SNAPCHAT

Throughout this year I have been watching Casey Neistat on youtube and snapchat. He is a film maker with 480,000 subscribers on his youtube channel. I looked at his use of snapchat stories. As a result I plan to use snapchat stories to document some of my creative work.

FEEDBACK PUB SCENE

I received very positive feedback on this sequence from the rest of my group and from other members of my year group, especially the boys. My male target audience immediately picked up on what i was trying to achieve: male bonding and boasting over the subject of female conquests. Two aspects in particular were singled out for praise: the realistic mise-en-scene of the pub environment, props like beer and the warm cosy atmosphere and that encouraged the "boys will be boys" atmosphere. The use of visual codes such as the symmetry of the chairs, boys and glasses was also noted. this functions as a device to show how much in tune the boys are in their attitudes to girls and equally importantly as a visual bridge and match cut to the next scene which opens with 2 cocktail glasses.

CONSTRUCTION: CORRECTING FOOTAGE

During my edit, I was faced with the technical challenge of cropping some footage that was framed in black. 

 

 To over come this I had to crop the video when editing. I did so in a way which still started with a close up of the glasses then zoomed out to reveal the girl and man.

After cropping, the image then filled the full required space.

PLANNING: COCKTAIL BAR MISE EN SCENE

In order to get an idea to create my mise en scene I looked at Degas' painting A Bar at the Folies-Bergère. I will use tighter framing as illustrated by the red box. Recently cocktails have become more popular among younger people, therefore it is ideal for my target audience. When I create this scene i will use more bottles and glasses within the frame and only have the bartenders hands visable.