CCR #3

Helloo, I am going to put here what I wan to include in this CCR. I plan on doing a podcast. I will put in this Blog all the info. I will write the script later with the information I write in here, but more summarized and brief.

How did your production skills develop throughout this project?

To really go over my production skills, I need to go over all the process that led me to get my final product. I started out by scheduling my project, this was crucial for to do first. Since I was getting eight weeks to get it done, I needed to plan wisely my days and what I was getting done each week. This genuinely helped me to get my things done and not stress of getting out of time or not getting some things completed. During the first weeks I did a lot of research to understand better this media. I conducted research on my genre, target audience, production and editing techniques. I also analyzed several opening scenes for inspiration and also opening credit references. So it was a lot of research done to help me gain some knowledge and skills to get to my final product. The opening films I used as inspiration were Mean Girls, Insatiable and Freedom Writers, what all of these had in common was the narration and the internal conflict of each character, which aligned with my initial idea. I incorporated the narration and the styles used, but in my own way. After this, I worked on developing Paula's character and the overall plot, worked later on the sound I was going to use and mise en scene elements.

When I wrote the whole opening scene idea, I started to create my storyboard, and I left the script for when the filming was done. I started filming a few days later and it went pretty well, I had lots of fun during the process. It took me to get all the footage done for about four days.

 

where there any more struggles or setbacks during this process?

Yes, the major struggle was about the authors. Initially my friend was going to play Paula, we had planned the setting at her house and would record most of it there. However, she got sick the scheduled week and had to work the next week full time. She said that she would take the time to help me, but I figured I could do it myself and she had things to worry about. I decided to do it myself and I think it was a good decision. It delayed me some filming days, but I took my time wisely to record. My best friend helped me record some scenes and she was a great help.

Oh well, i can tell you managed this well, but due to this struggles, did you make any changes from your original storyboard or overall project?

Yes, there were actually a lot of changes, the only scene that was not changed at all was the garage scene. There was originally a boyfriend, it had been recorded but was not included due to the difference in lighting compared to the other scenes. I also found it better without this scene. There was initially a camp scene, showing Paula's work. My friend that was going to play Paula worked at a camp, and I wanted to show the character working, but when I knew she was not going to be able to do it, I switched it to what I had available. I changed it for Paula working on a computer.  Also, I planned some shots to show my siblings, some close-ups included, and they did not come out as clean as I wanted it to look, they are babies so it was predictable to not get to do everything perfectly. SO what I did was to record them doing anything, like running and playing, which I found it more emotional and genuine. 

I think that this is common for the final product to not be the same as the original idea right? I think it came out really good, and I a curious, how was your editing process?

I actually thought that editing was going to be more difficult than it actually went. I had previously edited with the One Word project done earlier in the year, and that was the first time I had ever edited something. I was new in this, but by watching YouTube Videos about how to edit in chosen editing platform, DaVinci Resolve, helped me tremendously in my editing process. It was time consuming at the beggining due to all the subtitles I had to add, but it was actually fun, I enjoyed it. 

Nice! what did you learn during these eight weeks?

I learned a lot, and I am grateful of having this project. It has been kind of stressful sometimes due to the time given, and all the planning behind. However, I have stayed calmed and not stress so much, which is not very common in me, but I thought the only thing I could do is keep doing my things, stressing out would not solve anything. It let me appreciate more all the steps behind the production process, I imagine what producing a whole movie is like, a lot of work! I learned how to edit, this time with sound, transitions, voice over, color, everything! and i am sure this will help me in the future, is an useful skill to have, before this, i wanted to learn how to edit, but I never actually took the time, so this project was finally it. Before this, I did not have any experience in this world, and If i am being honest, I did not want to do the project and planned to drop off the class, but I saw this as a challegenge, something new, and i am glad i did it.