The Creative Critical Reflection (CCR)

Hey Bloggers! Today I was interviewed on FNL (Friday Night Live) and I talked about my show! 

CCR video: https://youtu.be/StCTlbOkWsg?feature=shared

   

Script

Johana: Welcome, Jade, to FNL! Today, we’re going to interview you with questions fans and many people are DYING to know because, you know… you're so successful, awesome, and creative.

 

Jade: Thank you, thank you. I am grateful to be here tonight and I’ll be happy to answer your questions.

 

Johana: Alright! Let’s get started! How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?

 

Jade: Well, my film, What Lurks In Night, is a horror film. It fits the horror standards, as the mood and tone are eerie. Moreover, everything in the film creates an eerie tone, from the sound effects, the scratching on the walls, the footsteps, the background music, to even the suspenseful music or even the moments that make you have goosebumps and gasp. The chilling and unsettling monster also screams horror.

 

Johana: Yeah, that monster was scary, especially in the dark. It reminded me of my nightmares of the boogey man.

 

Jade: I was more scared of Jack's Skellington than the Boogeyman, but that’s also scary. Anyway, my film brings attention to the mentally ill and represents people with depression. In my film, the main character is depressed, and this is hinted at with the depression pills seen in the movie opener. Usually, people who are mentally ill tend to hallucinate. In my film’s case, we’re looking at someone who is mentally ill, depressed, and has sleep paralysis. Still, due to her hallucinations, her sleep paralysis makes it seem like she has a sleep paralysis demon, which is her internal conflict. I think I changed the typical standards for a horror genre as usually in a horror film there's a killer, monster, supernatural, or ghosts scaring the audience or trying to kill people, blood, blood murder, the usual. BUT in my film, it's not really a monster but a hallucination or a “sleep paralysis demon.” It is a film about finding out how to overcome fear and struggle, and to show the power of your mind. Your mind makes up things and causes you to panic because of your fight or flight response, but you have to learn that its quite literally all in your head. This goes for everyday life, there are many things that we’d like to do, such as talking to new people, or eating somewhere new, or going on a new rollercoaster. But our mind holds us back and always shows us the worst outcome. This is an example of how it's all in our head; we overexaggerate and lose experiences. You CAN do anything you put your mind to. It's all about your mindset.

 

Johana: Thank you, that was a great answer. Now, how does your project engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?

 

Jade: My product gets the audience’s attention because of the cliffhanger, and it just makes them think... what just happened? What’s going to happen next?! I think that brought the audience in. Also, I felt like the music was very eerie and just kept you drawn in, wondering where this suspense was going. You’ll want to see what happens after the cliffhanger and where the movie goes. I personally believe the cliffhanger and just the music and all the sound effects all coming together at the end of the movie opener just make you say… WOW. I was able to get my movie out in theatres by, first off, being a big name in the movie industry and advertising my film on social media apps like TikTok, Instagram, X (Twitter), and YouTube. My film was edited on the fantastic app CapCut and not Premiere Pro. It will be marketed on all social media platforms, and trailers will be shown on TV and in theatres. My movie will be shown in Theatres and on YouTube!

 

Johana: Thank you. Your superfan James Miller will ask our next question!

 

James: Hi Jade! I’m your biggest fan, and I've wondered how your production skills have developed throughout this project.

 

Jade: Thank you James for this question! I would like to say that I have grown a lot in my filmmaking journey. I used to never to storyboards or would just half butt them, but In my film, I worked really hard on the storyboard making sure you know what to focus on, what to do, the camera angle, camera movements, and lighting. My journey made me realize how important it is to have a storyboard that is really organized, and you’ll see how much easier it is to film. I also learned how much I LOVE CapCut and am constantly reminded of my hate for Premiere Pro. I also learned how time-consuming it is to edit and to add sound effects, such as every single footstep and the creaking of the door. How to edit the Typography, download music, combine music for it to sound even better. I would definitely love to have a career in filmmaking just because of fun and fulfilling it is. I am currently a director for The Swamp TV and I go to film in schools at lunch to film, and let me tell you. It is the most fun that I have had.

 

Johana: How did you integrate technologies- software, hardware, and online- in this project?

 

Jade: I learned how to blog. Blogging was really fun, and it was nice to be able to record my journey and the process that you all witnessed. Blogging also helped me with my English class, where I had to write blogs, so that is a plus one. I also learned how to use Cap Cut. Cap Cut is a fantastic editing software. It's easy and free to use (I'm not sponsored, by the way). It is way better than Premiere Pro, which costs money and is complicated and annoying to use. I feel like I ripped my hair out and lost a year of my life using Premiere Pro, so I definitely recommend Cap Cut, which was super easy to learn. I also learned how to integrate the camera angles and movements into my film to add mise on scene. I learned how to record better with my phone and the movements and quality needed for a great movie.

 

Johana: Thank you Jade! And that’s all for the interview! Back onto you FNL!