Post #58 -Editing the Title Section

The title section plays after the opening introduction of the team is showcased. This title scene consists of multiple geometric shapes. These shapes spin within one another, creating a visually intriguing series of events. This keeps audiences hooked, encouraging them to continue watching and stay active participants. To create these shapes, I inserted a circle and triangle into CapCut which is my editing software. I then added animations to it such as swirl and swipe right. I did the same to the line of triangles that appear after the shapes. This line of triangles symbolizes an arrow pointing someone towards something. This creates the idea that I am pointing my viewers in the direction of my documentary. To expand on this idea, I included the title and episode after the triangle section . This reinforces the idea of pointing my audience in the direction of my film encouraging audience engagement.

When deciding what font, style, and color to use on my title, I was able to recognize that my original title was not intriguing, nor did it stand out. For this reason, I changed the font, style, and color to enable audiences to become active consumers as well as create the correct meaning. By using yellow in the font, I am establishing consistency and reinforcing identity. This is because one of the team's colors is gold- yellow. This is used throughout all products as in the film, Instagram, and my magazine. This reinforces the team as the main topic and makes my company appear consistent and professional.

To make the title sequence contrast from the opening section of the episode, I used a melodic score. This creates a warm and inviting tone allowing viewers to feel comfortable. By providing comfort, audiences feel less pressure to accept meaning instead; they naturally consume and interpret the meaning. This is something that is not often used by producers, making my company stand out providing immense success margins. This score also demonstrates the knowledge my company possesses when it comes to sound technique. This is because I successfully included fades between the discordant opening section music and the melodic sound as well as between the melodic song and the first interview. This provides a fluid sound that keeps the content professional and of superior quality.

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Post #64 -Critical Reflection

The process of constructing this documentary required extensive research, planning, editing, marketing, and further refinement. When researching other products labeled as sports documentaries, I was able to identify what conventions would and would not be included in my products which in return link s to audience engagement. Conventions are elements that are commonly used within a specific genre, and audience engagement refers to the interest, involvement, and emotional connection someone has to a piece of media. I also identified what social groups and issues I would be targeting. During the research phase I studied the documentary " Starting 5". When studying the micro elements within the film, I recognized that the documentary failed to address the emotional aspect of basketball. Instead, the practices and principles of the sport were explored. This ...

Post #25- Gantt Chart For Documentary Excerpt

A Gantt chart is utilized to allow producers and their crews to visualize their schedule and the time in which each phase is taking place. These charts may represent past phases, present, and future. For reference, the Gantt chart attached above is a chart that I have constructed, and it depicts the timeline of my production process. This shows the dates in which I started researching, ended researching, the dates in which I started planning, the date I plan to end planning, the scheduled date to start filming, end filming, and enter post production which leads me to the final upload of my documentary excerpt. By creating this chart, I am able to keep myself on task and follow this timeline so that my audiences build trust in Pridgen Productions, encouraging them to spread positive press and maybe even create fandoms. This can be connected to Henry Jenkins' theory because he believes that audiences are active media consumers who share, interpret, and apply content within fi...

Post #32- Interview Questions

I have reached the stage of my production process where I have begun to consider what questions my interviewees will be asked in order to inspire their responses in which will develop the meaning I have encoded. To ensure I evoke immense emotion from my interviewees, I have constructed meaningful questions that will develop the deep narrative rather than surface level content. Since I have encoded a deep narrative, I have decided to use this as my unique selling point. This is considered a unique selling point because a common mistake many producers make is not including a deep narrative to their film and instead focusing on the principles of the sport. Therefore, including this detail makes my product appealing to a significant amount of people and creates emotional connections between the audience and documentary. After taking these factors into consideration, the following questions are being considered to include in my final product. - What is cheerleading and what...

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