CCR Production Ideas

Creative Critical Reflection Brainstorming

    Now that I have gone over how I will answer question 1 and 2 I thought I'd bring to the table some of my ideas for both of my CCR's. I am planning on splitting up the 4 questions by answering questions #1 and #2 together into one video, and the other CCR will contain questions #3 and #4. Before I begin I would also like to address that I will be making a script for both of my CCR's that way my message gets across precisely and focused. As of right now here are my ideas:

1st CCR

    For this CCR I have now answered both of these questions in a basic format in my previous blogs that I will continue to edit as I get closer to the filming production process of it. My original idea was to film something basic like an interview or podcast to answer these two questions on conventions, audience, and distribution but I decided to take a more creative approach. As me and my partner were talking about our plans for the CCR she came up with an idea that resembles our thriller genre. 

    The idea is to have a thriller/mystery bulletin board with pictures from our film up on it. My partner hadn't developed how this would be filmed so I brainstormed a couple possibilities with this base line idea. I now know that I want to put small pieces of paper with different questions up as if I am trying to find clues to describe my film as a director and producer of the film "The Seventh Lie." I will include pictures from my film onto the board to show how my film uses thriller conventions throughout and represents a social group of people going through grief. Other pictures will show film festivals or a crowd of people to foreshadow question 2, that deals with engaging audiences and distribution methods.

    I feel this type of CCR is unique and is a creative way to bring in the topics without it being boring. As I explain what each picture, symbol, or question means from the board I will edit in pictures or videos of my research (from blogs), pictures and videos from my film, as well as pictures from the internet to make my video all the more visually appealing.

Here is how I picture it to look to fit some thriller conventions I mentioned in my other blog post:

    Having a setup like this will instill the idea that I am trying to solve something or answer questions people want to know about, as if I were solving a crime as a detective. By creating a set up like this, it will be more entertaining to watch for viewers and will be easier for me to recall when I see the photos and "evidence" up on the bulletin board.

2nd CCR 

    I am planning on doing an interview style Creative Critical Reflection for my second video to address questions #3 and #4. I am taking inspiration from videos like Variety on You tube such as this most recent video from a collection they have called, "Inside the Frame" where cinematographers give an inside scoop into a film for viewers.

Source:

Michael Bauman. (2025). How ‘One Battle After Another’ shot the car chase scene like a gritty ’70s film [Video]. YouTube. 

    For this CCR I plan on having a more professional set up as if I am being interviewed for a video like such. I will wear work appropriate clothing and have a clean professional background with no distractions. However, I've learned it is important to include visual aspects over my video so that I am not just a "talking head," because this isn't engaging for my audience. Since the 3rd and 4th questions focus more on the production process of filming I thought it would make more sense to do this type of video that way I can incorporate videos and pictures of the process as I begin to answer the questions. By doing so, this will automatically make my CCR more entertaining. Including videos and behind the scene pictures of the hardware, camera, lighting, microphones, tripod, and even technology software's my partner and I used throughout the production this will help assist my thought process. By including these pictures and videos over me explaining how my partner and I developed our production skills and the tools we used throughout it, my viewers will get a better understanding of how the production process went by not only hearing about it but visually seeing it.