CCR (creative critical reflection)

 Hi blog!

I have exciting, but also stressful news. I am going to be vacationing to Istanbul, Turkey, during spring break, about a week before this entire portfolio is due. As fun of an experience as that is going to be, I really have to plan ahead if I want to get this done on time. 
So, I am going to be starting to plan my creative critical reflection, which is something we learned about in class on Tuesday. Essentially, a CCR is meant to respond to specific questions given by Cambridge about what went into the process of making our film opening.

We were told that we have to answer at least two questions in each type of CCR, whether we do it in the form of a podcast, interview, YouTube video, etc. After watching some samples in class, here are some of the do's and don'ts I took away for my own CCR.

Do: 

• Include background music (when appropriate)
• Include movement to make the product less stagnant (if in video form)
• Include video clips from the film opening to help explain
• Answer the questions fully

Don't:

• Read from a script while talking to camera
• Have a plain, boring background
• Sit in front of a camera with no movement
• Just talk for 10 minutes, enhance the video with editing

I already have a couple ideas for what I might want to do. I plan on getting an "interviewer" to participate in my video and ask me questions in a creative way, that still answer what Cambridge wants to see.

For example, my sister and I were thinking we could film the interview while on a run or bike ride, which I have seen on Youtube. I need to start filming these as soon as we finish editing and filming our film opening, which we are luckily almost done with.