It's here! The CCR is here! It's been a wild ride, and I am sad to close out this journey. Thank you for following along on our little adventure, I really do appreciate it.
Without further ado, the CCR!
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After painstaking work, here it is, my finished project! I am very proud of it, and I hope you'll find as much joy in watching it as I put in making it. Enjoy!
During the editing process, I realized that my film had gone well over the time limit provided by Cambridge. In order to remedy this, we set out to fix the time issues through reshoots. One scene in particular needed to be reshot: the car scene. Originally the scene features Agi rambling while Cassie starts the car, but the film ended up being too long with it added.
To replace the scene, we filmed a scene of Cassie alone getting into her car and driving off. This took off about ten seconds as it was significantly shorter than the other scene. It also allowed for some variety in shot types, as previously the film used medium and two shots almost exclusively. The scene also allowed for better continuity, as the transition in location made more sense this way.
Once reshoots were done, we went back into editing. A lot of the piece ended up being too long, and a lot ended up being cut. Instead of having Cara leave before the outburst, the new script had Cara there for the outburst, giving it more weight. This hopefully increases the tension of the scene and adds another layer to the story.
In the rubric for the project, it states that I have to list the credits for my opening. In order to streamline that process, I have started making my list of credits for the film. I have listed out who my acting, writing, and producing credits will go to, and the reasons for that here:
For the acting credits, Sydney, Ria, and I will be listed. While Sydney and Ria are the main stars, it is seen in other films to put "and" before the name of a supporting actor, which is where my name will go. This hopefully will look similar to actual productions in the film world, as that has been the goal of my project from the start.
For writing credits, Sydney and I will be listed, as we wrote the original script for the film. After a bit of research into some productions like The Office and Thor: Ragnarok, improvised lines are not enough to receive writing credit, and lines that Ria improvised were not enough to receive writing credit. Although, I will give Ria an Executive Producer credit, as she did have a lot of say over what did and didn't work in the film. That role really helped the film, and she deserves credit for that.
The directing credit will be given to me, as this project was an outlet for me to be creative and take control of production. I am excited to finish editing and move on to my CCR very soon.
Now that filming has been completed, we now start post-production! While I am very excited to finish the project, editing does happen to be my least favorite part of the process. It can feel draining to stare at the same footage over and over and trying to get sounds to come together perfectly. However, I am hopeful that the editing process will not take too long and my project will look amazing.
One thing that is integral to the editing of my piece is sound. There is a shot that requires overlapping voices and gasps and requires sound editing that I am less equipped to do. Therefore, I have brought in my friend Alex to help with the sound editing as he has experience with the subject. He will be credited in my opening, and I do appreciate his help.
Another thing that is integral to my piece is lighting. In my group meeting, we had discussed the importance of lighting, and specifically how the lighting around Cassie should be dark and the lighting around Cara to be light. So, when editing, I would like to use a filter to give lighter and darker tones to these shots that I did not have due to lack of lighting equipment.
It's finally been filmed! After almost six weeks of work, my project is finally filmed! Looking back on the amount of work it took to get to this point feels strange as it wasn't a very complicated shoot. The filming process was relatively easy and only took about two and a half hours. We were lucky to have such an easy filming process, although we did run into one roadblock.
We realized halfway through filming that the roles of Cassie and Agi would be better if we switched the actors. The original footage with the original casting felt less authentic, and we really wanted the characters to feel real. However, when we switched the actors the scenes felt more real. Apart from Cassie and Agi, we still needed a Cara. When I couldn't get anyone else to be available for filming, I stepped in to fill the role. It was fun to get to be a character in my opening, although I really do prefer to be behind the camera.
During filming, we also did realize that the situation depicted in the film gave way to a lot more comedy than we thought. Therefore, a lot of Agi's character got rewritten to be more comedic than dramatic. We also realized when filming that it would be easy to have the character break the fourth wall, which is a fun tool in comedies that I always enjoy.
With filming over, we're moving over to the editing process, which I am not looking forward to. However, the project will be completed very soon, which makes me very excited.
It's here! The CCR is here! It's been a wild ride, and I am sad to close out this journey. Thank you for following along on our lit...
