CCR creation of Aren't I Lucky

Here is my reflection towards my whole journey from the beginning of researching genres to editing its final touches, my creative critical reflection explains in through movement how it was all possible. And to finish off, always remember to write what you know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuvF88r-hOs

Aren't I Lucky? Film Opening

For the moment you've all been waiting for......

I present to you the grand finale of my......

FILM OPENING!

With hard work and dedication I transformed what i never though I was capable of making. Thank you all for sticking around to see this journey.

https://youtu.be/zDHZ7CNNDhQ

 

Development

 How did your production skills develop throughout this project?

As I mentioned in prior postings, you don't understand how much you've accomplished until you've finished. We're always attempting to finish things, but now that I'm almost done, I can state that my progress over the last three months has altered dramatically.

Even in earlier projects from my AICE media class, I was able to use foley sounds, shots, and composition to make my film bigger and better. I suppose you could say I processed a lot of challenges, but it's only because of that that I realized I've come a long way since we started this project in February. I'm also glad to state that working on this project as a single person provided me a greater understanding of what working alone might be like in the future. We won't always have others' approval or encouragement, and this initiative demonstrated a level of independence that I hadn't seen in previous projects.

Again, because I am so used to working on two-week deadlines, I have never worked on a long-term project. Working on a consistent project for a long time will undoubtedly teach you a lot more. You not only grow as a person, but you also discover how much you are capable of. I've always lacked independence, but now that I've completed this project, it's one of my strongest assets.

Challenging conventions

How does your product use or challenge conventions?

I could not help but realize hat as I was writing my script for my CCR I realized my research was able to challenge the genre convention of dark comedy and superstition. Not only by mixing both genres onto my product but also crating a unique reflective pattern. Dark comedy is a type of genre that mixes elements of comedy and tragedy. They often have death, war or illness as a central theme. Within the genre industry I also researched on superstition, superstition is mostly categorized as horror and the majority of films are scary, since it is an example of belief in ghosts. However I decided to take a turn of events and make my film translate more to real life situations. This way I challenged media conventions to portray the same idea with a different meaning. 

The questions asked on the creative critical reflection made me realize how far into this project I had gotten. I sat down began writing and it was so unexpected , I worked myself up about this project when in reality all I had to do was enjoy it. However, this does not mean that I did not value every second of it. Our stress sometimes gets in the way of what we do that we do not really get to enjoy what surrounds us and what we learn as we grow. 

This being, I wanted to in a way, preserve this purpose onto my film opening. With a repetitive cycle of Lucas's tire popping, and his expression towards the situation helped translate a stronger meaning. 

CCR creation

GOING BACK TO THE BEGGING

 You guys remember before I started my production i wrote down my scrip in this website called 'Celtx'? Well I did not think of a better idea to write down my script for my CCR. Although last post I talked about how I was going to start a Power point presentation embedding illustrations of my journey, I decided to write down my experience first therefore it would make it much easier to elaborate up the slide. 

To say the least I am not the best person when it comes to sitting down and talking to a computer or a person answering questions. If you were to tell me "lets sit down and talk about this topic' then yes that naturally flows within me. But having to answer specific factors about what when where why or how I tend to get somewhat nervous. Crazy since this project is all I have been focusing on in February, I mean you'd be surprised to think I can talk about things smoothly. But anyhow, I used Celtx to help me write down most... well allow f my thoughts to later on elaborate a bigger meaning.

I'm not going to lie to you, I was pretty intimidated by the Creative Critical Reflection at first.. But as soon as I got to writing my thoughts flourished from there. i mean under an hour and thirty minutes of elaborating on my journey I felt pretty accomplished as well as surprised with my outcome. Yet This this only the beginning, I still need to record myself and finish that power point. 

 

Finishing touches and Corrections

Final Fixes

Hello everybody! It's been sometime since Ive spoken with you.

Not to mention this past week was Spring Break and things got a bit hectic with posting. Now it is all about getting back on track and discovering new ways to improve my portfolio project. 

Time is indeed crunching up and theres is only a few days left until i show you guys my masterpiece. Well... what I think will be a new and fun experience I get to share with anyone out there. Without further or do, let me give you guys an insight of what is going down this week. 

Editing:

I guess you could say  editing is not my strongest suit. Thank god for youtube and their DaVinci Resolve tutorials because if not my film opening would not turn out the same. But in the image above I was trying to incorporate my foley sound without the clip of me popping the ballon to be on the screen. Not until later that I found out you can unlink clips and leave them on their own to just rearrange one of them.

 Foley: 

For for my actual foley sound, remember how I talked to you guys about incorporating a balloon pop as a way to symbolize Lucas's tire popping, well I did exactly that and it turned out even better than I expected. Lucas's expression after the tire popping makes the sound feel more vivid and engages the viewer to a further extent onto what the film is consisted of. 

Beginning of my CCR

For my Creative critical reflection, I'm mixing and shifting a few of concepts I had. Yes, I'm going to write a script so that I can put down all of my points and not get anxious about what to say next. But it was my overall presentation and analysis of my journey that I thought was most significant. Until I discovered a template in Google Slides that was ideal for the concepts I wanted to communicate. I'm going to show you guys an inside look at this timeline I made to highlight the progression of my journey. Despite the fact that you have seen everything, the timeline is only a summary of my story.

Embedding Credits

Honestly, I could not be any more proud of myself. Things are coming to an end with my film opening which is sad but these following days have filled me with knowledge and learnings which will carry on with me forever. However, this is not the finale ladies and gentleman. I am here to talk about my experience with credits.

Ever since i was a little kid credit scenes were not visible to me.  I didn't wonder why they came before the movie started, in other words. After years of uncertainty, I received an answer with open doors after taking this class, AICE media. Credit scenes are used to demonstrate who did what and how their work can be admired and acknowledged by others who are familiar with the concept of credits.

 

With that stated, here are some text snippets I've been experimenting with in order to insert my credits beneath my clips. Instead of having a separate clip for the title scene, I decided to make it more intriguing by included it in the same production footage.

Here are the following credits in order:

 A. T Productions

Directed by: Agustina Tolosa

Produced by: Agustina Tolosa

Cinematography and editing by: Agustina Tolosa

Starring: Santiago Valencia as; Lucas Paine