CCRs

 Hello here are all my CCRs, enjoy! 

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

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

#3 - How did your production skills develop throughout this project?

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

Final Brief

 The film opening is finally here! Here is the link to the video!

Editing Process

Hello today in my blog I will be talking about how I felt when editing my final project!

We used Premeire Pro to do our editing and my group and I took a screen recording as we edited part of our film so in this blog I will be inserting that video. It was a very long video so I had to speed it up a lot. 

Struggles:

Since we had already done a practice using Premiere Pro a lot of the struggle was just us trying to remember how to use some tools.

Something we struggled at was moving the clips around, in the picture we were trying to move a clip to the front by dragging it but this made the clips keep overlapping. We were struggling at this until we figured out how to manually add the clip in to where we need it. 

Something we used a lot was the split and cut tools. A lot of the clips we used were too long or had a lot of extra footage that wasn't needed so we ended up splitting the clips and cutting out the parts we didn't need with the tools. I circled the tools and the cut button is cut off. 

Another struggle we had was that we kept accidentally duplicating some clips when editing them and it just wasted some time. We had to delete the duplicated clips but it wasn't anything we couldn't fix. 

Behind the scenes of filming

Hi there! Here are some photos of the behind the scenes of us filming. You can see some of the different location that we were filming at and the different angles used in our film.

This photo was from the final scene and I had some trouble keeping the camera steady and I was tracking her 

This laptop was one of the props we used. 

You can see this is where the poison failed the first time. 

All these photos above are from the poisoning scene. This scene had quite a few cuts and angles, we also had to refilm multiple shots when trying get them right.

This is a photo of my group reviewing the footage of what we just recorded deciding if we wanted to do it again or not. 

In these photos you can see the costume and the wig very well. You can also see we switched locations because we liked one more than the other. We ended up going with the top out of the 3 because the lighting was a little darker there and it fit more with conventions of our genre. 

 

Title of our film opening

 For our films name my group had originally agreed on the name "Rouge" but we ended up wanting to change the name after we got to our location and started filming. 

We were inspired by the place we filmed at and decided to name our film after it. Its new name is "The Pub". It was inspired by a specific scene that we filmed. 

I was recording a few shots around the restaurant trying to get a few good establishing shots and I started to zoom in on the words "the pub" and we really liked how it sounded. The font was also very nice and reminded us of the James Bond movies so we thought it would be a good name. 

In reflection, if we had chosen another location we wouldn't have come up with this name for our film. I think this name matches our film much more than the original and is a bit more creative and fun. 

Struggles In production

In production we faced quite a few struggles including scheduling, camera issues, and things with props and costume so I am going to be explaining them and how they were resolved. 

Scheduling:

Our main problem faced was scheduling, we had originally planned to film a few days before break but something happened to one of our actresses so we had to reschedule. We then planned to film in the middle of the break which lead to the casting changes since someone was on vacation. A few days into break someone from my group got the new flu strand so we had to delay our filming again and ended up filming a few days later.  

Camera: 

Another problem faced was struggles with the camera. The camera was not fully charged when we started filming so it kept dying during our filming process. This made us have to stop and charge the cameras battery. This did delay our filming process and made it take a bit longer but it was something very easy to overcome. 

Another thing that I struggled a little with was getting the camera to focus and keeping it stable. There were a couple scenes that I struggled in getting the camera to focus, I had to zoom the camera in and out a couple times before it was able refocus. There were a couple times we were trying to do some static shots and my hands would move a bit and we would have to reshoot because it made the film look messy and it was no longer a static shot if there was movement. 

Costume/Props:

We also had some very small issues with the wig used in the filming process and with some of our props. Alejandra (the female protagonist wearing the wig) has very long hair so we had to tie it up in a bun to be able to put the wig on. Since the wig had short hair we struggled a little in covering the bun and we had to refilm a few shots to make sure her original hair wasnt showing.  

We faced a problem with our poison prop as well, we had to get a glass of water from the place we were filming at so we had one try to get the poison right since it was red and would color the water. The first time we did it the liquid wouldn't come out fast enough and made the clip look awkward so we had to get a new glass and try it again. 

Here is a picture of the prop not working the first time.

In reflection we faced quite a few problems but at the end of the day we were able to overcome them all and got the process done. 

Color Theory and Font

In this blog post I am going to be talking about the font that I picked for my film opening and color theory that I researched

Font:

The font that we decided on is the one below

 

It matches the thriller vibe and the location we are filming at as well. Font is important because it conveys a message or a feeling. Font is also supposed to catch people's attention and I think this font does that well. Thrillers are often mysterious and this font reminds me of a puzzle the way the letters fit together so I think it conveys the feeling of a thriller. 

Color Theory: 

The two colors im focusing on researching on were red and black. Color schemes are used to add to the mood and emphasize things that are important. I researched what colors I could use to emphasize what I need for my film. 

Black often symbolizes secrets and the unknown in spy thrillers so in the opening we are planning on making the female protagonist Valeria dress in all black to add to the mystery of her character and symbolize her guarded/secret identity. Black is also used for shadows so dressing her in black is symbolizing blending her into the background and trying to make her go unnoticed.  

Red is often times associated with negative emotions and connotations like danger, anger, blood. In my film I want the female protagonist wearing red lipstick so symbolize she is dangerous since that will be the only pop of color in the outfit it acts as a sort of warning sign. I also want the poison being used on the target to be red to symbolize the effect it is supposed to have on the target. 

In reflection the font we have chosen reflects the genre as well. The colors being focused on in the film opening all have a purpose that is to help the film convey its message of not underestimating the women and that she is dangerous. 

Citations:

“Thriller Fonts.” FontSpace, https://www.fontspace.com/category/thriller?p=2. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.

“Wagnesday Font.” FontSpace, https://www.fontspace.com/wagnesday-font-f105414. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.

“Importance of Typography.” Webflow, https://webflow.com/blog/importance-of-typography. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.

“Colors and Themes in Film and TV.” Hollywood Insider, https://www.hollywoodinsider.com/colors-and-themes-in-film-and-tv/. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.

“Why Is Color Important in Cinematography?” 4Children, https://4children.gr/index.php/why-is-color-important-in-cinematography/. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.