Creative Critical Reflection Post-Production

⭒ Creative Critical Reflection Post-Production ⭒

The Editing Process

The editing process for my creative critical reflection videos is crucial to bringing together all of the elements of my project. I strived to produce a reflection that is engaging, refined, and reflective of certain aspects from my film opening, stylistically. From edits in audio recordings to adding in video sources, each step in the editing process was done strategically to create an effective reflection. 

Trimming the Audio

The step to begin the editing process was trimming the audio recordings. This aided in ensuring that the responses were clear and were rid of any pauses that were unintentional and in enhancing the clarity by making sure the recordings were paced well. The major importance in this step comes from the requirement for strong responses within the answering portion of the creative critical reflection questions, so clarity was crucial. 

Here is the process of trimming the audio recordings:

Importing/ Structuring in Premiere Pro

After the editing was complete on the audio files, I then imported them to Premiere Pro. During this process, there was a lot more ease added as I named my audio recordings in the order at which they belonged, so when it came to importing them, there were no confusions. For both CCR's I aligned the visual elements to be in line with the audio, precisely in order to create cohesion and clarity. Though this was an extra step, it is definitely necessary so that the audio has a heightened level of clarity. 

Here is what the editing process on Premiere Pro looked for the audio and visual elements: 

Refining the Visuals

    TV Interview 

For the 1950s television interview style CCR video, I wanted to fully emulate these vintage elements by paying attention to detail in order to achieve authenticity in the time period. To do this, I converted the colors of the videos to black and white to enhance the accuracy of the interview. I also designed a sign for the background of the show with a vintage inspired font to reinforce the authentic set design as if it is a real 1950s talk show. This sign is demonstrated in my previous blog on my production process. These elements blend together to create an immersed 1950s atmosphere and aid in the selling point of the time in which it is set to be filmed.  

    

    Podcast

For the podcast video of my CCR, I focused on the addition of visuals to maintain audience engagements. As podcasts can become quite bland, the use of clips from not only my film opening, but other film openings such as one that I utilized from The Shining in comparison with the elements that are present within my own film opening. I strived to place the media in areas of the podcast where it would not be overly distracting and where they would create an elevated sense of reinforcement to the points that I made throughout the podcast.