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 ❤ ❤ Target Audience ❤ ❤

We are now going to answer the second question of the Critical Reflection! Here is a disclaimer, I am obviously going to put more information when it comes to the essay, but this all of this that I am going to put are just simple information that will help evolve my essay much more quicker.  LETS GET INTO IT!

Question 2:  How do the products engage with the audience 

So, this is part of the question where I will talk about my target audience, the age range, their hobbies, why this movie would attract them, and why I picked the way my target audience is in general. I am mainly targeting females from the ages of 13-21 with a regular socioeconomic level, nothing special to it. I chose elements that will help the target audience relate to Ocean in many aspects.

The whole target audience can relate to the fact of going to school, knowing how difficult classes and home work can be which is why I put the age range to 13-21. It's the perfect time to show that in that moment school is important because it will dictate what your future will be. I also decided to have events like her waking up in a none pretty perfect way. So my target audience which is Generation Z, can also relate to that when they wake up it is not always a pretty view.

 As you can see this is not a pretty view. But the target audience can relate to this. Another factor that I also searched up about my target audience is that around this age is where they start to rebel and not be so close with their parents in a lot of ways. So in the film I decided to include the fact that Ocean is not really close with her father and doesn't have a relative to count on. 

These posts are going to help a lot because again it will make me answer these questions much more efficient. 

Time for the Critical Reflection

 Its finally that time! ☺

Yesterday in class, Mrs. Stoklosa went over the critical reflection questions that we are going to have to answer in our blog when the project is due. Oh before I continue, she was so generous that she extended the due date from April 12th to April 18th. Anyways, in order for me to write a very good essay for the rest of the project that is left, I am going to report how I am going to answer each question on a new blog post. When it comes to the actual essay I will obviously answer all the questions in one essay. 

Question 1: How did your research inform your products and the way they use or challenge conventions!

There are four questions to this and to start off, Mrs. Stoklosa said that it is better to answer them in the order she told us to do it. This question is basically asking me about what genre I have, how did I research the genre, and the characteristics I included to embrace my genre.

First part

So, obviously my genre is Drama, and there are many reasons why I decided to pick Drama in the first place. I decided to do Drama, because ti is the easiest way for me to express an idea and I also picked it because it's usually the most viewed genre in film. That and action movies. So obviously there are films that I researched that would help me with this and the main one that inspired me was Soul Surfer. With that being said, I also did Drama last year because in my opinion it is also the easiest way to convey a story. One that has true meaning. So, I looked into the qualities of Soul Surfer was the element of her losing an arm and having to perform daily functions without her arm. I knew I don't have the budget to produce a detail like that so I started thinking even more. My sub genre of the film is fantasy, because of Ocean being a mermaid. So then I started looking at fantasy film that usually have that same element of drama qualities.

I obviously do not have the genre Fantasy, but they all did inspire me to have Drama characteristics because these Fantasy Films also include Drama as one of their genres. So I decided to see that each movies had one thing in common. In the movie the main characters parents, either both or one is dead. So that is when I went into the route of grabbing that idea and using it with Ocean. So I implied that drama effect by creating an automatic sadness in the beginning that Ocean does not have her mother, and does not have that motherly love.

I think this is the easiest question of them all, and with this research and talking about the movies and the characteristics of what I included with the drama effects will make it even easier.

Almost the end of an era

 Finished editing both trailers !! 

This is actually huge news because I have finished editing the trailers for my last ever Cambridge project. This is actually really sad but for the past two days I have been working harder than ever and I am really proud of both of them. I decided to go as my original plan and stick with Youtube free copy right music and you can tell that they are both two different trailers for two different genres. I do not want to give too much away but the second one is very relate able for the target audience. To celebrate the finishing of both trailers heres a sneak peak picture of the final clip in it.

As you can see she is really surprised that she has found out she is a mermaid!

On to other news....

The social media page will officially be launched tomorrow. I will post a picture, behind the scene footage, and even a little bit of the trailer each day before time is up and you my Cambridge members are going to see!

The Poster is also complete !!

I am also glad to announce that the poster is also completed and ready to be turned in. I do not want to reveal anything but it is everything I visioned it would be. It has the original picture i was going to use with "the water is calling", as well as the coming soon date, the rating of the movie! 

So what is next you ask?

For my next and final posts I will be more in depth on the Critical reflection answering each and every question. My next posts for you guys will be how to nail the reflection essay portion of this project. I hope you guys enjoyed this update and see you tomorrow!

Instagram time

 TIME TO GET FOLLOWERS AND LIKES ❤✌

So we have the name of the account, now we are going to have to put the bio, the profile picture, hash tags, and what pictures and videos we are going to have to include on this social media page. 

BIO

With the many examples of the films I provided and what we can do to promote our movie I think the bio will most likely fall into something looking like this. 

This fits perfectly because it will have what the poster says,  a website that will lead to the film and the name of the film. 

Profile Picture 

Out of all the ones I could have possible chosen I think that this is the right choice. It describes the whole feeling of the film and will help the audience know that this picture belongs to the film. It also gives a warm feeling and its brightness of the blue makes it appealing to the eye which will help the target audience want to see it even more.

Besides that, I have considered that putting hashtags would help a lot boost people clicking on our profile and over all account. In this generation kids search up hash tags so with each post I make I will probably put hash tags like #ocean #wateriscalling #sea 

WHAT KIND OF POSTS WILL THEY SEE? 

With many examples on other films the account will most likely have behind the scenes footage, funny clips and a lot of pictures used like locations, and other things. These pictures will be posts on the social media page. 

 There will obviously be more but these are just a few that are funny, personal and up close. In order for the target audience to also get a sneak peak that Ocean does not always look camera ready! 

Journey to the center of the second trailer

 Okay, now I am serious when I say this but I am finished filming EVERYTHING for my second trailer! 👍

I know what you are probably thinking and you're right. I know I say in most blog posts that I am done filming but this time I really mean it. So a day ago I went to the beach and covered more B roll footage because you never know right. Okay well, before I continue with more news here are the last couple of shots I did for the second  film. 

It is just some basic stuff but I got but it will make a lot more difference when you see it in the second trailer!

What about the shot of Ocean painting a picture?

So, I thought about it and honestly, with Ocean painting a picture on the ocean, it would take away the focus of what is really important which is her moms journal and her big secret. If I showed Ocean, painting that picture it would make it look less realistic that she has so much free hand on her time instead of attending classes. Plus, I shot so many important key events that I was analyzing that it probably would not have fit in anyway. 

Things that will be for sure done this week and next week. 

Kind of crazy that the project is almost due. Before I know it, it will be April and I am gonna be submitting the whole project. Now here is for sure what is going to happen. 

- Next week ( edit the whole second trailer) 

- Next week ( finish editing the poster ) 

- This week ( start the social media page for the movie 

- Next week ( complete the social media page for the movie) 

These are all very exciting things to do and I can't wait to share. See you next blog ! 

The beach is my favorite place to be

 Went to the beach again, and filmed even more. 💤

Surprised? At this point, the movie and the trailer feels like it's my own life. As you know my fellow Cambridge readers, I am on Spring Break and being in Florida warm weather and everything I went to the beach again. At this point I practically live there. Anyways, I actually filmed today in a different location known as Dania beach. I decided to have an amazing idea for the second trailer. So I was looking at fonts and stuff but it occurred to me what if I make the title of the movie different. Instead of just inserting a font why don't I just write the title in the sand. So that is exactly what I did. 

I do not know yet, but I might actually include this in the film. It's really cool and no one has done it before so I feel like I would have my own unique taste on it. 

Great, Great Great News!

I finished editing the first trailer! This is actually so exciting because, it took me a whole four days to do it. I actually did not want to say anything but I did it over the weekend and it looks great.  Besides that, I ended up finding free copy right music on Youtube like I said I would. and I made Ocean (my sister) follow a format on what to say for the voice over. For the voice over I made Ocean capture her life story and it sounds so dramatic in a good way. I captured every shot I wanted and it looks amazing. Here are some shots that I included in the editing. 

Well Cambridge, thats it for today I will have more news for me next blog posts! Peace out and thank you!

might film a little more

 So I took my  classmates ideas and I decided to find pictures in a store near me called Michaels. It’s a store full of arts and crafts and what I am going to do is, buy a profesional picture and make it seem like Ocean painted it so it looks legit. I would have my sister paint it but it’s not gonna turn out as good. Here are a couple of paintings I would like to buy. 

These are some great ideas I would like to purchase. 

How would I film this shot?

I would film it by having Ocean, painting it on the sunrise and have a paint brush and act like she is finishing the painting. It would most likely be an over the shoulder shot or a long shot to make it even more realistic. This will help a lot in my second trailer because it will give the audience new shots and not be sick and tired of the same repetitive ones. 

What’s in store for next week? 

I am going to start the social media, and start investigating what pairs I should do, what I should have in the bio, if I should have other people post the movie in order to really make it feel like an actual movie!!