CCR question 4:
• How did you integrate technologies - software, hardware and online - in this project?
Made a presentation on prezi as I thought a presentation would make the amount of information and pictures interesting as This question had three sections. So Here you go:
https://prezi.com/view/FcB4401p2mag1oCmsnnZ/
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CCR Question 3:
• How did your production skills develop throughout this project?
As I had to provide a detailed and informative response to this question and involved no images, I thought a voice-over uploaded on sound-cloud would be a better idea to present this.
https://on.soundcloud.com/qSRduiwUgaHdNEs88
The Script:
- As someone who had always loved watching movies and seasons and as I have always loved making short videos: vlogs or just edits like reels on Instagram. I already was looking forward to getting to know what and how everything happens behind the scenes and learn new editing techniques.
- As I was doing my project alone, from the beginning till the end, I was doing everything by myself without any help at all so after planning and making my media project I can confidently say that my production skills have significantly improved.
- First came the research part, as we analyzed different film opening and studied media deeply in school. I started looking at films more as just entertainment. I still remember when I watched the movie, “Top Gun” in cinema after studying media. I was constantly thinking of all the shots in my head and how they have used diegetic sound in what scenes and why would they use them. This was the first step into knowing that my media knowledge is increasing and now that My Film is done, I have started looking at media very differently.
- When I was planning my project, the amount of ideas that were coming to my mind made me realize how it’s so difficult to make a good film with such limited resources and budget. I got to know how the little details are so important while planning as it can have a huge impact on the film, especially as I was planning the mise-e-scene.
- In the production process, I learned a lot about shooting. When we look at a media product, we don’t realize how much time and energy it took to actually create it. But in this way I could actually experience it. I was really curios regarding how films are actually made, but my confusions were cleared when I became the director of my film. I was always puzzled as to how directors pick on the right shot and attach it together to create meaning, I mean how can you choose between 1000 shots but after I made my shot list and during my production, I knew how much shots I have taken for each scene and which one was the one I had to use to make the best film opening. I also got to know how everything never goes according to how one planned it to make a good film, you have to come out of your comfort zone. Moreover, I never knew sound is recorded separately in a film and then added to the shots, so I always wondered how in these movies, there are different shots shown in a flow with no cuts in the audio. After editing my opening, I got to know how it is actually made.
- I learned about the importance of Pre-planning as It would always help you in the production process when you are making the final film. As someone who has ADHD, Planning and writing down everything in advance is was really helpful for me as It doesn’t affect my production process. As I was doing my project alone, I had to manage so many things at one time so I grasped so much during it.
- As being the editor of the film too, I experimented with different apps while editing my video and got to learn a lot during it. I used adobe photo-shop video for the first time, tried a lot of tools on it. I installed several apps on my phone and tried editing on each one of them and then decided on the ones that gave me my desired look.
