1st CCR Creation

This is going to be a kind of short blog. This blog will be about the full creation of my first CCR. Surprisingly, the CCR wasn't too hard to film or edit so that's why this blog may be a little on the shorter side.

This past Wednesday, I decided to begin to write my script in class for my first CCR. Before starting it however, I had to choose what I wanted it to answer, I thought it would be best to start with the first two questions pertaining to the genre, audience, and distribution of my movie. I also had to figure out what CCR idea would go with this script which I ended up deciding would be the one located in the same forest I filmed some of the beginning of my opening scene.

I ended up finishing the script by Wednesday night and although I knew it wasn't exactly what I was going to say during filming, I knew it would be good to semi-memorize my points with this script and then go off on my own during filming. This script could also help me get back on track while recording if I get too far off the main point I am trying to give.

           I was really nervous I was going to be tight on time too since I couldn't go out to film until Saturday, meaning I would only have the rest of the weekend to edit and finish this CCR and my other CCR before Monday. So, I prepared and thought of exactly what I wanted to do. By today, Saturday, I had tweaked a couple things in the script like changing it from a Q&A to a director commentary.

           Anyway, so today I went back out to the famous park where I filmed the beginning half of my opening scene: Markham Park. It was a Saturday afternoon, so I knew that the park would be busy and have a lot of visitors. So, before going out to film, I finalized my thoughts and last-minute changes I wanted to make to minimize my time trying to record in the forest.

           It took me a while to feel comfortable in front of the camera and make the footage seem more natural, however, after some time, I was feeling great and ready to film. I started filming exactly where I filmed part of the forest chase scene for my actual project because I thought it would match the vibe, and I thought it would be cool to include saying in my CCR that I filmed a scene right where I was standing.

           After a while, however, people came down the path where I was and I didn't want to confront them or look weird talking to a camera about a serial killer horror movie. So, I thought it would be best to move locations, that's why randomly in my CCR, I change locations and scenery. Sadly, I didn't finish my footage from that location, so I had to film it again in another place. It was a little funny though because I actually moved to a place very very close to another location I filmed. However, I thought it would be interesting to include parts of both locations to make it feel more varied.

           I went back home and got right on my computer to start editing. I wasn't planning on making it an excellent editing job. All I really needed was to cut out the awkward silence, cut together the pieces from different recordings, and maybe add in a couple pictures to change it up a bit.

I did encounter a couple complications while editing though. One was that my favorite start of the CCR had a very loud plane in the background. I searched and searched for a YouTube video that could help me mute it out, and I did the best I could, but I thought risking the plane noise would be better than choosing a bad introduction to my CCR,

                -Dana

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25ZFA1xfMfU