Get Ready.
It's time.
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Monday, April 4, 2022
CCR
Here is my CCR. I worked with Bianca Bonaventura for this project.
Here are the research links that I used for my project (video was slightly cut off):
Sunday, April 3, 2022
Week 9: Final Reflection- time to say goodbye :(
Hey everyone, today is final reflection day! Before my final reflection, I will give a short explanation on the remaining of my editing process for my CCR, like I promised in my last blog. Let's begin!
The remaining of my CCR was quite simple because I followed the same process that I had been doing before. To remind you (if you didn't see my previous blog), my process followed the steps of cutting the clips to the appropriate size, looking at my script for creative ideas that I had planned, and following the ideas to create an interactive video. It took a longggg time (9 minute video), but I finished! Now let's move on to the final reflection!!
WOW, I cannot believe that this is the last paragraph I will be writing. This has been a long and draining process (especially at the end), but I learned a lot of key things that I will apply to other things in my life, and I enjoyed this process as well. Some of the key things that I learned with this project was how important organization is to complete a long project. I was very happy that I was able to stay on track, starting and ending this project on a scheduled plan. This allowed me to not be overwhelmed as the due date started coming close, and have a more well-rounded project that integrated all necessary topics and details. Another key thing that I learned with this project was to be creative! I know this sounds cheesy, but think out of the box, try new things, risk it!!! I realized that I really enjoyed the clips that were not exactly planned out on our storyboard because we integrated new ideas while in the moment (of production), and this honestly looked great on the final video. Finally, the last important thing that I took out of this project was the importance of criticism to better your production. Throughout our production, I often had meetings with my teacher or took feedback from my friends (outside of my class), or family as well. This truly helped me to create a better video because I reviewed things that either made my project make more sense, or make it more complete. For example, we initially met with our teacher, Ms. Stoklosa, to explain our plot. She gave us simple feedback saying we have a good base but have too much going on (we had initially thought about the ending showing weapons, drugs, etc. on Claire's lap). After receiving this feedback, we changed our project to make it more simple since this is only the opening scene, and the film should develop more later into the film. This is just one of many examples of changes to our project because of feedback, and I am very happy that we took this in and made changes to our project.
Well, that's it folks! Stay tuned for the next two blogs that will have my CCR and video! You probably really want to stick around for tomorrow :))
Your fav,
Natalia Ballinas
Friday, April 1, 2022
Week 8: Finishing Editing for CCR creation
Hey guys! It's been some very intense days of A LOT of work. Most of the work that I have done (if not all) are on the CCR creation, because I have most of the film opening video done already. I have been editing NONSTOP throughout the past day and a half. I'm about 3/4 done with the editing, and I plan on finishing the editing by tomorrow, Saturday, at the latest. Without further ado, let's dive in.
My editing process has been quite simple and not complicated, just VERY time consuming. Because I did the majority of the editing on my film opening video (while my partner focused on cinematography), I was already familiar with the program (using same program as for film opening- DaVinci Resolve). My script has helped me tremendously because as you could see in the last blog, all the highlighted parts were details of the visuals I wanted to add in each specific part of the video. So, my process has basically been:
1. Step One: Cutting the clips to the desired size so it flows nicely
2. Step Two: Going through the video (chronological order) and looking at highlighted notes from script
3: Step Three: Getting desired visuals and adding to each specific portion (pull from online sources, film opening video, research, or make them through websites like Canva)
4. Step Four: Adjusting sound and clip size if needed
I have been doing this throughout my entire editing process for the CCR, and it has worked out very nicely, except it's a very long process because it's a 9 minute video HAHA! Anything for perfection though! To reiterate what I've said previously, I AM VERY, VERY, VERY GLAD that I used DaVinci Resolve. It has been incredibly easy to stack clips, adjust volume on separate clips, and adding transitions. It is far easier and has a lot of more variety than iMovie. Let's look at some examples!
Here are some examples of each of the type of visuals that I am including:
Research:
Movie Clip Examples to Support Statements:
Bullet Point/Slide Info:
Topic Transitions:
Memes:
1. Intro (name, etc.)
2. Short summary of film plot
3. Genre
4. Representation
5. Target Audience
6. Distribution Methods
7. Production Process
8. Technology
9. Final Reflection
The reason that I approached my CCR in this order was because I looked at a few examples that our teacher, Ms. Stoklosa, had provided from previous years, and I really like how one girl did her video by using transitions (like the one I showed above), to shift the topic throughout the video. I also think that this order works well for the flow of the video as one topic leads to the other.
Well, that's it folks! Next blog (final real blog), I will be giving my last reflection and a little quick update on the final edits to my CCR! We're almost done! You will soon be able to see what you've been waiting forrrrrrrrr!!!
As always,
Natalia Ballinas
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