CCR Research

With the project ending soon, our group and I have begun researching certain details and information needed to answer our Creative Critical Reflection.

The main categories of research were:

- Details on all software used throughout project

- Details on the possible or theoretical terms of media distribution

- Final research on the genre conventions of our genre, comparing of our project

- Design of the presentation

We used various systems and programs to aid us designing, producing, and finalizing our film opening, thus we had to gather the information of the resources appropriately to properly communicate in our CCR.

The distribution terms are a key element of our CCR as it shows how we could think and apply knowledge and information learned in class. I began researching certain events which focused on mental health, such as NAMI. The National Alliance on Mental Illness hosts a yearly conference where various parties are invited to learn, educate, and collaborate on projects and policies centered around mental illness, I initially thought it would be a good idea to feature our film opening at one of these conferences. After thinking I decided it would be good as other methods would not be appropriate due to the nature of our efforts to not stereotype people with the illness. Our TA is younger and would not be found at this events, yet the manner by which this film presents itself and the genre is crucial for positive reviews from audience members. By featuring this film at a mental illness conference it would spark conversation on the representation of mental illness in film and would address our own efforts on appropriately representing people who have OCD.

I decided to research some final conventions of our genre to compare it to our film opening and decide whether we truly followed the genre conventions. This is crucial to answer the beginning of the first question in the CCR. This also shows the manners in which we used technique and design to follow genre conventions.

Finally, I researched the best way to present my CCR in an engaging manner which is professional. I decided to create a PowerPoint slide presentation with various images time to a voice over script, this ensures I have accompanying images presented professionally and clearly. This presentation will be screen recorded to then be featured on my blog.