Creative Critical Production

     Before I start writing anything, I just want to say that this project has KILLED my storage. Not just my phone storage, but my Google Drive. Before I took this class, I had it, maybe, 5% filled. I am at 90% capacity right now.  There's GIGABYTES of just audio files, screen recordings, behind the scenes, footage, images, I could go on. And it's worse when mixed with my art portfolio project, which takes up even MORE space with MORE IMAGES, but that's unrelated.

Anyway, CCR production!

Podcast Production!

    My podcast recording was quick. I asked my brother to be the interviewer, and we were done before the 30 minute mark. However, I regret not writing a script for him, I wanted him to improvise some questions, but he ended up rambling at some points. So did I, to be fair. This podcast had to be around 4 minutes, I have around 10 minutes of raw audio.

    Most podcasts have sponsors, and for whatever reason, I came up with Steven's Stage Repair. Here is the script for that scene:

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(TV World by Toby Fox plays here)

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    Because I don't have access to a proper recording studio, the footage has some background noise. Luckily, it's only white noise, and could be layered by the background music I'm adding.

    I talk about the first and fourth question in this CCR. My idea to add a wider variety of sounds is to add dialogue from the film to introduce the characters. Each character has a minimum of one line, and I could insert that sound when I acknowledge each band member.

The intro and outro jingles for the podcast was made by Juan Palma, who actually plays The Bassist in the film. The song is called “Dirty Television,” and I spliced it to make it sound introductory then conclusive. Here is the confirmation that I could use it:

here are the mp3s of each snippet:

intro: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AA6GY8vCkCGsKiYi6_mFRGFsBaCqd3En/view?usp=drivesdk

outro: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qyc7CNN90GpQ1RkOmTRS3X7t9bY_qt07/view?usp=drivesdk

The Other Thing!

    I have 7 gigabytes of footage.

I filmed all the footage last night, which took around one hour. The footage consists of me talking on a couch, which is not very visually engaging; however, I was able to get two different camera angles that I could insert alongside the shots from the film and behind-the-scenes footage. 

The set

Me positioning the light source

    For the mise-en-scene elements, I chose to add some musical elements by wearing a treble-clef choker and music note earrings. Although my second CCR is not directly related to the film opening, I chose to add something through my costume. I also went with dark clothing so I would contrast the lighter background with the white wall, beige sofa, light pillows, etc.