CCR #3 Question Research Blog Post

    Throughout this whole production, I believe that I have advanced in my knowledge of production and the actual amount of planning that goes into it.

    So, when asked the question, "How did your production skills develop throughout the project?" I can confidently provide an answer that encompasses all of the production process.

    When me and my group first began to think of our production, I provided several ideas about what our production could be about. Then, after debate and thinking about how we could accurately execute the plot, we decided on a story where a meek and timid kid would be met with a bully who wanted to take advantage of him. However, we would eventually and easily drop the bullying factor, which was advised by Mrs. Stoklosa, in order to make our movie seem less cliche. Although this was a shift in the story, with having done previous research on bullies in famous movies, we were still able to use the belligerent student, Austin, for our main purpose, which was to drive Asher over the edge.

    For the entirety of the project, because I have extensive experience in film and media classes, I believed that it would be a relatively easy experience with no challenges. I was wrong. Even though I focused on sections of media production, I had not done a project where all elements would be put together. I realized this during the setting up of the calendar, which indicated to me the sheer size of the production. Even though this was a lot of work, I am very glad that I was able to take part in this. Now having this experience, I know more of the inner workings of major film productions and projects and the intricacies of them.

    A major part of my production skills developing was the editing process. When I was already deep into the editing, I had not realized, but there was a large number of issues with the audio. As you can see below, the dots on the blue line indicate areas where I would have to manually adjust the audio. This would either be because the audio for adjacent clips would be different, the transition for audio between two scenes would be very noticeable, or there was background noise becoming very noticeable. This caused the editing process to take longer than expected.  However, its effects were limited due to the calendar schedule I had prepared and the initial preparation of my project. With this foresight, I was able to make sure that the editing process would accurately reflect the amount of effort put into this assignment.

    Through this project, I have been able to adapt and grow in my experience and knowledge relating to media production. I now have a more comprehensive picture on what exactly is required in order to create a film of high quality. For the future, I will make sure to have more takes filmed with quieter background noises as well as provide myself with a strong calendar. In doing this, I will be able to replicate the success I had for this assignment.

    Additionally, here is the picture of my script where I answer this question. It will be the first of two questions in my second video, and as I have said in my previous blog post about the CCR videos, it will be about Asher trying to skip town after being interviewed by the police.