Critical Reflection Questions

 1. My product challenges convections because although it has the typical aspects of a beauty commercial. I feel like many lack real confidence when using products in commercials, it can look fake. Personally, the product I chose suits me very well and I feel so confident wearing it. I think I portrayed that in my commercial. My product represents the beauty community. There are still people out there opposed to the fact of men wearing makeup and it should be normalized. No one ever said makeup was only meant for women. Both genders have grown to become very successful in the community and are now influencers and have their own brands. 

2. My product engages with the audience because I show them the aspects of the product. Ultimately, what that is doing is making them decide whether it would be worth purchasing the product themselves. Like I mentioned previously, I show confidence when wearing the product, which might encourage the audience to purchase the product. My product would most likely be on a Youtube Ad. From personal experience every time I'm watching makeup videos on Youtube, the ads are always makeup related as well. 

3. My production skills developed greatly, I was able to learn that time-management is extremely important. I didn't feel rushed when doing the commercial but I felt like I could have done it earlier and would have been able to incorporate all the aspects I wanted to from the start. I also learned some new angles. When filming the mirror scene I needed to find a way to the camera that would not be seen. That took some time to figure out but eventually I got it. 

4. First, of course, I used the internet to learn a bit more about my product. Even though I already owned it, I didn't know much about its aspects. Then, the software that  I used, which was Cut Cut Pro, is a great software for editing. It is very easy to use and has all the aspects needed to make a great video. Most importantly, I used my phone camera to film all the scenes and be able to make my commercial. 



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