Creative Critical Reflection

3/16

This Tuesday was eye-opening. Merely because in my AICE Media class we got news that the Creative Critical Reflection (CCR) was 20/50 points. For CCR each group member has to create at least two different media products that in total answer four questions on the planning of the production and the final product. During class, we saw past presentations which I thought was very helpful since it allowed me to see what the CCRs are supposed to look like. In addition, we also discussed how we could improve each one of the projects. At first I was a bit confused on why some of the CCR needed some improvement because I thought that they were pretty good until I realized that I had to include a lot more things than I expected. We need to try to make the presentation engaging.

An important aspect that I took from Tuesday's lecture is to not have a talking head. Meaning that I should not show myself speaking in front of the Camera for the entire time I answer the question. Things that I could do to prevent this is to include inserts of the specific thing that I am referring to in my questions. Another important detail that I need to keep in mind is to create a script for the answers to the questions, so that I have an idea of what I am supposed to say and not just wing it. Furthermore, I found out that we also need to include music and more camera movement to make the video more engaging. I'm guessing that the Cambridge graders get bored of watching various videos of people just talking in front of the camera for the entirety of the CCR. Don't worry Cambridge I will try my best to make my CCR engaging. Lastly, the other important thing that I have to incorporate is research, which I have already done in my previous posts therefore I will just grab info from my research blogs and include them in my answers. 

Below are the notes that I took from the lecture in class.  

The media products that I will be creating are the director commentary and the other will either be the presentation with a voiceover or a talk show. Another option is to create an interview like 73 questions from Vogue. Moreover, since this part of the project is worth many points I have to dedicate a good amount of time to creating an engaging and creative video for Cambridge. To do this I will have to include music, inserts, and research.

As of now, I am focused more on the filming but as soon as I finish filming, which I will be doing later today, then I we bring all my attention to creating two CCR products.