Film Distribution: Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Working-title/1615101195379892?skip_nax_wizard=true&ref_type=logout_gear


I created a Facebook page in order to help distribute the film. It mainly consists of images of us shooting as well as the many individual props that are going into our film. I took inspiration from major film Facebook pages such as the ones for Harry Potter and the Avengers in order to create it.

Another one of our group also created a Twitter page which was also another way of allowing for us to distribute our movie and make both  Twitter and Facebook users to find out about our movie,http://twitter.com/Bigdaddymilkyy

Construction: File scene

During this scene, there is a brief flashback to show the husband, receiving a file from his boss. This scene was fairly easy to film as it just required a slow pan of the mansion downwards, revealing the boss giving the file to the husband before walking off.

Originally, this scene was going to be filmed with dialogue but decided that it would be more effective just showing them walk off perhaps showing the no nonsense nature of both these characters.

Making a Twitter

Like the Facebook, we thought another necessary way to promote our movie. This was through Twitter, another immensely popular social network site. Like the Facebook page, the Twitter very much had to be similar in order to keep people up to date on the movie. As a result, constant updates had to be made in order for the page to seem like a realistic movie twitter page. We posted things such as Whilst I was not in charge of making the Twitter page, I still had to add my own creative input into it such as adding the outtakes to it. 
I also have added the Twitter page to the side of my blog in order for it to be easily accessible and here's a link to the actual page itself  https://twitter.com/Working_Title12?original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Ffreddiehowe.blogspot.com%2F&profile_id=3001212100&tw_i=577922328115462144&tw_p=embeddedtimeline&tw_w=573418338984071168

Drive Quadrant System Tutorial

During class, we decided to watch a tutorial about how the makers of the 2011 drama/thriller movie Drive did in order to make a well framed shot. They used a technique known as the quadrant system. The idea is that the screen is split up into four sections. The narrator says that the framing can not only tell one story but several. As seen here, just two sides can tell many stories.   The video description says  "One of the many pleasures of Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Drive” (2011) is that the shots feel both tightly composed and weirdly unpredictable. Even though most of the images follow a simple quadrant system, Refn puts plenty of subtle touches within the frame".We can see the Driver and his love interest Irene clearly doing two different things. As a result, it allows for the audience's eyes to switch back and forth between the two sides of the screen seeing what either character is doing. It allows for two different stories to be told in the screen rather than just simply one and allows for more character development and depth. 

A similar thing technique happens in another scene where the dynamic is top and bottom. As seen in the video, two different stories are being told. One is from the top where we see three different character having a discussion. We can tell from their emotions what each character is feeling. A similar dynamic is happening at the bottom as we can see a child actor as well as see what the actors are feeling once again but this time with their hand gestures rather than their facial expressions.

Finally, these techniques come together with the quadrant system where all four stories can be told. Sometimes, in Drive it can be used for effect where two clearly rival love interests for Irene are displayed as the Driver and Oscar Issac's character (Standard Gabriel) both occupy the same quadrant allowing for some rivalry between the two. Finally, we visually see the two men with one casting a long shadow casting towards the other.

 The quadrant system helped give me ideas for how our group could frame a shot throughout the movie and was an effective tool in helping us. It allowed for a better sense of storytelling, a better way of understanding what my character as well as the other actors had to do as well as the ultimate framing of a shot that could help us in the long run. 

Here is the link to the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsI8UES59TM

Planning: practice shoot

We decided to film a practice shoot for one of our scenes in order to get an idea of how to film it for our actual final scene. In the scene, we see Dennis Clifton and his boss walking down some stairs. Dennis is handed a secret file We did the practice shoot in order to ensure how to use the cameras as well as how to set up for our final product.I uses myself to fill in for the actor playing Clifton. If these two were edited together, there would've been a smooth transition between the two different shots that we did.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-9_cg_9uAk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNOmSSorHRA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfHe0UyEzAg

Also, some pictures were taken in order to remind us where we were going to place the camera as well as where the actors were going to stand. I presented this shoot through an animoto which can be seen in the link below.

https://animoto.com/play/76eTZCqxscI0L5RmBU34yA