CCR Question 4 - Researching

With production wrapping up on our film projects, our final grade for the Cambridge Portfolio Project is drawing closer. But that final grade goes beyond just the blog and the film opening… the CCR (Creative Critical Reflection) makes up a large portion of it. This unique final cap to the project requires that we crate two videos answering questions related to the film opening that we have created, with the “creative” part lying on the kind of video we choose to make. Our answers must be in the form of some kind of interview, podcast, documentary, talk show, or something similar. With such importance placed on this section of the project, we are to dedicate some research to answering these questions. Here, I am going to look at the third question that must be answered:

HOW DID YOU INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGIES - SOFTWARE, HARDWARE, AND ONLINE - IN THIS PROJECT?

    The most important technology that I used was Procreate Dreams (specifically the newer version, Procreate Dreams 2) the animation software that I used to animate the entire project. 

    Procreate Dreams is an all-in-one 2D animation app for the iPad designed to make professional-grade storytelling accessible through an intuitive, touch-first interface. Built by the creators of the original Procreate, it features a next-generation painting engine that supports massive canvases and hundreds of textured brushes, allowing for seamless transitions between drawing and animating. The software introduces innovative tools like Performing, which lets you record motion and effects in real-time by moving elements with your finger or Apple Pencil, and a multi-track timeline that handles everything from frame-by-frame "Flipbook" animation to complex keyframing and video

    Because Procreate Dreams is exclusive to an iPad, that is, of course, the only device that I used to create the entire film opening. Being familiar with Procreate, a digital art software that I have been using for years, definitely helped me while working on the animation and it was my biggest reason for choosing this software. Additionally, most of the editing can and was done in Procreate Dreams while animating (which was incredibly convenient for me), and so there was no need to find a separate software to edit the footage for the film opening. However, I did need to add in the audio, and I chose ClipChamp to do this. I had worked with ClipChamp before in audio specifically and the final product in that software was practically perfect.

    In addition to this, I also used an Apple Pencil during the majority of my work, in order to draw more efficiently than I could without it.