Hello again Blog, today I'm talking about CCR question number one. What does CCR mean?, well it stands for creative critical reflection and it's the last part of my portfolio project. For the CCR I must create two media products, each of them must contain two CCR questions for a total of four questions being answered. Now I'm not entirely sure how I would like to split up the questions or what type of media product I want to create but I'm considering doing a director's commentary.
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Saturday, March 8, 2025
CCR #1
Hello again Blog, today I'm talking about CCR question number one. What does CCR mean?, well it stands for creative critical reflection and it's the last part of my portfolio project. For the CCR I must create two media products, each of them must contain two CCR questions for a total of four questions being answered. Now I'm not entirely sure how I would like to split up the questions or what type of media product I want to create but I'm considering doing a director's commentary.
Friday, March 7, 2025
Editing
Editing is my least favorite part of creating films. It's so time consuming and when editing you need to adjust so much. Editors have to think about so much when doing their job. For example, making sure the movie flows well, making sure to get the best takes, and controlling the pace of the film. That's all stuff I just don't want to have to deal with, but I do. I'm nervous and a little scared to see how I am with editing because in the past it's been pretty chaotic.
For my clips of the film I plan on using IMovie. Adobe is also a very good editing platform, with access to even more than iMovie. The cool thing that I like about Adobe is that you can create your whole soundtrack and edit your clips right over top of each other. I've used the iMovie app before to do my One Word film and it turned out pretty good. During the editing then I was able to sync the clips together nicely and create a smooth film. The thing with iMovie that's so good is that even beginners to film can utilize this app and create nice videos, because you're able to easily import all your videos and photos into the app and implement them easily into a video. This app also gives you access to soundtracks and sound effect. I intend to edit my clips here and then export the final product into adobe, where my soundtrack is going to be.
This is me editing my clips together
This is the features of iMovie(on top of editing the clips)
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Bloopers
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Soundtrack
Sunday, March 2, 2025
House Videos
So I originally was going to film my whole film opening at the golf course, but something got messed up and I wasn’t able to go for the week because my parents had work. However, I still wanted to record so I wasn’t behind, so I decided that I was going to film half of my opening at my house. I had an idea that I was going to make my character hurrying in getting ready to go to work. Since I have to keep the opening comedic my character is going to think he’s about to be late for work so he’s trying to rush to get to work, while getting ready he’s going to fall and get hurt. Then once he gets to the golf course his boss is going to tell him that he’s late. My character Bryson is going to think it’s by a few minutes, but he’s actually late by an hour because of daylight’s saving time.
During the creation of the filming my house scene I had a lot trouble with certain shots. There was this one in particular when Bryson walks into the room and has to grab his clothes. This shot took so long because my brother couldn’t record from the right angle so I had to move him to the right spot and show him what angle I had wanted. Also, when I would try to grab the clothes they wouldn’t come off of the hanger and then my closet would open. What’s annoying about my closet is that it’s hard to keep closed so I had to set it back up after almost every take. I had created a time-lapse of this scene. This scene helped me realize how I need to be patient and careful when creating my film opening. It also made me realize why multiple takes are needed for a single shot.
Saturday, March 1, 2025
Filming
Wow I didn't think I would say this, but filming is kind of annoying. I didn't realize how many takes a single shot requires for it to actually look good. Like the dialogue could get messed up, or my brother could interrupt me, or my parents are watching something loud. Even though it was harder than I expected, it was also fun, because I had my brother record and we shared some laughs.
Since my brother was recording he didn't really know how to record shots. So I had to teach him how to hold the camera properly. Sometimes I would show him and he would still hold it wrong, but I could always retake a scene.
This is a photo of some of my clips that I have recorded. Overall I think today went well. I discovered that filming takes time and patience, as well as determination and I was also able to get some of my filming done. This was a productive day and I hope there are more days like this to come.
Friday, February 28, 2025
Pre-Filming
I have begun and progressed into the more important stage of my project, production. I can't believe I'm starting my production process already, I feel like this project is going so fast. So today my brother and I went to the range at Bonaventure golf course. We were just playing around and goofing off when I realized that I should record a few videos.
Time was limited because of the Sun so I was only able to record for a little. During this time I couldn't really complete much, so I decided to use it trying to figure out how my character is going to swing his club. So I recorded a few videos in slow-motion of my brother swinging his club. I did this to analyze his swing to see if it could work with what I wanted or if I wanted to have my character swing differently. I switched two of the videos from slow motion to regular pace because they wouldn't load into blogger but I still have them in slow motion on my phone for a reference. My brother isn't the best golfer, but he has a nice swing, he also wasn't in the clothes that I would like to have my film in, so this video is really a learning tool. Based on this video I learned what time is best to record, which is way earlier than when I recorded and how I want the swing to be.
CCR #1
Hello again Blog, today I'm talking about CCR question number one. What does CCR mean?, well it stands for creative critical r...

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