Editing CCR #1 – A Mini Project in Itself

 1, 2, 3 Action!!

Filming: A Little Extra Effort Goes a Long Way

Originally, I planned to just film everything at home. But I realized, I needed one more shot to really sell the scene. I had to go back to the original coffee shop location to film the TV news reporter scene. Luckily, my uncle lives super close, so it wasn’t a big deal. And honestly? That little extra effort made a huge difference.

Editing: Turning Clips into a TV Broadcast

Editing was where the magic happened. I had to make it actually look like a news broadcast. Here’s what I used:

~ Canva: Found templates for news, this included the text bars on the screen you typically see on the lowers third of the screen and a very nice background. This was the one I chose:

And with a little editing I managed to do this!

That was just the first scene of my CCR, after that came the fun part where I got to dress up as different people and here is one as an expert analyst breaking down the conventions used in my film: 

I went over a few scenes in my opening while comparing it to traditionally known Thriller movies, I made sure to include clips from both to really give a side by side comparison. And also include exclusive behind the scenes footage. 

This was basically a mini movie as I took the same steps I did to make my opening for this. I browsed on pixabay.com for audios that could work as the news opening and simply some background audio that really helped elevate my video. 

And finally! Premiere Pro, the real MVP. I used it to:

~ Add transitions (smooth cuts between Anchor & Analyst) This helped make it look less awkward just switching back from each person and more clean when adding clips from each film. 

~ Adjusting audio so it sounds polished, this helped me play around with the level you could hear each clip and balance it out with the music so they could be heard equally but have the dialogue be perfectly clear. 

Editing took about 2 days, this is due to how behind I was. I wanted to move fast so I can go ahead and still have enough time to film CCR 2 and help my friend film both of hers, which btw turned out so funny and cool. Overall, it felt like I made a mini project inside my project. It wasn’t just answering questions, it was storytelling, which is what I love doing anyway. It turned out so cute Im really proud of my product and I cant wait for you guys to see it, time for the second!