CCR question #2

 Hi! So I've decided I'm definitely doing the "What's In My Bag" sort of video for one of  my CCR's when answering questions one and two, which I will try to film sometime this week! 

 

For the item that I will pull out of my purse to prompt question 2 I was thinking of designing a movie ticket. I feel as though this is a good way to represent the premise of question 2 which is all about audience engagement and distribution. 

Movie Ticket example

The script for answering this question would be the following: 

Mariana: [pull out movie ticket from purse] Aww! So this a movie ticket from the first public viewing of the film which I obviously wanted to go see and I kept the ticket as memorabilia. It was so exciting to see how many people showed up for to watch "18 before 18" in theatres. Luckily for us, we where never too worried about the audience engagement of our film because we crafted the film in a way which our audience (being mainly teens) could find something to relate to within the film. I think something that also really attracted a lot of audiences is the fact that the main character Jordyn, who I play, breaks the fourth wall pretty consistently throughout this film. I think that really brought up audience engagement as it is something that typically isn't done in films. I've really only seen this done a couple of times while I was researching the in's and out's of breaking the fourth wall for this part. I think this also helped draw in a lot of audiences because of the fact that it gives the viewer another look at the the characters thoughts and feelings in a way that can't be seen in regular films. Many audiences even said that these parts of the film, when Jordyn breaks the fourth wall, felt like talking to a best friend on the phone which warmed my heart so much because truly that was the goal in doing this! When my team and I discussed distribution we agreed it should first be released locally as a tribute to well... us! Growing up in south Florida we thought it would just feel right to release the film initially to local film festivals such as the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) and the Miami Film Festival and then later on release to other platforms such as small-independent movie theatres such as O Cinema, located in south Florida, which strives to support independent films and diversifying their film screenings and events.