ENDING OF CCR RESEARCH! (#4)

 I thought I would hate this CCR process, but to be honest, it was pretty fun sharing my research and experience. Last but definitely not least, we have our CCR Question #4: How did you integrate technologies – software, hardware and online – in this project? This is another fun one, probably because it's also quite personal about the choices I made about props, setting, editing, equipment, etc. 

There were so many aspects of technology that I had to integrate in this project. I literally could NOT have done this project at all without it. Let's start with software. Blogger!! I have SO much to say about this website. At first, I hated it. I didn't like how it wasn't very customisable and it was just so bland and boring. But after our group meetings, I realised that a lot of people changed the fonts and the backgrounds of their blogs. So, I did a thorough search of the setting section and found out how to customise my blog. This was so fun, even though the aesthetic of the blog isn't relevant to my project at all. I used Canva to help me design my production logo. I have a lot of experience working with Canva, starting from middle school. I was so pleased to find out that I have Canva Pro (from my previous school account) and used that to my full advantage. I used a font I really liked as well as some premium graphics to create the production logo animation. I'm also planning on using Canva for one of my CCR creations (stay tuned for that blog!!)! The most important software application I used was Adobe Premiere Pro. I used this app to edit all my clips together, made edits on the sound and visual elements, and created effects to create my final film opening. I implemented effects and techniques like colour grading, warp stabilising, and cross-fade transitions. 

Moving on to hardware and online technology. I used my own iPhone 17 to film, and I was very surprised at the quality. I needed something to help stabilise my hands, so I borrowed my grandma's tripod (fun fact! She's a professional dancer, so she uses tripods to film her dance practices) so that the clips wouldn't be shaky. I used the new MacBook Pro (M5) to edit, since the MacBook Air that I write my blogs on doesn't have enough storage or memory to install Adobe Creative Cloud. For online technology, I used Epidemic Sound to find music and sound effects. I also used YouTube to search up tutorials for Adobe Premiere Pro. 

I learned so much, especially on how to use different software applications. I ran into a lot of issues when editing with Premiere Pro, since I was completely new to it and I had to self-teach a lot of techniques.