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CCR Question 3

The Third Creative Critical Reflection Question is: How did your production skills develop throughout this project? Throughout this project, I improved on my techniques, and I found new solutions to make the Film Opening Project Better, improving on the Storyboarding, Filming, and Editing Phases of the production of High Stakes.

Pre-Production:

• Storyboarding - I learned the importance of pre-planning, which makes it easier when deciding what each scene is going to be to make sure it has a purpose. Creating the Shot List helped keep everything organized, which made it more efficient when recording.

• Character Development - Making each personality different for each character allowed for the costume development and the font choices to be easier to gather.

• Set Design - Knowing how to create the environment for the Poker Game, the Props that would be needed, plus the framing of the characters to let the Film Opening have more tension.

Production:

• Camera Techniques & Editing - I improved my camera techniques by having more close-ups and reaction shots, which helped build suspense. This allowed the audience to be more focused on the players' reactions/expressions and their movements.

• Directing - I developed better communication skills, like making adjustments to the shots that would get used when recording. I also played around with the actor positioning to increase the storytelling potential.

Post-Production:

• Text Formatting - By using different fonts and different placements for each text that was used for each character introduction (Character Cards), this helped me understand how this can affect the storytelling and how much the viewer gets engaged by it.

• Pacing - My skills improved in editing the clips so that I could create more tension, making the Poker Game feel more intense and keeping the viewers engaged.

• Sound Design + Music - The music in the background was very important because this was the main thing that would help create the tension and suspense throughout the Film Opening. Learning how to use the correct audio helped me make the right choice so that the sound would have the biggest impact on the viewer.

Each phase and the overall production of this Project helped me gain a better understanding of visual storytelling, how to execute everything better, and the creative problem-solving needed to make a good Film Opening or any Video Project. This experience has strengthened my production skills that will prepare for future projects.