Creative Critical Reflection

After months of hard work and dedication, I am so excited to finally show you guys my creative process that made me motivated throughout this film brief. I am excited to share and reveal my CCR where I will break down the four questions:

• How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?
• How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?
• How did you integrate technologies – software, hardware and online – in this project?
• How did your production skills develop throughout this project?

Question #1-

How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?

Presentation:

For the first part of my CCR, I chose to answer this question through a presentation because it was the clearest and most effective approach. At first, I considered doing a podcast, but I realized a presentation would work better since I could show pictures and video clips while explaining how my film represents social groups and issues. This helps the examiner stay more engaged and better understand my points. I also matched the design of the PowerPoint to my horror opening by using red text to suggest danger, especially around the “Do Not Touch” box, and a black theme to reflect the dark, unsettling tone of the film.

Question #2-

How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?

Interview

For the second part of my CCR, I decided to be more creative by presenting it as an interview episode called the “I-93 Show.” I felt an interview was the best way to answer how I engage my target audience and how I would distribute my film as a real media text. It created the impression of a live show where I was the special guest answering questions in front of an audience, which made my explanation more interesting and engaging. This format also allowed me to include production elements, such as showing scenes from my film while explaining how they appeal to the audience, making the response feel more realistic and effective.

Question #3- 

 How did you integrate technologies – software, hardware and online – in this project?

Director's Commentary:

For the third CCR, I decided to stick with a director's commentary showcasing of how I actually integrated technologies, software, and hardware throughout my project. Here, I will be doing a commentary where the production of the recording is placed in "IMOVIE, where I will not only explain but show you like guide of I how utilized and used editing techniques throughout my film while explaining and answering the question.

Question #4- 

How did your production skills develop throughout this project?

Podcast:

For the final part of my CCR, I decided to end it off with the a podcast name, "Surge Productions". I thought a podcast is a best approach as this question is more conversational to address. Since I have to answer how my production skills develop. So, a podcast enhanced me to follow the conventions of answering this question in a interactive manner. Not only it was just me speaking on a screen. I added horror background music to apply the technical elements of sounds we have learned for a horror convention. The Podcast picture is designed as a film slapping into a cut with a red text, font "I Love Horror," to notify this podcast is regards to the horror topics. 

Reflection:

Overall, it was a great journey for me to come up with four different creatives way to answer the question. Not only di I just did four different ways of explaining my questions, I did them in a creative approach where I apply my technical elements of horror. So, the creative process is known to be an extent to be aligned with the learning concepts of our horror thriller blockbuster, "DHOST".

I hope you guys enjoy the CCR's and are able to see the true clear vision of what mind went into my production process of DHOST.