For my third CCR, I will be answering: How did your production skills develop throughout this project? Through this process, my planning, editing, and recording skills greatly improved. While I was familiar with editing, recording was not something I was usually tasked with, so I had to learn more about this part of production.
To begin, planning was not something that I previously put a heavy emphasis on. For my past projects, I had an idea of what the production would look like, and I had a basic understanding of what we would do, but I never had anything like a script or planned shots going into filming. Since this movie’s opening is dialogue-heavy my team and I wrote out a script. As soon as we got to the studio, we had a script done, and I cannot describe how thankful I truly am for our instructor's strong encouragement to do this. It saved a ton of time despite making slight adjustments. This made the production process much smoother than any other production I have done. We where able to focus on other things like mise-en scene and having the perfect shot. While writing the script, we also thought of shot ideas. Honestly writing the script was a bigger help than I would have expected, and I will certainly do it for my next production.
Next up, editing is something I am familiar with. In my previous projects, I have been the one who does most of the editing. Lighting, sound, audio, and timing. What I did not do before was have the same shot but from different angles. For example, we recorded the interview numerous times, but we had every angle. A 2-shot, the camera shot, and a close-up of both actors. This made me make decisions on what shots to use for specific lines. I watched a couple of interviews to get a feel of what to do. The one interview I learned the most from was NBC's interview of NFL QB Mathew Stafford. “When to insert the close up? What about the 2-shot?” where questions I asked myself and answered through my analysis of interviews. I learned that you need a good amount of shots and have a smooth rhythm of when you switch shots. If the pace is too slow, the interview is visibly boring but to fast feels to hectic.
Lastly i had very little experience filming previous to this project. Filming the credit scenes taught me a lot about involving the background while also keeping the focus on the main idea of the shot. I certainly prefer editing over filming.
Overall, this production process improved my skills in a variety of aspects that are crucial to producing a high quality film. I will transfer and further enhance these skills to my future projects.
Script:
Well I must admit planning was not something that I previously put a heavy emphasis on which is embarsing as a producer. For my past movies, I had an idea of what the production would look like, but I never had anything like a script or planned shots going into filming. This time around i decided to change. As soon as we got to the studio, we had a script done, and I cannot describe how thankful I truly am for my staff's strong encouragement to do this. It saved a ton of time despite making slight adjustments. This made the production process much smoother than any other production I have done. We where able to focus on other things like mise-en scene and having the perfect shot. Thank you to our wonderfull staff for making this so sucsesful.
Next up, editing is something I am familiar with. In my previous projects, I have been the one who does most of the editing. Lighting, sound, audio, and timing. What I did not do before was have the same shot but from different angles. For example, we recorded the interview numerous times, but we had every angle. A 2-shot, the camera shot, and a close-up of both actors. This made me make decisions on what shots to use for specific lines. I watched a couple of interviews to get a feel of what to do. The one interview I learned the most from was NBC's interview of NFL QB Mathew Stafford. “When to insert the close up? What about the 2-shot?” where questions I asked myself and answered through my analysis of interviews. Thanks to the NFL's great production team I learned a lot and hopefully we can get a synergy very soon.
Lastly i had very little experience filming previous to this project. Filming the credit scenes taught me a lot about involving the background while also keeping the focus on the main idea of the shot. I certainly prefer editing over filming.
Overall, this production process improved my skills in a variety of aspects that are crucial to producing a high quality film. I will transfer and further enhance these skills to my future projects.
References:
NFL on NBC. (2025, November 22). Matthew Stafford using tough lessons from past to fuel success | FNIA | NFL on NBC (FULL INTERVIEW) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCdQ8owvdug
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