CCR production (questions 1 and 2)

 Hi! So I'm gonna be honest filming my CCR was a lot harder than I thought it would be (kind of insane coming from someone who has now filmed about 4 projects previous to this one.) I think it was mainly because for the first time, I was in charge of everything. I had to be in it as well as work the camera, lighting, and more. It was definitely nice to have all the creative freedom because if I didn't like something I could just change without having to get approval from other people (shoutout to Isa and Elke, love you guys.) 

Before beginning to film I had thought to buy little microphones in order to enhance the audio quality of my CCR and also to just make it look a little fancier. Little did I know that $15 mini microphones off of Amazon where not going to do that. In hind sight, I should've known better regardless, below is a video of young, naïve, Monday me when I first got the mics in the mail. 

I think the most difficult part was figuring a good background to use. Initially, I thought I would use a blanket to cover up my closet and that way I would have a plain background as I don't really have any plain walls in my house that I could film in front of and still have good lighting. After nearly falling off a chair (a few too many times) I finally got the blanket up...only to realize it wasn't wide enough...and when I tried to flip it, it wasn't long enough either. Anyway, I decided to just use my closet as a background, not the best but it'll do. 

Another problem I had which was not really in my control, but frustrating nevertheless, was the fact that as soon as I was about to start filming, construction workers started drilling on my roof. They really could not have had any worse timing. Luckily, I was still able to film despite having to stop multiple times due to their incessant drilling, stomping, and yelling. I honestly think they knew I was trying to film and were plotting against me. 

Overall, I think filming went well! Despite the challenges I faced I was able to have fun and let loose a little bit. I realized while filming that I was able to stop referencing back to my script so much and start genuinely talking about my project which I felt elevated the video.

Now comes the actual hard part (for me anyway,) editing.