CONSTRUCTION: DROPPING BAGS/MIRROR SCENE

In the bag scene, we see Adam and Eve washing up in the kitchen. Then Ular comes in with bags containing expensive shopping, dropping them on the floor in which he utters "Hello my darlings". . Eve is seen as somewhat envious and looks up to This was in order to represent that the Ular's interruption is an intrusion in the lives of Adam and Eve. The way in which he barges in further shows this intrusion. We showed a closeup of the hands of Eve in order to show she's slightly fidgety and that she shows romantic feelings towards Ular. For this scene, I both acted as well as directed for this scene. As I did both these things, my main contribution to this scene was how I would say the line "hello my darlings". I said the line in a slightly flamboyant fashion so that I would be able to gain the attention of both the character as well as the audiences. This is to show that he is very different from Adam in how he says dialogue, something that Eve might possibly crave.


The mirror scene showed Eve replacing the necklace Adam gave her with the one Ular gave. We filmed this scene in the bathroom of Freddie's house. We positioned the camera so that she would be directly looking at it. This way, we would get the impression that she was looking into a mirror. We had trouble fitting the necklace into the shot as we were in quite a confined space. We had to tighten the necklace in order for it to be seen within the shot.

CONSTRUCTION: INSTAGRAM

Why Instagram matters?

Film makers are using social media in order to provide a way of marketing of films. They're mainly using it as 74% of people between 18 and 65 use social media whether it is Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. It also allows film makers to reach many several types of audiences, especially with younger audiences who tend to use Instagram. Instead of uploading my trailer to Youtube or Vimeo, you can also tweet, share or like one of these posts on any form of social media. I have used Instagram in four different ways: the more traditional platform as a way of linking our audience to our film. In a more imaginative way, we've created an Instagram for our characters that post as if they're real people. To be more specific, the characters of Evie and Ular. I understand how vitally important it is to create synergy off all our different platforms to build our audiences.

A major benefit of using social media like Instagram is the fact that it is interactive, that is a two way street of communication with the opportunity of going viral. I researched case studies such as Lionsgate's clever marketing for the popular song "The Hanging Tree" to popularize and market the Hunger Games: Mockingjay part which resulted in over 20 million on Vevo's Youtube page. A second case study is the low budget indie film "It's a Disaster". It was decided to release the entire movie on the app in six second segments according to the amusing press release. This stunt got everyone talking. A third ingenious way of marketing is using ARGs or alternate reality games. These create a fictional world that users in the real world interact across a number of platforms including social media websites. 42 Entertainment has created several ARGs for films like the Dark Knight and the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

My choice was to use Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

(Source: Movies and Social Media: Marketing films with new media by Catilyn Neely 03/06/15)

CONSTRUCTION: HOT SEATING

 In this lesson, we decided to participate in the character development activity known as Hot Seating. We wrote a questionaire and  interviewed every single character in the film in order to develop an understanding of how they would react in every situation. We got these ideas from a book entitled "Riding the Alligator" by Pen Densham, an Oscar nominated Hollywood screenwriter. We also used a website called FilmEscape to also help us out.This was helpful, primarily as it allowed for both us as the filmmakers and the actors to develop knowledge of how our character would react in a certain situation when being interrogated by questions that could provide a sensitive reaction. It helped us to both improve the quality of the acting as well as the eventual filming as it would give us clearer direction on how a character would act in a certain scene. It helped us to reveal motivations about out characters  For example, for the anniversary scene we get a sense that both Adam and Eve love each other and care for each other but then we also get a sense that not everything is perfect for them. 

  
Here is the link to the Film Escape article  http://filmescape.com/get-to-know-your-characters-by-giving-them-a-questionnaire

Here is Adams http://youtu.be/-fmpar8z5PE

Here is Eves http://youtu.be/NHvS9CShJg4

Here is ulars http://youtu.be/pjXR1KlpSqQ

CONSTRUCTION: PARK SCENE

This was the first scene we filmed for our production. The scene was filmed inside Bushy Park in which we showed both We used two different cameras to film the scene, a Nikon D5200 and a Go Pro. The Go pro was used to demonstrate the personal level that both these characters are feeling. This was in reference to vloggers on Youtube who document most of their lives. Both the actors would hold up the camera and would look happy to show that both these characters are extremely close.  The Nikon was used to film shots of them with the GoPro 

In the editing process, we would use them across the entire film in order to show a contrast in the downfall of their relationship. 

CONSTRUCTION: EQUIPMENT

As a group, we uses a lot of different equipment to achieve the best possible takes and outcome for our filming. 
Here is the list of our equipment below:

- Nikon D5200

- Nikon DX 35mm Prime Lens

- Røde VideoMic Pro

- A GorillaPod Flexible Tripod

- On camera light system

PLANNING: SHOT LIST

Through Google Docs, we decided to create a shot list. This shot list displays a abbreviated version of the trailer and what entails within it. 
Here is the link to it: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kVXYIFMxei_Q75seOMLjtyVEwpwH16czzd27Xe79HBo/edit