LINKS!!

This is the last post I will see, but the first post you will see. Here are my links Cambridge:

Aice Media Links 

Film Opening

 

CCR Questions 1 & 2 Interview

CCR Questions 3 & 4 Youtube Video

Final Reflection

 

Learning Experience

After all my work for this project is finally completed, I truly am realizing how much my perspective on media has changed throughout the entire year taking this class. In the beginning, filmaking to me was just hitting record on a camera, but now I realize that there is so much depth nad that every scene is a choice. Learning about all these elements such as mise-en-scene, representation, editing, sound, and camera angles have not taught me how to create media, but also how to analye it properly when watching meda.

Challenges

With every journey there always comes challenges and problems that need to be overcomed and solved. Time management was a big problem that I had with this project because not only was I very busy with other things outside of school during the process of the project, but when I did have the time for this project, I procrastinated and did not use my time wisely. Other aspects like not having a high end camera and having to record with my iphone was another problem that I faced, but it also taught me how important lighting and compositing really is. I learned that the hardeware (my iphone) is simply a tool that is used, but the real story comes from the way in which that tool is manipulated to fit your character's personal world.

Moving Forward

This class has completley changed the way that I consume media. at the start, I was a rookie and consumed media like the average joe: scrolling on reels hours upon hours mindlessley without any realy analyzation or thinking. But now when I am watching a movie for example, I catch myself subconsciously trying to analyze the cuts, the sound, the camera angles, the mise-en-scene, etc. And even if I do not pursue film or media as career, these skills that I have learned will stay with me and will be put to use.

Editing CCR

 Editing

So by now I just finished editing my CCR and I tried to add in multiple sounds, clips from my film, and images to make it look better.

For example, I used this image here, which is about the young and rubicam's 4cs theory. I incorporated it into my CCR as I was talking about it and also included a little ding sound the image popped up because I had seen something like that before.

Here is a recording of my timeline and also how I incorporated scenes from my film into my CCR. In this clip, I was talking about the contrast that was created between the clothing styles of my character and I brought in clips that show the character wearing both outfits.

References for CCR:

    Fiveable. (2025, September). Social realism. https://fiveable.me/key-terms/film-and-media-theory/social-realism

    Somerset, E. (2020). Social realism: A guide to the genre. BFI Screenonline. https://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/444789/index.html

Chase, N. (s. d.). Film distribution: The ultimate guide for filmmakers. Neil Chase Film. https://neilchasefilm.com/film-distribution/

    T2 Informatik. (n.d.). Target audience. Smartpedia. https://t2informatik.de/en/smartpedia/target-audience/

    Binti Ahmad Shahrir, S. N. (n.d.). Young & Rubicam's 4Cs theory [Presentasi]. Prezi. https://prezi.com/p/lf6m1gvwrg3l/young-rubicams-4cs-theory/

    Justin Brown - Primal Video. (2024, September 9). Microsoft Clipchamp tutorial for beginners (The COMPLETE guide) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIreFXLK1rc

    Mansurov, N. (2023, October 12). Understanding aperture, shutter speed and ISO. Photography Life. https://photographylife.com/what-is-iso-in-photography

    Status Code. (2023, June 7). The birth of the internet: From ARPANET to the World Wide Web. Medium. https://status-code.medium.com/the-birth-of-the-internet-from-arpanet-to-the-world-wide-web-eb6086334e92

CCR Production

 Just wanted to post that I just finished filming and editing my first CCR and that I ended up doing a different idea from the ones I had in my previous post. I decided to do an interview in which I was the one being interviewed by a production company and I answered questions 1 and 2. However I decided I will be doing the walk and talk for the second CCR video because it is my favorite one of all the ideas I have in that post.

Production

The production for this CCR did not take to much set up. I put on an old blazer that I had and sat my chair next to a white wall to make it look like a proffessional zoom meeting interview. I could have made this better by going onto an actual zoom meeting with one of my friends or my mom to make it look more like an online interview. The voice that is asking me the questions is my mom and I had her pre record her voice and then I edited in the questions into the video to make it sound like she was intervewing me from my computer.

CCR Production Ideas

There are so many ways that I can successfully create a creative CCR production, so this blog will just be some ideas that I have been thinking about doing for my CCR production.

Commentary

The first idea would be to have my entire opening playing while I put a bubble of me in th corner of the video making commentary on my opening, pausing the video, circling things like the lighter and explaining how it develops mise-en-scene. I actually already have experience doing this because I did something similar when creating a review for a recommendation for a movie.

Podcast

Another idea could be a podcast where I could have one of my friends help me by being in the podcast and asking me question about my opening that deal with the CCR. I also could wear some headphones and use some small microphones that can attatch to my shirt so it can make it look like a proffesional podcast.

Walk and Talk

For this idea I was thinking of doing something where I am walking in the street or the sidewalk answering question while the camera is moving in front of me. And I would answer questions as I am doing side quests along the way like helping an old lady cross the street or catching ball thrown to me by kids playing in the street and throwing it back. This would make the production look so much more immersive and entertaining. I got this idea from the movie Wolf of Wall street, where Leonardo Dicaprio breaks the fourth wall and talks directly to the audience. to watch the clip link on the video below.

References: 

    Best Part. (2025, 19 September). The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) - Jordan Belfort 4th Wall Break | Best Part| Absolutely fcking not [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-vtWkRH6l4

Researching for CCR Question #4

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

Hardware

I shot this film on an iphone 16 pro because I unfortunately did not have access to a high quality camera. Most of the shots were handheld shots because the shakiness from holding the camera helps the audience feel the main character's anxiety and nerves. We also used a microphone for some of the foley sounds we needed to do like the lighter flickering and the voice of the mom.

Software

I brought all my footage into the editing software called clipchamp where I did all my editing on. I used multi layered editing to where I had multiple layers of clips and sounds on top of each other to create one piece. I did not just have one straight video, instead I had a row for multiple correction and foley sounds and some color correction.

Online

Transfering the files from my phone to my computer was quite easy because my phone connect directly to my macbook, so all I had to do was record the videos on my phone and they would show up on my computer. To hold all my files however, I used google drive which is what is holding my film opening. I also used youtube and other wbesites online to help me understand lighting, editing, sound, etc. 

Script: 

I shot this film on an iphone 16 pro because I unfortunately did not have access to a high quality camera. Most of the shots were handheld shots because the shakiness from holding the camera helps the audience feel the main character's anxiety and nerves. We also used a microphone for some of the foley sounds we needed to do like the lighter flickering and the voice of the mom.

I brought all my footage into the editing software called clipchamp where I did all my editing on. I used multi layered editing to where I had multiple layers of clips and sounds on top of each other to create one piece. I did not just have one straight video, instead I had a row for multiple correction and foley sounds and some color correction.

Transfering the files from my phone to my computer was quite easy because my phone connect directly to my macbook, so all I had to do was record the videos on my phone and they would show up on my computer. To hold all my files however, I used google drive which is what is holding my film opening. I also used youtube and other wbesites online to help me understand lighting, editing, sound, etc.

References:

    Justin Brown - Primal Video. (2024, September 9). Microsoft Clipchamp tutorial for beginners (The COMPLETE guide) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIreFXLK1rc

    Mansurov, N. (2023, October 12). Understanding aperture, shutter speed and ISO. Photography Life. https://photographylife.com/what-is-iso-in-photography

    Status Code. (2023, June 7). The birth of the internet: From ARPANET to the World Wide Web. Medium. https://status-code.medium.com/the-birth-of-the-internet-from-arpanet-to-the-world-wide-web-eb6086334e92

Research for CCR Question #3

Prompt: How did your production skills develop throughout this project?

Growth

When I first began this class and started doing little project which helped me learn how to record and edit, my production was not horrible but also not amazing. What my production lacked from the early stages of the project were the little things and technical skills that make the difference in the viwers eyes. After all the scenes I recorded during this project, so many ideas begen to fire in my head and it made feel as if I was so creative. In the early stages of the project, the shots I took were mostly flat and bland, but as I continued to grow, I learned techniques like shadow depth of field which helped me blur the background in certain scenes like the bedroom scene. These small techniques may seem simple but they make the film so much deeper to the audience as this small technique made the character Oliver seem even more trapped in his own mind.

Audio

I realized that during my first edit, the sound of the lighter flickering in the first scene was not as crisp and loud as I had wanted it and it just ultimately did not capture the whole vibe that I was going for. To fix this I recorded seperate foley sounds which captured a louder sound of the lighter flickering by using a small good quality microphone directly next to the lighter. Learning how to sync foley sounds into my scenes were a huge jump in my technical skills in editing and helped me a lot in my film.

Editing

I learned that the scenes showing Oliver in the hallway dressed up for school needed to be longer and steadier to feel more boring which is what I was going for. But contrastingly, in the bedroom, I used faster cuts to show the chaos and and anxiety of the character. Learning this aspect really changed how I look at editing in films.

Script: 

When I first began this class and started doing little project which helped me learn how to record and edit, my production was not horrible but also not amazing. What my production lacked from the early stages of the project were the little things and technical skills that make the difference in the viwers eyes. After all the scenes I recorded during this project, so many ideas begen to fire in my head and it made feel as if I was so creative. In the early stages of the project, the shots I took were mostly flat and bland, but as I continued to grow, I learned techniques like shadow depth of field which helped me blur the background in certain scenes like the bedroom scene. These small techniques may seem simple but they make the film so much deeper to the audience as this small technique made the character Oliver seem even more trapped in his own mind.

I realized that during my first edit, the sound of the lighter flickering in the first scene was not as crisp and loud as I had wanted it and it just ultimately did not capture the whole vibe that I was going for. To fix this I recorded seperate foley sounds which captured a louder sound of the lighter flickering by using a small good quality microphone directly next to the lighter. Learning how to sync foley sounds into my scenes were a huge jump in my technical skills in editing and helped me a lot in my film.

I learned that the scenes showing Oliver in the hallway dressed up for school needed to be longer and steadier to feel more boring which is what I was going for. But contrastingly, in the bedroom, I used faster cuts to show the chaos and and anxiety of the character. Learning this aspect really changed how I look at editing in films.