Post-Production of CCR Videos

Hey there Cambridge!

Now that I have filmed and moved all my videos for filming to OneDrive, I have begun the editing process for my CCR videos!

CCR VIDEO ONE - questions one, two

I first began by sorting out all my shots to groups like questions, answers, short lines, the first few shots, and the part when the waiter comes.

This is how all my files looked when I first opened all of them:

And this is how they were once organized:

This organization allowed me to feel much better about tackling all the files and led me to easily search for them when it was time to move it to my editing software.

My process would look like going to the script to check what the next line is, then searching for the file to download and move to my editing software.

I came across an issue... I did not record me saying a whole part of a paragraph. I have a video where I began to say it but then messed up and I forgot to refilm it. There is not much I can do about it now; thankfully, it was somewhat summing up or concluding what I was saying before that, so it is not that big of an issue (still not good though). I went back to my script and highlighted red anything that was never said in the CCR video, just for personal notes.

Once I added in all my shots, I played it while looking at my script to ensure everything is in my CCR. Then, I went to look for background videos or pictures to include in the video so that it is not just some talking heads. I would look back at my response to the CCR questions in the script and would use that to remind me of a moment to show in the CCR video as well. For example, I mentioned some platforms at one point and included their logos:

Finally, I almost forgot to add my sounds! I saved the background restaurant ambiance and jazz music in my document about this CCR video. For the background sounds of people talking and utensils and general restaurant sounds, I lowered the volume so my actor and I can be heard. For the jazz music though, I lowered its volume to 1% so that the noise is not too busy and only hints of it are heard. 

Here is my final timeline after all that editing:

CCR VIDEO TWO - questions three, four

Yay! Almost done! I began editing the same way I did with CCR Video 1, opening all the files and reorganizing them. This time, I organized the videos into extra shots I took and shots of current me (which I even reordered into the order they should appear). I recorded younger me's lines in one video, so I never put it into a group.

Before

After

To begin editing, I first moved the video of younger me saying all her lines. I split the video between each of her lines, so the timeline ended up looking like this:

So, it is like I have a base for where current me's lines should go.

Eventually, I noticed how I forgot to record another part of a paragraph (I do not know why I keep doing that). It was easy to bypass this time since I can just put a voice recording of me saying it over a shot of younger me listening to my answer. Thankfully, I am able to do this since I got extra shots of her listening on the phone.

Once I added in the lines from both younger and current me and rewatched the product to make sure all lines are said, I once again looked through the script to find images to show in my CCR video. Questions 3 and 4 are more reflective, so there were many images I could bring in.

My line, "After I truly understood the thriller genre..." reminded me of the blog post I wrote to gain a deeper understanding of the thriller genre, so I decided to screenshot the blog post to include in my CCR video. So this...

Turned into this...

I continued adding in pictures throughout my entire video. Images of my storyboard and magazine ended up in the final product. Check out some images I already collected in my previous blog posts (CCR3, CCR4) to include in this CCR video.

Reflection

I feel so relieved knowing I finished editing everything. I feel like the shots I got were not totally the best and the background at the restaurant was not the best either, but I worked with what I have to make some good CCR videos. Now, I just need to make sure I am all set to share my final film opening and CCR videos! 

Yours Truly, 
Macie 💗