Lights things

 Saturation and color in films 

Hey, guys so for our film we are planning on editing the saturation of many of the clips given that we weren't able to control much of the lighting during filming. We filmed in a public gymnastic gym which limited the variables we could control for this film. Some of the things, we couldn't control were lighting as the gym is kept in a certain bright light all throughout the day during classes. 

Our solution for this problem is to play with the saturation of the clips during editing this way we can enhance certain feelings we want to provoke from the scenes. Our plan is to decrease the saturation of the clips as we go through the movie. As our character grows up the scenes start to get more muted to reflect the feeling she has as she grows up in the sport. 

I also did some research on the effects of doing this, editing the saturation in films. I looked at Learn About Color: and color theory. In both articles, I focused more on the information about muting colors given that it will do for most of the film. Our plan is to start taking away saturation once she goes from young to middle age, given that in the storyline, this age is when things start getting hard. We would do it gradually as time passes in the short film. Our goal is for when she is in the older stage to be in full black and white. 

The article, it talked about how shifting the saturation of an image changes the emotions that are emphasized. In our case, a lower saturation would convey more somber or constrained emotions. Whereas a higher saturation connotes extreme feelings and passion. Something we were considering was starting the film with higher saturation than the footage normally had. This would help emphasize the young passion the main character has for gymnastics. When we start editing, which would be very soon, we'll see how it looks if we do this because we want to make sure it does looks too obvious when the saturation is changed. Our aim for this is to slightly change the saturation throughout the short film, so much so the audience would realize it until the film turns black and white.  

Another thing we were considering was adding a color filter over the scenes, maybe slightly blue or red, colors that would emphasize the emotions the main character feels. as she, in the end, feels saddened and angry at herself for not being able to do the skills correctly. After I watched the video I linked, it showed how adding a color filter could make the audience focus on certain colors. Doing this could also be a successful way to make the audience the audience feel what the main character feels. 

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Group meeting Pt2

 Group Meeting 

Today in class we had a short meeting where we could discuss where we are in our project, how it's going, and what we plan to do next. In my group, there was Alex, Martina, logan, and me. We were all able to talk about our projects and receive feedback on where we are doing right now. We looked through all of each other's blogs and looked through the details of the projects, which were all very interesting.  

When it was my turn I started talking about how we have filmed, and done the print component. I talked about the difficulties of both, like for the print component how we had a few different ideas so we ended up creating two very different ones. We still aren't sure which to pick, or just keep them both. The group meeting also helps me with some audio problems, given that we weren't able to acquire a microphone for the filming time. Which makes much of the dialogue hard to understand or interrupted by background noises. 

For my issues, they recommended I use the editing tool that Adobe Premier has given that they have a few tools that are able t remove background noises and make the sound cohesive. I will 100% use this recommendation given that I'm not even sure how to fully fix the audio. Though I did learn how to a few months ago, I am not sure how to make it sound right for the short film, given that the last time I tried the audio sounded borderline robotic.  

I'm really excited cause soon we are going to start editing, most likely this week or the beginning of next. I want to see how everything we have filmed comes together and forms the short film. 

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Our Postcard

 Postcard ideas

My group and I started doing a few postcards for the print component. We were all excited to make them given that we enjoy making things like this and already had ideas for them. We made two postcards in total, eugenia and Sasha both started different ones and I added the information. They both turned out really good which makes it hard to pick which one to use. 

Postcard 1-

(back)

This one was the postcard that Sasha did, I added and organized all the information in the back. For this one we decided to keep the front with the least information possible, simultaneously giving the reader the information needed to find the film. The front picture was chosen to outline the title (reaching the bar) which in the image the girl is literally doing what it says. This postcard has a constant color scheme of black and red so it emphasized the darker side of the film. This plus the image used in the back makes the postcard focused more on the depressive side of the film.  In the back, we included credits of the movies as well as contact information and a small sentence that summarizes the short film. 

Postcard 2- 

(back)

 

This one is the one eugenia designed, and I added the information in the back and front. For this one, we decided to have a brighter look at the movie. we decided to stick with a blue, white, red, and black color scheme as it's the colors most prominent in the gym. In the front we included a similar image as the first one, holding the bar, but double, making the front more interesting for viewer. In the front we also decided to include the film festival used, the date of released and nomination of awards we are aiming for (still not sure if we are keeping it though). In the back there's a lot more information like the credits, and contact information as well as the tittle again (in the same font as the front so its cohesive) and the small summarized sentence. For the images in the back I decided to combine two of the girls' putting on her gloves, blurring them out to have more similarities from the front and back (two images). I also added a small outline of a gymnast to tell the audience its a short film about gymnastics. 

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Day 3 of filming

  More filming

Eugenia was also able to film more another day during her time in practice, again as before we weren't able to be there because of spring break trips. This day she was able to get more B-side shots that emphasized the skill difference between the main character and her friends, and some dialogue between the middle actors and our older actor. 

While eugenia was filming she did come into some trouble. So first the microphone problem which made it hard to capture a clear recoding of audio in a busy, gym. On top of that, there was music playing in the gym, which made it 10X harder to record. However she was able to get a few dialogues, that was short sentences. 

For our next group meeting, we are going to tackle editing and postcard discussions as we need to get on top of these two things to have a great project. 

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Day 2 filming

More filming

Heyy guys, So eugenia was able to film some of the scenes with our littles. Sasha and I weren't able to be there because it was during spring break and practice during competition prep, which last time we went during one of us the environment was the best. However, we were able to communicate to make sure the shots came out all right. We also made sure to get the parent consent for their children o be filmed given that they are 10 years old. 

Here is what she was able to film which was a small dialogue part and some videos showing their individual skills according to the character. This part of the film is trying to show the difference between the main character and her fellow classmates in gymnastics and how she is better than most at her level at a young age. 

We thought that having the smaller version be naturally good in the begging skills would help us into the transition character of the older version of the main character feeling bad about her technique later on. 

Yes, we do realize that some of the audio in the videos is hard to hear because eugenia didn't have a mic in hand and our sector didn't want to speak louder. We will try to fix it during editing if not we still have time to reshoot if needed given it's a small scene and not most of the film. 

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Social Media

I wanted to share with you guys how our social media account has been looking. As for right now, we have been focused more on Instagram and this upcoming week would be Tik Tok, given that for Tik Tok we wanted to use trends and challenges that are currently in the app and for that we need to meet with the cast. For Instagram, we decided to post more skill-related content, that was previously filmed for the short film. 

In the video above you can see how the pictures are all organized in the account, our bio (that includes a small summary of the movie), and the profile pic is our movie logo. most of our posts consist of small teasers edited to post on Instagram. Also, short videos of the actors showing their gymnastic skills. 

In all our videos we include captions that interact with the audience, ask them questions about the post, and inform them about what they are seeing. Additionally, every post includes hashtags related to the post like #gymnastics, #shortfilm, etc., which help boost our content to different people that are interested in this type of thing.  
 

We also like to post a few stories that ask the audience about various things, and also tell them about upcoming events. For example, our most recent was a poll about keeping a straight face while acting and viewers were able to select yes (if they are able to keep a straight face) or no. We really want to focus on interacting with our audience as it helps gain more attention if we seem more reachable. 

For the future, we definitely want to post more BTS, cast content, and countdowns for upcoming things, which will all help inform the audience and boost our page to more people. 

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A look into our thought process

Raw footage

I did want to show some of our thought processes for what are we filming and why are we filming it this way, given that some of our scenes are inspired by other scenes from gymnastics movies. For this specific example, we wanted to somewhat recreate the scene from the movie "Stick It", where there's a scene the main character is falling over and over from the beam. We all thought it look really cool and it was a nice way to represent the frustration and dedication the main character in our short film has for the sport. 

For reference, this is the footage we got, and it's the main character falling over and over from the beam. This is the rough footage of it but after editing it would much look cleaner. With this we wanted to create the frustration that the main character feels because she isn't able to get the skill right even after trying over and over again. 

Here is the clip we took inspiration from, as it does a great job of showing the frustration the main character feels when she can't get the skill right. How she keeps on failing it over and over again.  We feel like doing this is a great way to emphasize the feelings of frustration and anger our main character is feeling. 

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Vibes for each character

 Mood boards  

The best way to know the vibe/ aesthetic of the character is to make a mood board.  For this because we don't have lots of characters I focused more on the mood for each age frame that will show in the short film. So I made a mood board in Pinterest for when the character is young (6-8) middle age (9-15) and then when she is older (16-18). 

The short film would be divided into three different age sections that go with the age frames. Each sections would be slightly different from the rest, though they would all follow the same main character, through her life in gymnastics. 

  

Board 1

https://pin.it/qgZKG7f

In the starts if the film, so when the main character is young we wanted to show a more innocent/happy look of gymnastics. We want to emphasize how happy she is with gymnastics, given that the tricks come naturally good for our main character. Additionally, we want to show how she is the best in her level, compared to the others. This way when she grows up, it’s more frustrating when she cant get the tricks right. 

 Board 2

https://pin.it/Fy9gEoc

 

In this part of the film, when the main character is in the middle levels of gymnastics, our aim is to show a change in attitude towards the sport. Here, we want to emphasize the decrease in enjoyment in the sport the main character has while the pressure just increases. We also wanted to show frustration and competition starting to become more often as she grows up.  

Board 3

https://pin.it/6hWyMtf

For the final part of the film, we wanted to show the harder/truthful parts of gymnastics and how it affects the main characters' opinions of the sport. Now that she is at a higher level, there is a lot more pressure to be perfect and be the best. Furthermore, we wanted to emphasize this feeling through the saturation in the film, which is reflected in the mood board. 

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Introducing the actresses

Meet the Cats

The cast for our short film is made up of different people in Eugenia's gym. For our main girl, we have three people, one girl from the lower levels (younger version) middle levels (the middle version), and someone from the higher levels (older version). We also have a few extras like the main characters' friends and coaches. For each friend, we also have a little middle and older version, 

For this short film given that we will be filming younger kids, and during gym hours Eugenia did inform the people who work in the gym, teammates, coaches, and other trainees, and personally talked with the parents of the younger kids to get their consent to film their children. For the parents, she printed a poster with information about our film and when we will be filming. This way we make sure to get the parent's permission for filming their kids.  

One thing we still aren't sure about is the names of the characters. We aren't sure if we should keep the actors' names, and just used theirs for their characters, or come up with a name for each of the characters. It all depends on the actor's choice if they want their name connected with this piece/be used for the short film. If we do decide to make up names for the characters I do want to try to come up with names with hidden meanings that are related to our piece. I feel like doing this would make the piece a bit more meaningful. 

Here the followings are our actors and the role they are playing... 

She is one of our littles that would be playing the younger version of a character. Specifically, she is playing the younger version of our main character. Hence, she would be the main character at the beginning of the piece. For this, we wanted to show a happy, carefree part of gymnastics and the best and easiest way to do so is to include kids, given that they are yet to experience the hardships of the sport.   

Our second little one would be played by her, who would be playing the little version of the best friend. She would be the reason the main character believes she is betters than everyone given that she would boost her confidence, by being not good enough. We wanted to make sure to include a best-friend relationship to show friendships in gymnastics and how it could help or worsen one self esteem. 

 

she is one of our middle actresses, for the friend character. She would be there to start supporting the main character through her struggles. But also would outshine the main character with her talent, as during this time the friends are starting to become better than the main character, which creates pressure on her. 

 

She is another one of our middle actors, she will be playing the middle version of the main character. she will be shown in the middle, so when the sports start to get harder, pressure and expectations increase. With her is where we'll see the start of the dislike of the sport. 

 

She is one of our side characters who would play the main characters' friends. There would be fewer scenes with her given she is a side character but we still decided to include her given that she would have an important role. She would be helping the main character through her struggles and at the same time one of the people the main character would compare herself to. 

She is playing our main character as her older self (present). She would be the main character shown at the end of the film. She would be the one that shows all the hardships of gymnastics and the results of the pressure and expectations everyone around her has because of her sport.  

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Filming Filming Filming

 Behind The Scenes  

Hey guys, so we started filming Monday, 3/13, during one of Eugenia's practices. During this time we were able to get most of the ending shots, given that our actor wasn't too occupied. Additionally, we were able to get some pictures, and videos for social media and a b-roll if needed for the short film. The b-roll we filmed was mainly for the little one given that she was practicing with the equipment that we wanted to include.  

We went to film during one of Eugenia's practices, however, the gym was full of other levels practicing which made it difficult to capture audio and also a solo scene, so we decided to film the scenes that didn't need audio were filmed outside the gym area like in the lockers or rest room. For our next filming day, we definitely would need a mic so we can comfortably get the audio needed without having interruptions or unwanted voices in the recording.  

We also had a small problem with the environment in the gym given that everyone was training for a state competition. This made the coaches were pushing the students into being flawless for competition. This made it a bit awkward to film given that the coaches were in the middle of instructing while we were trying to film. On the other hand, being exposed to this gave us an idea of how to convey the "stress-inducing coach" character that we wanted to add. It gave us a real-life example of comments and expressions coaches do that might put pressure on their students. We will definitely try to incorporate some of them into our short film so it feels more real. 

Here in the following are some pictures we took while filming some of the scenes-  

 

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Postcards

 Print component  

Another of the main components of the project is the print components. For the short film, this is a postcard that would be given out during Film Festival. For this component, my group and I did some research and looked at student samples and short film samples  These postcards should include the name of the production, director, time and date of shows, and contact/ social media information. We are still not sure how we will make the postcards but we do have ideas of what we don't want in them.  

 

This is one of the Postcards that I found online for a short film shown in festivals. For this card I was only able to find the front of the postcard, usually, postcards have a front and back (which will make sure to make). This is clearly for a film called "Animals" as it's the biggest word on the card. Under the name, it's the date, time, and location of where it's going to be shown. The card also has all the production credits in the upper part of the card in small letters and in the bottom social media accounts of the production, also in small font. It also includes a snapshot from the film that helps sets the mood for the overall production. From these postcards, the thing that really stuck out to me is the color scheme. How the letters, photos, and background color all go together. It helps to make the card easy to look at as well as captivating as the colors go really well together. We definitely want to include a prominent color scheme in our card, to reflect our color scheme in our movie.   

For color schemes, I had an idea to make the front with lots of colors and the back in black and white. As in our production, we are going to be playing with the saturation of the shots. Lowering it when there's a sad part, and bringing it up in the shots when there is a happy scene. By including this in the postcard I feel like it makes it very unique as well as captivating to the viewer. 

This sample is also from another production show in film festivals called "Empty Box of Wine". This one is more like what we are supposed to produce by having the front and back of the card. The Front of the card has minimal text as the focus of it is mainly on the image. Also in the front is the production title, catchphrase, and director's name, however, the most eye-catching is the picture with the bright colors and unique character, because the words are in a smaller font. This helps to captivate the audience through a visual point. On the back of the card is where most of the information like the movie description, Showtimes, and contact info. I think this is a good way to organize the postcard so that the viewer is caught through the visual factors and the aesthetic of the movie. However, this might be overwhelming to the viewer depending on how much information there is and only having all of it in the back. It might seem like a lot of organized wrongs, which will have to be careful with. 

This example is from a student-produced film called "Elle qui Please". In my opinion, this one is the best visually as it has a consistent color palette with the purple, pinks, whites, and greys that are prominent in the front and back of the card. This is something that I definitely want to include in our postcard having a pattern with color in the cards. I feel like it's an easy way to make the cards consistent and easy for the eye. The front of the card only includes the title director and a snapshot from the short film. The front part is very simple, but pretty at the same time. As well the font and color palette helps inform the audience about the aesthetic of the film. On the back, the card includes a short description of the film, title, production credits, and contact information. Something really clever that the creator include was a QR code for the Youtube and Instagram accounts of the production. I feel like this is an easier way for people to find the social media accounts of the movies, and will definitely consider including something similar.  

 

This is another student-produced film "How fast". The most prominent thing in the cards is clearly the color red. It has a very prominent red presence which is most likely reflected in the film.  On the front of the card are the title, catchphrase, location, and time for viewing. The title isn't written on the card, instead is in the picture, which is a clever way to include it however it is easy to miss and many people could be confused about what the title is. On the back of the card, there's a quote and contact information for the movie and where to find it. This whole postcard is missing production credits, which is a detail that all postcards include. My group really enjoys the prominent color and how its consistent and would most likely include something similar in ours 

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Shots Shots Shots

 Shot lists

Just like the script we also created a shot list of types of shots and angles we want to include throughout the short film. This list doesn't have a list of all the shots we are going to include, but the most important ones for the film. The order of the shot list matched the script, so we'll easily know what we have to shoot. 

SHOT LIST: 

• Over-the-shoulder shot from the little kid looking at their coach explaining the skill. 

• Mid/long shot of the little kid doing the skill perfectly. 

• Mid/long shot of the rest of the girls doing the same skill just not as good. 

• Same sequence of shots but in another event. 

• Close-ups of the main girl's face shows the excitement of being in the gym. 

• Close-up of the girl rolling their eyes at the girl. 

• Mid shot of them rolling their eyes and showing them getting annoyed at the girl's “perfection”

• (More shots of her as her younger self enjoying gymnastics)

• transition from young to old: showing them doing a skill when they’re younger and zooming into their hands or feet and then when we zoom out they’re older. 

• (Shots of everything getting harder, her friends kinda doing better than her) 

• Over-the-shoulder shot of her looking at a video of a professional gymnast doing what she does. 

• Over-the-shoulder shot of her analyzing the videos of her doing gymnastics. 

• Two-shot of the coach and the girl having a talk. 

• Series of different shots of her practicing on her own to be better and improving on her own. 

• Over-the-shoulder shot of her looking at her phone 

• (Still enjoying gymnastics but kinda falling more and not doing it correctly) 

• Transition from middle to older, showing her falling. 

• Close-ups of her falling (like stick it) 

• Long shot of someone coming in and finding her after practice 

• Two shots of them two having a conversation

• Different sequence of shots showing her crying and talking to herself wondering why she is not good enough. 

• Mid a shot of her having a breakdown with her mom or parents that she can’t do it anymore, yet, her mom forces her. 

• MAYBE: A shot of her and her mom in the car, telling her that she has to keep going and stuff. 

• MAYBE (for the very end, do a close-up with a zoom-in and then put a bunch of flashbacks of when everything was simple and easy and t just ends)

 

 

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What is going to be said

 Script 

We finally got a draft of the script for the short film. The script is shorter than needed cause we are going to incorporate some improve acting in our film given that most of our actors are beginner actors. We felt it would be more natural to allow them to improve than learn lines for the whole short film.  Our script still reflects important scenes we want to include in our short film, but they aren't enough to fulfill the 5 min. 

SCRIPT:

Coach: Now that you're on the beam I want you to do a backward kick, I want the dismount to be clean girls, toes pointed arms straight  

Girls stand in line and perform the stunt (the main girl does it perfectly everyone else has flaws) 

Other classmates look annoyed at the girl

Coach: Well done ______, guys look at how she kept her toes pointed and core tight, that's how everyone should be doing the kick. Now I need everyone to practice this skill for the next 10 min

Girls go into their own groups, the main girl goes with her two friends

Friend 1: Hey that was super good, how did you get the kick down so quick 

Friend 2: yeah Please show me how, I can’t keep my arms straight while I'm in the air 

Main Girl: I don't know I guess I'm just naturally good at gymnastics  

Main Girl: Gymnastics is so fun and easy, I love it 

The girl says easy, very excited about being there and being good 

~Transition~ 

Coach: Girls I need you guys to be looking better, this is not good enough for competition,  

The coach privately talks to the girl during practice 

Coach: I'll suggest you stay after practice, and practice your technique, for competitions because right now you're not good enough 

Main girl: Okay I get it 

Looking at a professional gymnastic  

Main Girl: Why can't I do that 

Main Girl: Why am I not good enough 

Looking back at herself in videos 

Main Girl: This is not good enough, I hate it  

In the car  

Main Girl: I can’t keep coming to gymnastics anymore 

Mother: You have to keep going, look how far you have gotten 

Main girl: But it's gotten harder, I can't get the routines right 

Mother: You just need to practice more, you can’t quit over that, it's a dumb reason 

Main girl: It's not only that- 

Mother: Stop, you aren't leaving gymnastics, I've paid too much for you not to continue, come on you're going to be late. 

~Transitions~

The main girl tries techniques over and over again, and after so much, she stops and becomes sad about her failures 

Coach: Hey, what are you still doing here, we ended practice two hours ago… do you need a ride home

Main girl: No I am fine thanks, I've been trying to get the new technique down, but I haven't been able to 

Coach: I understand, your legs were not straight enough during practice. I expect you to be better at this, you were the best when you started, what happened 

Main Girl: I promise, ill be perfect for the competition. 

Coach: You better if not you're out of the team.  

Main girl: I can't do this anymore

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How are we represented

 Our logo  

Heyy guys, so for our logo we wanted to make it something that shows it's a gymnastics short film, however, we didn't want to make it extremely obvious. We wanted a logo that will subtly show the aspect of gymnastics. 

For the logo, we first needed a picture in the background. For this, we had various ideas as the logo could be a picture of the main character, an outline of a gymnast, a piece of equipment, and much more. We first had the idea to make it an outline, however, we didn't like how it looks. We felt the outline was a bit too classy, and our short film doesn't have that vibe. So we decided to use a photo, as we felt it could better represent the sport.  

Eugenia had previously made a video that had a combination of videos from her gymnastic practice to make a teaser. We decided it would be best to take a snapshot of one of the videos for the logo. Just so it will be easier and quicker to create a logo. For the logo, we had a few options for the cover

 

We didn't want to show a face yet given that the actress, though narrowed that to a few people, we still haven't picked who it will be. we also wanted to keep it subtle that the film would be about gymnastics. Coming up with a title helped us decide between the three pictures as the title is "Reaching the Bar", so it would be best to include a bar in the logo. 

For the lettering,  we wanted a font that has lots of straight lines as it makes it feel more intense and matches the bar in the image. The lines of the letters lack curves which makes everything go that matches the word "bar". For the color, we wanted a color that wouldn't be distracting but still stand out. The image already had lots of different colors (red, black, blue, white, and tan), so we needed a color that went well with those as well.  We picked a cream color (similar to the one in the gloves) to make the colors flow well with each other. 

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Picking titles

 Title

One of the hardest decisions of the project I would say is picking a title. There are so many options for titles. A few words to represent the themes explored in the short film was a big difficulty my group went through. We spent days thinking about what would be the best combination of words for our title. 

 

When we finally meet up during class on Thursday, we discussed the different ideas we had. We spent most of the period brainstorming different ideas. As we were trying to come up with a title that was unique and catchy. Many ideas were thrown around like "the gymnast", "point your feet" "I can't do it", and much more but none of them sounded good enough for a title. 

That was until My group and I started to think of a title with a double meaning. This meant gymnastic equipment or skills that could be a title. we thought that doing this will show how the short film is focused on gymnastics and also explores deeper meaning. After doing some research about gymnastic slang and equipment, I came up with the idea of using "Bar". As the word could represent teh gymnastic equipment but also the imaginary bar of beauty standards. 

Our short film will explore themes that include, beauty standards and pressure in gymnastics. As the main character tries to reach perfection. All this lead us to finalize our title as "reaching the bar", as it could be represented reaching the high bar and gymnastics and in expectations 

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Where to find us

 How and What Social Media App 

Hey guys, so after research, we decide to open social media accounts on Tik Tok and Instagram. Out of all the social media apps out there, we believe that both Instagram and Tik Tok are the most used by our target audience (teenagers). Instagram (76%), TikTok (68%). For each social media app, we would have different posts for each platform which ill explain in the following... 

For Instagram  

For Instagram, we will be more focused on promoting our short film through the content in the short film which will include various posts that show sneak peeks of the aesthetic, characters, and more. We will basically be focusing more in creating the look of the movie inthisi platform through the following posts; 

- Instagram we will post mainly BTS images and videos

- Short clips from the film 

- Teasers 

- Posters 

- "get to know the character" posts

- Where to find this short film

For Tik Tok

 

In Tik Tok, we'll focus on promoting the movie through the actors. As Tik Tok is a platform where actors can interact with their fans easier and the movie is more likely to gain attention as it's easy to gain attention on this platform. This platform is also a way for audiences to see how the actors are like them and related/connect with them. 

- Tik Tok would be where we do trends and play with filters with the cast 

- We will also post short, one-question interviews with the cast 

- Actors interacting during filming 

- Actors doing Tik Tok Trends 

- Teasers 

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Virtual Marketing

 Social Media  

For the social media aspect of the projects, I decided to do so research, and look at how other projects with similar characteristics to ours promote/market their movie in social media apps. I looked at films with a similar target audience, shows with similar themes, etc.  I focused on Tik Tok and Instagram was given they are the most used by our TA. 

Not Okay Movie  

- Similar TA 

Something that I noted as I first looked at their Instagram is that they have a very simple bio and a hyperlink to the movie's trailer. We want to do something similar as keeping the bio straight to the point and adding a hyperlink most likely for a website or the short film (when it's done). I feel like this way it gives the audience an easier way to find the Film.  Also, they have story highlights labeled accordingly, which is a fun and easy way to show your audience past events, pictures, etc., which well definitely want to try to do.  

The Instagram of "Not Okay" is composed of video posts that try to connect the audience with the characters/ actors. Many interview clips or BTS clips are seen throughout their Instagram. This allows audiences to see the actor's personalities and see them on a more personal level, making them more likely to watch the movie. We will try to do something similar by including BTS clips on our Instagram as well as videos in which the actors are being asked questions, playing games or etc.   

A few posts that caught my eye on this Instagram are the poster-type posts that include a small quote describing the movie. These posts are made to match the whole movie's aesthetic by including whites, blues, and red colors. It purposefully tells the audience how this is a good movie by adding quotes from an outside perspective. Additionally, They have this posts that its every character's drink order which I thought was a really clever way to connect the audience with the characters in the movie. I want to do a similar post too but with gymnastics versions. Maybe will do posts showing the character's favorite moves or their bags.  

 

As for their Tik Tok, "Not Okay" focuses to expose their star actors on this platform, like Dylan O'Brien and Zoey Deutch. This way videos are more likely to go viral, given there's a famous person in them. Furthermore, Tik Tok allows audiences to connect more to actors as they are able to reply to comments left in videos by fans and make videos answering them. This gives the audience closer proximity to their favorite celebrities. Lastly, they show their actors playing with various filters or doing trends, which makes the actors feel like "normal people" as they are doing things a regular tik toker does too. All these videos, help the audience to connect with the characters/ actors which will push them more into watching the movie. We want to have a similar situation with our tik Tok a way audiences can connect with the character. As well we can reuse posts on our Instagram and Tik Tok which "Not Okay" does. 

A League of their own

- about sports 

The Instagram for League of Their Own focuses on the sport factor for their Instagram. Something in their bio that I noted is their use of Hashtags which help the Film to become more popular and appear on people's search pages. This exposes the movie more, giving them more viewers. We will definitely add some hashtags to our bio definitely like one of the film's titles, or #gymnastics. 

  

The post I first noted on their Instagram is their pinned post about where to find the show.  They have this post pinned(meaning it stays at the top regardless) to allow easy access to know where to find the show. I want to do a similar post for our short film,  a post with either a streaming app or a film festival location, basically, a place where it will first be shown. 

 

Their posts mainly consist of pictures and videos of scenes or BTS of the show. It could be either funny clips of the production or photos that show a beloved character. We want to mainly include videos and posts like this as they are easy to capture as we can film stunts and routines of the actor in the gym. Also, this way the audience can learn more about the film if they get small snippets of it and would like to see it. 

The summer I turned Pretty  

- Similar TA  

The TV show "The Summer I Turned Pretty" has had an active Tik Tok presence since there release in summer of 2022. This could be because most of their actors are in Gen Z so it's easier to promote and market the movie on a platform with mostly Gen Z. Something that I noted right away is how the Tik Tok page doesn't say where to find the production. It instead is promoting the book that the movie is based on. Their content is made up of many interviews of the actors done on set or at events. These quick interviews show the audience the actor's likes and dislikes, allowing the audience to connect more. Additionally to this, whenever they have the whole crew they participate in various trends like "fit check" which shows each person's unique style. We will probably use some of the similar things the Show did, like keeping the Tik Tok page as a place audiences can connect with their favorite characters.