Post-Production of the CCRs

Imagine this: after filming AND editing the 2-minute film opening, creating scripts for the Creative Critical Reflections (CCRs), filming the segments and creating the screenshots for my voiceovers, I thought that I was basically done, the hard part was over. Nope, I was wrong. Very wrong.

For future AICE Media Studies students, don’t make the mistake in thinking that the film opening is the main product that you will be delivering. Actually, it is the film opening AND the four CCRs. It’s all going to be ok but it’s good to have proper expectations to make sure you manage your time appropriately. It will feel like you are editing a whole different film. You have been warned…

Editing the CCRs can be, in some ways, even more challenging than editing the film. I need to edit myself in shots, create the screenshots or visual components, record voiceovers and then make sure the pacing is right throughout.

Since I am aiming to produce my CCRs in three main formats: a Director’s Cut, a Vlog, and a couple of Online Q&A Sessions, I know I have to approach each edit a bit differently. I am still working on the editing portion of my CCRS so it is currently a work in progress. This is what I am striving to accomplish:For the Online Q&A, I am using text like pop-ups to simulate audience questions and am including cutaways to footage and screenshots so that I’m just not a talking head on camera. This would be boring and would not give my audience any type of interesting visual experience.

For the Director’s Cut, I plan on making sure that my voice will sync up to the images and video I share on screen. I also plan on adding some freeze frames to help teach or make a point.

For the Vlog, the thought is that it will be me popping in right in front of the camera to answer the questions that fans have been sending in. I’m going to give the impression that I got so many of them that I thought it would be a great idea to just answer my fans directly through a vlog. It will be more casual in nature, and it will still contain visual images and corresponding voiceovers to keep the viewers invested in what I am sharing.

This is it - I now see the finish line for real. I’m almost there and I can’t wait to show you everything that I’ve been working on. Stay tuned…