CCR Ideas

 CCR PRODUCTION IDEAS-

- The final posting for my CCR inspiration for filming as well as designing and creating my CCR.

PLANS FOR CCR#1-

- For my first CCR, i plan to answer the first two questions but i decided to make it correlate with our film. Since my dad is acting as Officer Garcia in the film, i wanted to incorporate some sort of police scene, so I decided to go with an integration scene where i act a a "witness" to Raven's murder while my dad questions me as his acting role. From there it will smoothly transfer the conversation to the CCR questions. I have prepared a script showcasing how it will all turn out to be. While i am being questioned, i will include photos and videos from my film, and techniques to keep the audience engaged. I also made the script a little funny and serious as well to have diversity. 

SCRIPT-

OFFICER (my dad)- "Hello Ms. Gonzalez. So, you're a witness to what happened with Raven. Her murder, can you walk me through what you know?"

ME- "I saw Avery and Raven together earlier during school, since we had class together. They seemed happy, just talking. But later in the day something happened and everything just became tense. I knew they were having a picnic later as they were gong to celebrate Avery's 18th birthday. But i got curious and decided to go to the same park, but i sat far. A few hours in i went to the bathroom but suddenly i heard a scream, and... when i came out i- i saw Raven's body on the floor and Avery was there, kneeling over her with blood on her hands."

OFFICER-  (skeptical)- "And what do you think truly happened?"

ME- (hesitates) "well i think Avery was being set up. She would never hurt Raven, yes they may have their ups and downs but they never throw hands, like ever."

OFFICER- "Hmm, okay then, thank you for your honesty. Now, you mentioned you all had class together, whaat exactly did you girls do there?"

ME- "Well, the class we were all together in is called Media studies and we were actually working on a project about film Openings... and honestly, now that i think about it my film kind of represents both Raven and Avery in a way."

OFFICER- "How so?"

ME- "Well the film opening i'm working on is called Static and it s a psychological thriller. Now, let's just say Avery and Raven are the characters in my production. Avery s accused of murdering her best friend: Raven. And throughout the film we explore themes of perception versus reality, as well as the struggle of being a teenager along with insanity. It also explores lots of genre conventions."

ME- Oh my god. Did my film just predict current events..?! I think i might be psychic. Cool!"

OFFCER- (officer raises his eyebrow giving a face of "seriously"?/ big side eye)

ME- (look at him and immediately squabble) "No, not cool, definitely  not cool... yeah."

OFFICER-  "Anyways, how does your film even play a part with genre conventions? "

ME- "We used traditional mystery and horror elements to build tension and eeriness within our film. If you've ever watched Vertigo or Se7en, then it's that level of suspense! Not only that but we also use various techniques into the atmosphere like tight close ups and fast paced cuts to draw the attention to the audience watching. Including representation as well as representing teens was quit a topic within this film!"

OFFICER- "And how did you accomplish representation, as well as portraying teens?"

ME- "We challenged stereotypes! More specifically, teen stereotypes. Let me dig deeper here, Avery's not rebellious or extroverted at all; she's complex, dealing with her own struggles. We wanted to show that introverted teens, especially girls, have their own qualities and complexities. Avery's introverted, and it's actually kinda creepy how quiet she is."

OFFICER- "Interesting... How do you see your film connecting with audiences?"

Me- "It's for teens! so we use thriller elements to immerse them. As they feel the tension rising from the film they themselves start to question what's real. The goal is to have the audience be immersed within the story as they imagine themselves in Avery's position as well as the events that are taking place. With the help of several elements like pacing, visual aspect, and effects within our film, it delivers a sense of mystery, anxiety and eeriness, which correlates with our goal to capture the attention of our targeted audience."

OFFICER- "Well thats- "

ME- "OH! and we also have a great distribution plan! We are planning to distribute on A24, which is an independent entertainment company that focuses on creative freedom! We chose this company because it offers and accepts interests in smaller producers and directors which help us with our upcoming film. They use their various marketing and distribution techniques to capture the wanted attention towards our film which makes it a highly reliable source to distribute our production as well as the most suitable within our interests and goals thats can be achieved through A24!"

OFFICER- (flabbergasted) "Well alright then, thank you for your time Ms. Gonzalez, you may wait outside until I receive any further news."

ME- "Thank you Officer! Oh and, please look into what i've said about Avery."

OFFICER- (nods) "Of course."

PLANS FOR CCR#2-

- For my second CCR i decided to make an interview scene where i am interviewed and i talk about thee last 2 CCR questions. Since i am the director of the film, my interviewer who's is again, my dad, is going to interview the "director" of Static: me. I also prepared a script showcasing how i answer these questions in a very engaging way for the audience as well as including videos and photos representing our film. 

SCRIPT-

INTERVIEWER (my dad)- Good afternoon and welcome back to "Behind the Screen," where we dive into the minds of rising talent in film! I am your host, Ricardo Gonzalez, and joining us today is Emma Gonzalez, the talented director of the new thriller production, Static! Emma, thanks for joining us today! (clapping in the background)

ME- Thanks for having me!

INTERVIEWER-  Well lets diver right in shall we? So, Emma lets start with your journey! How and where did you learn to have such high production skills that helped develop your project!?

ME-  Well my journey started as i came into a class called AICE Media Studies. I had already had a foundation, a basic knowledge of film from middle school Film and the start of my high school years. But this class took me to the next level. I explore various types of editing techniques and Mise-en-Scene as well s sound and theory, which completely changed my perspective on film as well as educating me more on the work that is put on just one single production or scene.

INTERVIEWER- Thats amazing to hear! What was the highlight of the project for you?

ME- A highlight for me was the creative freedom was incredible, as i got to express myself in my work like i never could before! Yet it was not only me working on this amazing product of our film, but my team consisted of Jade Baynes and Carolina Rabachute. Without them, Static would never have been so successful! From scripting to set design, filming and post production for editing, my team and I worked together to create our film masterpiece!

INTERVIEWER- What a great collaboration! Now Please tell us how did you integrate technologies like software and hardware.

ME- We used blogs to track progress and stay organized with planning our production. We also used Canva Pro, which helped us design ideas for posters and promoting content. This app helped us create our poster for our film: Static as well as taking inspiration to help creating our company logo! To produce and film we used my Nikon D7 which is my personal camera. Adobe Premier Pro was our go-to for editing, and the tools gave us that cinematic look we wanted to achieve!

INTERVIEWER- Wow! That's incredible! Were there any difficulties or challenges among the way?

ME- Oh my goodness! Well Technical difficulties are inevitable, right? We had some footage issues and software glitches, but teamwork made it work! Within this project we all gained so much experience as we worked together towards our production with our logo's and different way to showcase our production. This project showcased the tools we needed to achieve the final production product which was a whole adventure!

INTERVIEWER- Hahaha! Well, Static turned out to be such a big hit! What's next for you Emma?

ME- I plan to have more production to come hopefully! This project showed me how much i love bringing ideas to life and how much i love to work with my team!

INTERVIEWER- That's wonderful! We'll keep an eye out! Thank you so much for your time today, we all wish you luck with your manny achievements to come! Emma Gonzalez everyone! (crowd clapping in the background)

ME- Thank you so much for having me!