Creative Critical Reflection

 Here are my CCR’s!

CCR #1

CCR #2

Thank you! Hope you enjoy! ✌

Film Opening

 This is my film opening… Hope you enjoy! :))))

“Birdie” by Divya Mohan

Reflection on Whole Proccess

     I feel like I have learned so many skills that are applicable everywhere. First, I learned the importance of collaboration when working with my sister. It’s hard working with someone else and losing that “my way or the highway” mindset. It was important for me to realize I can’t control everything!!

    I am so glad I got the opportunity to learn how to use so many platforms: blogger, Adobe, Canva, etc. Knowledge on these technologies will definitely help in the future!

    I learned about how detrimental child abuse and neglect is. If my opening was a real media text, I would be so happy to educate people on it. I had no idea about some of these statistics- 1 in 7 children are abused or neglected every year (and this is ONLY THE REPORTED CASES). It’s crazy how little this issue is talked about!

    Overall, I learned a lot of values, ideas, and skills during this project, and I am so grateful for it, despite how annoying it seemed in the beginning…

    Thank you and I hope you enjoy my portfolio!

Music for Opening

    I learned last minute that my friend wasn’t able to do the song :((((…

    But, it’s ok, when one door closes, another door opens! I found this great copyright-free song on Youtube that was perfect!

    It even aligned with some parts in my opening!! It was made for me.

Creation of both CCR’s!

     Filming CCR #1:

We put the script in the pocket of a binder and my sister held it as close to the lens as possible!

    Struggles + Solutions:

-Reading the script without it being noticeable that I am looking off to the side. To solve this, I tried to edit in clips and images to the CCR during the parts where I look away.

-Not having a microphone caused the audio to be funky because of the wind. To solve this, on Premiere Rush, there is an option to remove the background noise, which worked really well.

    I used Premiere Rush instead of Premiere Pro because Premiere Pro was getting glitchy on my laptop. I used my iPad for Premiere Rush which worked great!

CCR #2

    I made my presentation on Canva. I chose a theme with red in it so it is more engaging to the audience:

    I made speaker notes that I could read while recording the audios. I recorded the audios on voice memos on my phone, then imported them to iMovie. I then took screenshots of the slides and lines up the slides to the audio’s timing. But then I realized HOW LONG IT IS. Before re-recording some of the audios it was like 8 minutes long. I had to talk pretty fast for some of the slides in order to cut down the time of it.

    All of the photos I used are either my own, from Canva, or copyright free found on Google. Canva was so good when it came to this presentation!

Script for my first CCR!

     Before creating the script, I made a table on how I wanted to answer the questions:

    I put many statistics and the links where I found them because I feel that including them in my CCR will show my research. After making this chart, I was able to create my script! I used the information I put in my notes in my script, but presented them in a more entertaining and creative way. My CCR is going to be in an interview format:

-I am going to climb out of my window( connecting to film), and going to be walking around for engagement.

-My sister is going to be the interviewer.

-A lot of visual aspects from website and my film are going to be incorporated into my CCR as well. 

Here is my script:

 

   

    In parenthesis I put the actions I am going to do or the frames I am going to show on screen.

    I will update my blog with what the filming process looked like!

Wrapping my opening up… what I learned!

 Lesson Learned #1:

    NEVER procrastinate. To be honest, I definitely procrastinated a bit in starting the editing process. I now know that it is crucial to be a little bit ahead, especially when doing a project.  

Lesson Learned #2:

    Youtube videos are sooo helpful when it comes to the editing process. Using Adobe, there are a lot of features that can be confusing to navigate through on your own. Watching videos made by professionals really helped my beginner self produce a great opening! 

Here are some examples of parts I struggled with for my opening, and the videos that helped:

-Using the fonts. I had NO idea how to download a font and then use it in my opening. Thankfully, this video helped:

- Changing the text color. I used this video to help me turn my text color into a sunshiney yellow!:

-Moving my tracks backwards without changing the syncing of my videos and audios:

Lesson Learned #3:

    Outside help is necessary!! I used many items that were from friends, and got help filming from family:

-The electric guitar belonged to my neighbor, Ariday.

-My sister, Leela, helped me film the opening.

-The skateboard is my sister’s too.