Proffessional CCR maker here

    eh not really... but they were fun to make.

    I created two Creative Critical Reflections and filmed both on the same day. I helped film my friend, Bella's, CCR, and she helped film both of mine. Overall, it went well so i'll just be yapping about the production of my own CCR's (even though filming Bella's was part of it... but it's not mine so I'm not gonna talk about it)

This is how it feels talking about the CCR's even though nobody really cares

    I think it's a good time to talk about the equipment I used. The only things I used were my Iphone 14 and a tripod one of my dad's friend's had. The lack of equipment was mostly due to our inability to check out equipment from Cypress Bay Television (the club I am in that gives out equipment). The club gives out free equipment, but, we filmed over spring break, making it impossible to get equipment. It's fine though since we still made it work, even if we preffered to use better equipment.

The biggest overall issue with both CCR's was Bella's dog. She kept interrupting multiple scenes, but, it wasn't a big issue. I just thought it would be funny to include this fact. I also don't know his/her name.

Bella's Dog

    The first one we filmed was one where I had to read fan mail. The biggest issue here was that I suck at speaking impromptu, which was what Bella wanted me to do. In fact, she told me that the video was annoying because I kept messing up when I tried to memorize bullet points from the script(she is much better at this than I am) In the end, I memorized in short bits at a time and, at some points, I would read off the script held to the side of the camera, looking at the camera very often.

    The Second one was filmed outside and the issue of memorizing lines was no problem considering that I was looking offscreen, talking to someone, allowing Bella to use the script as a teleprompter, negating the requirement of memorizing lines. Now, this action is a tradeoff since nobody was looking at the camera, making sure the shots looked good. Now, I checked the shots afterward and they looked fine so, it wasn't a big deal. What is sort of a big deal though are the shadows all over my face. I wanted to have myself facing the lake in her backyard. But, this came at the expense of properly exposing my face in the direction of the sun. But, I am going to try fixing the shadows in post and seeing how that works.

Why was this the only photo I have of production

    The CCR's were lowk chill to edit and stuff... I'm starting to wrap up my project as a whole. Be prepared for my final CCR's! Peace!