Blog Post #43: Third Instagram Post

To give an emphasis on my film's elements, I will post something else on Instagram. In my Instagram post, I will display a small "sneak peak" of my film. Since the "get ready with me" posts are trending on every social media app, I will create a slideshow of small elements in my film. I will have different photos of props featured in my film which can help audiences piece together this small portion of my Instagram post, just like my main character will piece together their pic collage in the final scene. 

The props that I'm going to include are a laptop, pencil and paper, a hoodie, a hammer, and a nail. 

Here are the photos that I will be using in the slideshow along with the reasons as to why I chose to model them like that:

First, here is the photo of the computer. This photo can show the prop while allowing audiences to see that the short film is a work in progress. Being able to see the other elements on the laptop give audiences more of an inside view of what truly goes into making a short film which can make them feel like they may know more about it than others.

I chose to make this photo blurry on purpose. Since it's blurry you can see every element in the frame, but not up close. This can come off as a psychological effect since the last photo in the slideshow wasn't blurry at all. I want audiences to feel confused by the blank sheet of paper, but there's a meaning behind it. "You have to write your own story."

In this photo, I feature some of the clothing that will be used in the film, but there's a specific focus on the black sweatshirt. The different focuses can make the photo seem more professional, but the unorganized closet can make audiences understand that the main character is younger. The dark sweatshirt compared to the rest of the clothing can also represent the changes that will happen in the film because it goes from a struggling teenager to an accepting one.

This photo features a workbench, but the main focus is the rusty hammer and nail. I think the unorganized workbench creates a familiarity in audience members because usually workbenches aren't organized in a regular household. I included the part of the photo that isn't on the workbench to let audiences see that it's very cluttered as well.

Now, the caption on my Instagram post will be somewhat mysterious to keep these elements' true purpose from coming out. To peak curiosity, I will only include the date of the day that Instagram was actually released to the public. This date is "October 6, 2010." While I could type it out normally, I'm choosing to type it out as "10.6.10." which is a common format for significant dates.

Here is the overview of my Instagram post.