Production of CCR's:

Hi Cambridge! On Sunday I filmed CCR #1, the interview one! I think it went very well! 

My setup had a lot of trial and error, but I finally got it as I envisioned it!

So, the first step of production was choosing an outfit/costume. Since it's an interview, I wanted it to be formal, so I veered towards a dress. Here it is shown below!

Next, I had to choose an enticing but not distracting setting. So, I used my living room couch. This sounds very casual, but as you can see from the photos below, my house has a very modern aesthetic. I included the pillows for a pop of color and the edge of the painting. I also played around with the lighting. I opened all my blinds and also turned on some of my overhead lights.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dP58lqh8lzOdEaQTmZWtHd8PbfSBjqhq/view?usp=sharing

Some obstacles I went through involved the camera framing. Since it was an off-camera style, I needed to be looking at someone, but I kept looking down at the computer. So, my idea was to prop it up on a table, on a stool, on a pillow! It was almost like playing Jenga, but it came out really well. 

I also kept accidently getting my computer with the script in or the pillow that I was using to prop it up in frame. So, I had to get my tripod at the perfect angle, to where I was framed correctly and there were no tools in the background.

Filming it was very easy; I only had to do two full takes. The only reason I re-did it was because my posture was very bad and I was hunching a lot. So, in the second take, I made sure to sit up straight and I also added more hand movements because my body language was looking very boring.

1st take:

2nd take:

Finally, I got my mom to record the interviewers voiceover and I was done!

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Hey Cambridge! On Tuesday, I filmed CCR #2, the director's commentary. The process was fairly easy!

I started by choosing the location of my guest room. There are these woven baskets on one of the walls that are very visually appealing so I thought it would be perfect for the job. I was brainstorming that I would sit on the bed (It wouldn't be shown) and you would be able to see the baskets in the back.

Next, I started recording and used my step stool and pillow method again for the script. I also didn't use a tripod this time. Instead, I placed my phone in the middle of my computer and started recording. One major obstacle I had during the filming of this is that my phone wasn't on my eye level. So, I had to stack socks to raise the level a bit.

When I finally got to filming, it only took one take! 

I'm so happy to be done with this now! CCR production is a wrap! I'll let you know how editing goes!