CCR

Here it is folks, my creative critical reflection on my film opening To Rose, From Eden.

LINK HERE

The One Where I Show You My Final Project

 It's finished! 

  Sooooo happy!

  (P.S. That Friends reference though)

A Reflection

  What a journey! Honestly, as much planning and hard work went in to this project, I had such a fun time getting to be creative and put tgether something that I'm super proud of. Although my idea changed a lot from when I first started, the changes were necessary to build and grow upon my original draft. I would like to thnk my amazing actresses, Megan and Fabi, for taking the time to help me out and act in my opening (the improving skills on these two was amazing!). This project has hoenstly been so rewarding and I'm so happy I get to share it!

A mini journey, from an idea to conception :

It's All Coming to an End

   Today in class I showed my project to the world! I'm very pleased with the reception I got, but there are some things that I want to fix before I finally uoload it onto YouTube. For one, the audio seems to be very low and almost mute. I figured I'll go back and fix it to be louder in iMovie and listenone last time to mka sure it's all good to go! Other than that, and some minor coloring issues that honestly are only bothering me, I've pretty much comlpleted my opening. Now onto the CCR which I have no idea what I'm going to say. I dont want to make a whole script, but I do plan to split it up into multilpe parts and write down different points I wnt to touch on. 

Some CCR Points:

• My inpsriation for my idea 
• Audience and genre 
• Shots, Angles, Composition
• What would happen in the whole movie?
• Pre and Post Production 
• The editing process 
• Underlying themes and meaning 

This all has to be done in ten minuetes or less. I'm. Very. Scared. Alas, like the rest of this project, I'll push through and get it all done! 

Lil Update

   Monday in class Ms. Marchetti went over some project information as well as briefly showing us what questions need to be answered in our CCR (Creative Critical Reflection). With only a few finishing touches left to complete my opening, I decided that now is probably a good time to start thinking about what I need to address. There are numerous ways to go about creating my CCR. I thought about doing a podcast but as my project is based on visuals I think it would work better to a "director's commentary" video followed by a slideshow with me doing a voiceover afterward. In one of my earlier posts, I attached a video of Whiplash director Damien Chazelle doing a commentary on his opening scene and explaining why he went with some of the choices he made. I really liked how while he was explaining you could see what he was talking about. So, I'm thinking of doing that.

I also found this article talking about how to create one of these commentary videos.

Things to Note for the CCR

-How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?

-How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?

-How did your production skills develop throughout this project?

-How did you integrate technologies – software, hardware and online – in this project?

Editing my life away :)

Things are happening!

Considering the last minute switch for my whole opening, I'd like to think I pulled it off quite well!
In keeping with my original idea about two best friends, I changed mainly just the location and some plot points around. I decided not to showcase Eden going missing, but instead left a couple hints at it here and there. Also, I ended up filming at the park instead because it was not only way easier but fit with the tone I was trying to set. I did attempt to write a script, but in the end played around with improvisation for my two main actors. I'm very happy with the results! Obviously, it's not perfect, but I did as much as I could and I'm thrilled. Editing is my biggest endeavor right now. I'm playing around with a lot of different techniques and structures for my story line. I'm also thinking of adding music in the background but am not quite sure yet.

Here are
some stills/behind the scenes of what happened yesterday:

Fabi as Eden

Megan as Rose

Filming 

Editing

Me: is stressed

Filming!

Uh Oh

   A while ago my lovely friend Cassie asked me if I would act for her in her final project for Aice Media (A Level). Today I met up with her so she could show me her storyboards, ideas, and things she would like to convey in her film. While dropping her back at her house, we got into a talk about my film opening and how everything was going. To say the least: I hope I don't regret what I'm about to type. I'll admit, I was not very happy with the footage I was working with when I was editing Monday, and I honestly felt like my original idea had no other purpose than to have some nice shots and a voice over here and there. It felt like no meaning was being conveyed through what I was trying to do. Alas, through a very creative talk with Cassie I've created an outline for a new idea based on my old one.
   I've always dreamed of escaping. I like to say it's in my genes, as both my parents worked for an airline and my Dad still does (fun fact: my parents met on a plane hehe). The idea of going to places completely blind of what to expect, to get lost and explore things out of your comfort zone is something I dream about all the time. Most people my age are thinking just to go out of state to college is a big step, but I want to go out of the country. I think I've always felt a bit out of place with reality, whether that's good or bad I'm not really sure. This is something I want to touch on in my film opening, the idea of a character escaping their life to live a completely new one because they feel out of touch with reality in a way . Rose and Eden are closer than ever but don't really know each other. It's the kind of friendship that doesn't dwell a lot on the past and lives in the now. I imagine they know each other as people, the characteristics that both have and habits. But not really what the other has gone through or is going through in their lives. Both are really closed off from each other in that way, not because they are hiding anything but are disconnected from life. Eden is out of touch with reality. She dreams of escaping to a new location to find connection with people around her. Rose is not concerned she won't live a full and happy life at some point in her life.
   I'll be back soon with more information on this new outlook I have :)

See ya
IM