Researching CCR: Question 3

 Hey blog, Today I will discuss yet another CCR. This CCR question is as follows: How did your production skills develop throughout this project?

The production and post-production of this film opening have helped me evolve in many ways such as filmmaking, composition, editing, and many more. This was a group project made up of Adriana, Sienna, and me. We all learned new things from this assignment. Adriana learned how to edit, direct, use lighting, and scale rooms to give off the illusion that it is filled. Sienna learned how to act, edit, and direct camera positioning. 

Research:

We first started off by researching different genres and films to see what genre and methods we wanted to incorporate into our film opening. We all really liked the Coming-Of-Age genre as it fit perfectly with the overall idea that we had initially for the film opening. We then individually analyzed film openings from different productions of the Coming-Of-Age genre such as Stand By Me (1986), Juno (2007), and Eighth Grade (2018). After this, we proceeded to analyze the credit scenes from different productions that fall under the Coming-Of-Age genre such as The Perks of Being Wallflower (2012), Juno (2007), and The Edge of Seventeen (2017).

Planning:

After doing all the research we started planning, taking our next course of action. We figured out our production days, post-production days, CCR days, etc and wrote it down in Sienna's notebook. This proved to be very helpful and helped us stay on track excluding other extraneous variables that delayed a few of these days. To give you a small rundown of what we had: 

1. Planning

• Plot
• Script
• Storyboard
• Filming dates
• Production members
• Actors
• Location
• Music

2. Filming

• Film scenes
• Do any retakes if needed
• Record foley

3. Editing

• Edit footage together
• Edit in music, sounds, and foley
• Edit title and credits

4. Review

• Review the film opening and make sure it is good
• Make adjustments if needed

5. Critical Creative Reflection

• Research information that relates to the reflection
• Create the reflection
• Edit and review it

Siennas notebook: