, and I hope you enjoy."
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The camera cuts and CCR Part 2 is over.
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