CCR production ideas

    My production ideas for my CCR aren't exactly the most experimental, but I plan to make them more creative in the context of the circumstances that made them happen.

    My first two CCRs are me talking to the person who just showed up at my house randomly. I'm scared of them but also excited to talk about my project. This means I'm able to talk about the intricacies of this project while also providing some funny moments and making it more interesting. 

    To make this work I would have to act super awkward and nervous but get more comfortable when talking about my project. I don't want it to seem like I'm just nervous to be on camera, instead I want to make it clear that I'm acting so the switch between nervous high school student and someone knowledgeable about my film needs to be emphasized.

    My second idea was to have a little animated character talking about my project. For this idea I got inspiration form the YouTube channel Alex Myers but I rethought it and decided it wasn't creative enough, and honestly I don't think I have the animating skills for that.

    After thinking it over for a while I thought about how I love to make simple foods like sandwiches and smoothies for my family. I decided that I could make a cooking video where I talk to the camera and talk about things while I'm cooking.

    I like the idea, but I realized I needed to think about how I would make it different enough from the first idea I had. I came up with inserting images of me cooking throughout the video. I also made it set at night, so that also differentiates it.

How to accomplish it:

    For both by CCR videos, mise-en-scene will be really important. For the first video it will have to look like I wasn't expecting company so I can't just be standing in front of a white wall and talking, but it also can't look like I don't care what my house looks like so I'll move to a spot in my house that's neat and more professional then the kitchen. I would use the living room, but the lighting is really bad in there so I would rather go with the spare bedroom and just say in the context of this scenario that I'm telling the person that its my room. Also this would make scene because if someone just showed up randomly asking about my portfolio project I wouldn't be keen on showing them my actual room.

Lighting in my living room and why I don't want to film there.

    The mise-en-scene in my second video will have to be more complicated because I have to make it look like she's both ready for bed and about to cook.

I created this outfit and thought it would work well with the tone I wanted to set for this CCR video. I was wearing pajamas underneath an apron and I thought that helped solidify the image that I'm cooking right before bed.

Conclusions:

    At this time I have already started filming but I know I need to work hard to get all of this done because I want my CCR's to turn out as good as I can make them. I'm hopeful that they will reflect my knowledge of different types of media wile also being entertaining to watch.