#blak actress

[australiangothic]

SHERRY-LEE WATSON as ROBYN in THOU SHALT NOT STEAL (TV, 2024-)

[shadowrmidnight]

Keep Your Eyes Only On Me

Togrkey

(@tired-writer-in-progress x Ace Markey)

Togo was minding her own buisiness, sitting at the fountain in the middle of hope's peak. She was in the middle of a writters block for her latest novel, death in the spot night. The protagonist, Angelina, was a makeup artist for a theartre where one of the members ended up dying rather mysteriously. The death was pinned on the understudy of that actor, but there's ment to be more to then meets the eye.

What realy happened was that the actress and her understudy found out about the shady dealings of the lead actor, Angelina's bff. This was because they possessed the same ghost abilities as Angelina. The ghosts helped gather evidence.

The problem was in the current scene, the protagonist was supposed to meat the second of the two love interests. While there were two, Togo didn't want to make it annoying and have Angelina spend her time wondering who to get with. There needed to be balance, make it obvious who she'd end up with while keeping a small opening for the other interest.

I need a motivation walk. she thought, putting away her laptop. The weather today was a bit warm so she wore a red tank top, a pair of dark denim shorts, a pair of blak gladiator sandals a black smartwatch and a black hoodie around her waist. with her laptop snug in her dark leather backpack she set off for a strole down town.

It was a summer sunday afternoon so there weren't too many people, but many ice-cream and frozen desserts in season.

A snack would do me some good, especially when I get to eat sugary food! My hard working brain needs it anyway. She decided, entering a small dessert shop.

"Wellcome miss, what can I get for you taday?" A boy, about the same age as Togo greeted her as she came in.

The amount of desserts before her nearly caused her mouth to water. How can I choose just one!?

As if reading her mind, the boy gestered to a poster with the words summer special on it. "In honor for the summer we have summer berry waffles. A must recomend!"

Just as the demon queen was about to answer, a muscular arm made its way across her shoulders. "I think we'll have 2, and 2 mango smoothies too."

Looking over her shoulder, about to throw the arm owner across the room, the queen came face to face with her king.

"Ace?!" Exclaimed the brinette, "when did you get here?"

"Just now, I saw a certain beauty admiring some treats," his voice was clear as he slowly moved his hands to hug his girlfriend from behind. Resting his head on Togo's head.

Content in their current position, Togo closed her eyes, oblivious to the daggers the two boys were throwing each other.

Ace lead Togo to a seat next to the window, the summer light brightening her features in its radient light. And her man wasn't the only one to see. The unnamed worker also wanted a piece.

After a bit of chatting a tray was placed between the two. "Here you go, 2 summer berry waffles and 2 mango smoothies", only smiling in the writters direction.

"Thank you sir-"

"Mike", the boring dude cut her off. "Call me Mike", and gave Togo a piece of paper before walking away.

"Okay...?" Well that was weird. She thought as she opened up the paper to reveal a phone number.

Ace seemed to have a hunch on what was written on the paper and took action. "Man it realy is hot today", and that action ment taking his shirt off to reveal his toned abbs. Even Mikey- I mean Mike couldn't help but stare.

Hot damn my man is ripped! Please take me now! Togo looked away to stop herself from getting a nosebleed she's sure is coming up. This caused Mike to go green with envy over his single life. How was he supposed to compete with that?

The playful smirk on Ace's face made it so obvious how aware he was of the affect he had on everyone around. Leaning in, he lowly whispered into the brunette's ear.

"Keep your eyes only on me"

[yerimissea]

1. Foto megang tobeli :3

2. Jomblo newbie '3' 🍻

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5. Karena merasa banyak kesamaan. MBTI kembaran, sama-sama anak pertama, tinggi badan sama. Ditambah aku emang suka kepincut sama idol yang juga actress, jadi berasa jodoh aja sama Kim Yeri :b

6. Terima kasih banyak ya kalian udah mau jadi bagian The Velvetique dan bertahan hingga detik ini. Walaupun gak setiap hari ngobrol, tapi entah kenapa aku ngerasa deket aja sama kalian. Semoga kita bisa terus menghabiskan waktu bareng-bareng untuk waktu yang lama ya! <3

7. CUTE-CUTE-CUTE >__<

8. Dari November 2013 itu berapa tahun berarti? 11 tahun ya? 😭 Tumbuh kembang bersama RP ^_^

9. Udah banh.. abis ini lanjut (jika mampu)

10. Aku biasanya gak begitu nyariin. . . As long as orang itu masih terlihat berkeliaran di timeline. Tapi kalo ngilang beberapa hari gak terlihat dimana-mana, aku pasti langsung spam DM kalo aku lagi on

11. Hehehehe 🍻

12. Aku drink aja yaaa, top secret perusahaan :3 🍻

13. Yeri, Seulgi, Irene, Joy, Wendy

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16. Rosé / Minju Kim

17. I do have lots of games on my phone :D

18. The one and only! (Kinda ia sih unfortunately)

19. Have you guys watched it yet? Please give it a try if you haven't!

20. "Bersabar aja ya! Aku selalu sayang kamu."

21. Sepertinya harus paksakan bergerak ia. Menyapu, mengepel, mencuci piring atau menari gak jelas juga boleh biar gak keterusan loyo :( #Notetomyself

22. Kalo kerjaannya ngomongin orang terus. . Karena aku akan auto drained x__x

23. "Aku kecewa sama kamu."

24. Martabak kejuuuu ♡__♡

25. FI Seulgi eonni : (yang aku inget) Ramah banget!

MEMANG RAMAH! Sangat responsif di GDM, rame dan seru juga orangnyaaa. Tapi belakangan aku jadi tau ternyata Seulgi eonni orangnya sangatlah bucin, dan cukup blak-blakan orangnya, which is good dan aku agak iri karena aku pengen juga seblak-blakan itu 🫠

26. FI Sooyoung eonni : Aktif banget eonni satu ini!

Sesuai prediksi BMKG ia, Sooyoung eonni sangatlah aktif! Diam menjadi actdol, bergerak menjadi suhu :b Selalu menyenangkan responnya dan lucuuu. Salah satu yang bikin ramai GDM bersama dengan Seulgi eonni! :D

27. FI Joohyun eonni : RAMAH DAN BAIK SERTA AESTHETIC!

Sampai sekarang masih sesuai dengann First Impression! Selalu rame tiap ngobrol berdua, sadly kita sudah jarang mengobrol sepanjang ituuu, missing the old days t__t Mengayomi banget! Emang jiwa leadernya mendarah daging beliau ini 😸🤏🏻 Sangatlah bucin bersama kak Baekhyun ☝🏻 Ngeditnya baguuus, dan jago merangkai kata juga. Emang super talented!

28. FI Seungwan eonni : Santai ya sepertinya orangnya (?)

Beneran nyantai serta tenang banget! Baik banget juga orangnyaaa. Terus suka ngetawain keasbunanku, receh kecil 🤏🏻 Dibalik ketenangan dan kesantuyannya, blio ini juga gak kalah seru loh. Terlihat conkill tapi aslinya enak buat diajak membahas apa aja (menurutku)

29. Diri sendiri gak perlu lah ya :3

30. FI Ioon : CCN PARRRAH

Masih tetap CCN, tapi sekarang udah banyak ngobrol jadi kelihatan kalo Ioon ada sepercik kekocakannya juga. Tapi walaupun gitu, bawaannya serius terus (di mataku) tiap baca ketikan dia padahal orangnya lagi guyon 😭 Effort-nya sebagai manager bukan main, layak mendapat trophy as Manager of the Year!

Drink : 3 🍻

[akajustmerry]

merry!!!! im watching the wheel of time on amazon and one of the lead actresses is blak!!! im WEEPING

I knoooow I love madeleine madden so muchhhh it's amazing to see such a talented Blak woman as a lead in such a massive international fantasy franchise, especially one all about time because Blak women are the matriarchs of the oldest living culture in the world!! Maddy's casting is so perfect 🥰

[cubblycie]

Kuva: We Heart It - http://weheartit.com/entry/278136982

[sarahsjohnb]

36, 37, 58, 20, 19, 12

36. 3 dreams you want to fulfill? i want to travel to cuba, japan and russia, dammit. i know it won’t be happening for awhile, given what this year has turned out to be, much less the laws in russia... but. a girl dreams. another would be writing for a tv show, or writing a screenplay. i’d love to do local, australian stories because we��re so in danger of loosing our film industry here. a third would honestly be building my own home. i’m not sure these dreams are really attainable any more, but. i want them.

37. favourite actor/actress bruna all the way. it changes but she’s my main gal and i still love that it was me, thirsting for period rp musings that i came across her in the first place.

58. description of my best friend answered!

20. what is your favourite song at the moment? right now, its anything that by the amazing thelma plum --- but homecoming queen takes the cake. she’s got such a VOICE and reminds me a little of those 50s jazz singers. plus, the way she sings about colourism, racism and her indigenous identity really makes you think. i adore her. BASICALLY, PLEASE FUCKING LISTEN TO BETTER IN BLAK IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

19. have you ever been to New York? yes i have! me and my mom went for christmas the year my father passed away and it was so beautiful. messy and loud and noisy and it was right around the time that 1989 came out --- so we listened to welcome to new york, a lot and i always remember that line of “took our broken hearts and locked them in a drawer” because it was exactly what we did that year.

12. what is something you want right now? answered!

send me a number!

[ctpinocchio]

Creative Team Biogs

Lizzie Hopley - writer, script and songs

Lizzie Hopley was born in Liverpool and trained at Manchester University and RADA. As a writer, her sitcom pilot Green won Pozzitive Television’s’ Funny Dot Comp 2021(with Olivia Mace) and her TV series Bloody Betty is currently in development with Showem Entertainment. Radio plays include Salome (Drama on 3), The Elizabethan Beauty Law (Radio 4) and The Cenci Family (starring Sally Hawkins, nominated for a Sony Academy Award & a Richard Imerson 1stplay award). Her debut theatre play Pramface was awarded the Plat de Jour at Edinburgh Festival 2005. She took a year out in 2017 to work full time as a comedian to create a blog: Diary of a Stand Up Virgin. As an actress, her TV and film work includes S3 of Brassic, Little Boy Blue (ITV), Luther (BBC), Cary Fukunaga’s Jane Eyre, Pierrepoint with Timothy Spall, The Thirteenth Tale with Vanessa Redgrave, The Day of the Triffids (with Dougray Scott & Eddie Izzard). Notable theatre work includes an international tour of Tis Pity She’s a Whore with Cheek by Jowl and the RSC’s Roaring Girls Season.

Lizzie’s work with Creation Theatre Company began in 2004 when she appeared as Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. She has since written several shows including The Snow Queen, The Oxford Passion, Tales from Hans and Aladdin and in 2020, co-created digital Zoom play, The Merry Wives of WhatsApp.

Ryan Dawson Laight - Designer

Ryan studied Design at the University of Brighton he has gone on to work both nationally and internationally. Ryan works with clients from initial design concept, through to final production, and his style is born out of the unique collaborations that occur on each project. He is an Associate Designer for Creation Theatre and an Associate Lecturer in Theatre Design at the University of Chichester.

Currently: National Youth Dance Company’s new work choreographed by Alessandra Seutin, Good Youts Walk for Botis Seva, Hunchback of Notre Dame for NYMT.

Theatre includes: My Son’s A Queer But What Can You Do (Turbine Theatre), My Brilliant Friend (National Theatre, Associate Costume Design for Soutra Gilmore); Pinocchio, The Wizard of Oz, Crossing Lines, Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, Peter Pan, A Christmas Carol, Grimm Tales, The Tiger Who Came To Tea (all for Chichester Festival Theatre). Associate Designer at Creation Theatre. Recent work for the company includes Grimm Tales, Alice: A Digital Wonderland, Don Quixote, The Tempest, The Snow Queen, Peter Pan, Brave New World, Swallows and Amazons, Dracula, A Christmas Carol, Alice in Wonderland, Hamlet, Macbeth, As You Like It, Henry IV, King Lear and Treasure Island; Torch Song (Turbine Theatre, dir. Drew McOnie); for Le Gateau Chocolat: Duckie (Royal Festival Hall), Icons (Edinburgh Festival), Black (Unity Theatre Liverpool/Soho Theatre) and Le Gateau Chocolat (Menier Chocolate Factory); HMS Pinafore, Chess, Blondel and The Mikado (Union Theatre national tours); for the Brit School: Landmines (Oval House), Sticky and Infinite Joy (Southwark Playhouse); Chip Shop The Musical (Octagon Theatre Bolton); Ice Cream Opera (Freedom Arts Studio).

Dance includes: Botis Seva's BLKDOG (Sadler’s Wells, Olivier Award Best New Dance 2019); Blak Whyte Gray (Boy Blue/Barbican, Olivier Award Nomination 2018); REDD (Boy Blue/Barbican Theatre); Madhead(NYDC/Sadler's Wells); Wasteland, Coal (Gary Clark Company, UK Theatre Award for Achievement in Dance); Toro, Mariposa, Ham and Passion (DeNada Dance Theatre); Drew McOnie's Drunk (Leicester Curve/Bridewell Theatre) and Good Morning Midnight (Jermyn Street Theatre); Genius (Anjali); New Ways Of Living (Pink Fringe Brighton); Je Suis (Aakash Odedra Company/Lillian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells); Ruffle (Carlos Pons Guerra/Rambert Dance/Lowry Theatre); Hear Hear (Deaf Men Dancing, Sadler’s Wells).

Education: Ryan has been a visiting designer and lecturer at BRIT School (Croydon), University of Chichester, Aiglon College (Switzerland), ALRA, London Studio Centre, Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Trinity Laban, Tring School of Performing Arts, as well as delivering workshops for the Victoria and Albert Museum, Working Title Films, Chichester Festival Theatre, and his own workshops from his studio (Backstage Design Workshop).

Olivia Mace - Song Arrangements and Musical Director

Olivia is an actor, dramatist and composer. Composer credits include: Right Swipe (Amazon Prime), Dirty Word (Crazy Coqs Cabaret Theatre), Caravantomime (Robin Linde Productions). Writer-Composer credits include: Bleak House (Creation Theatre), Playing the King (Creation Theatre) The Emperor’s New Clothes (Small Truth Theatre) and Fresco (rehearsed reading recital, the Waterloo East Theatre). Olivia co-created and performed in musical improvisation cabaret show Blinkface (Crazy Coqs and Hoopla Theatre) and her satirical music videos (Hipster Hop, You Know All The Signs, Ring Out The Bell Ends, Alexander Johnson and Alt Right ladies) can be found on YouTube.

Kate Webster - Movement Director

Kate trained at RWCMD and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Movement and choreography for theatre includes; Twelfth Night (Orange Tree Theatre), Beauty and the Beast (Key Theatre), Mushy (Watford Palace and tour), Henry V (Barn Theatre), Peter Pan (Key Theatre), Diminished (Hampstead Theatre), Daisy Pulls it Off (The Park Theatre), Vanity Fair (Middle Temple Hall) A Christmas Carol, Wind in the Willows and Oh What a Lovely War! (Haymarket, Basingstoke), T5 (Roundhouse Theatre for DryDance).

Movement for Opera: The Unravelling Fantasia of Miss H (festival tour), Orpheus in the Underworld (Blackheath Halls).

Movement for Screen; Corrupted (music video), 2/10 (music video) and Heavy Shoes (music video) for Rebecca Levy.

Performance includes; Travelling Light (National Theatre), The Double Falsehood (Charing Cross Theatre), The Sea (Theatre Royal, Haymarket), Lear (The Sheffield Crucible) and The Soul of Ch’ien-nu Leaves Her Body (The Young Vic).

[iamametrine]

[gyrlversion]

BET Awards 2019 10 Looks That Kill From The Artist to The Designer

BET Awards was full of vibrant colors and vibrant people. We saw many greens, and a lot of pastel. This is a sure sign that Summer was here and it was time to light up the fashion. Even the man didn’t pay it safe with black, white, or gray. The male artist opted for lighter blue’s, purples and more.

Here are some of the hottest looks

BET Awards host Karrueche slayed in a suited yellow alongside her boo Victor Cruz who wore a soft blue. The couple matched their fits with Karrueche’s ear rings which arrayed in gold, blue, pink, green, black and brown. Her outfit was from House of Holland, heels from Versace, and the earrings were Isabella May. Her stylist was Ej King.

Meagan Good and her husband Devon Franklin showed out at the B.E.T Awards in Red, Blak, and Tan. Meagan wore Santina Nicole The label and Stuart Weitzman heels. Her stylist was Lindsey Dupuis. Although, Devon didn’t show out in pastels he took a chance with mix matched colors in a tan blazer and black slacks. He nailed it by making it look classy and not like a day at the office.

We knew you knew that this post would not end without Cardi B. The diva showed up with husband Offset who wore a yellow Zoe Costello suit to brighten up Cardi’s look in a glistening green ensemble that was custom made by Nicolas Jebran along with Miu Miu shoes. Cardi’s stylist was Kollin Carter.

Lizzo is a curvy girl phenomenom. The artist who showed out in the most talented category wore a custom bronze and black House of Holland  dress. It look amazing matching her butter brown skin tone.  She sported a fashionable hat along with. Lizzo was snatched from head to toe.

Eva Marcille stunned in a soft pink dress by Michael Castello pregnancy is still sexy and sheek.

Women in suits were the hottest thing to see. Amanda Booz wore a pink suit with feathered sleeves by House of CB. She pulled off the fit with a slick ponytail.

Comedian and actress La La Milan looked like a glam barbie wearing a white high slit dress by Lavie By CK. She matched it up with red lips, glam lashes and a low ponytail. Must we say her edges were on point.

Alexis Sky looked like money. The blonde bombshell wore a bronze like dress with major shimmer and shine. She sexied it up with a high slit. The dress was Jovani.

Activist and actress Amanda Seales looked so good in a peach like  one shoulder dress by Fouad Sarkis. She pulled it off with red lips and pulled back hair.

We had double the fun seeing Lil Nas X with Rihanna, whom both slayed the blue carpet in honor of Nipsey Hussle. Lil Nas X wore Pyer Moss. While Bad Gal RiRi wore Fenty black.

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[blakwaterpitch-blog]

Blak Water Pitch

Online proposal for Blak Water.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxqBBnL3MnQxRm9wd1Z5a25ZN00

1. Logline

In the middle of a big money, charity scam job, con man Ernest Blak is informed the man he is impersonating’s wife has died and he must inform the man of this horrific news, but this doesn’t go to plan.

2. Description of your creative approach to the film

As a creative producer, I imagine this short film to be a faced paced, tense, action film. Through narrative, camera and sound techniques, the film will focus on the protagonist Ernest. Although he is a con man and supposedly a ‘villain’, he will be presented as a charismatic, yet irritating character; a handsome, tall, charming, glamorous, rich (supposedly) charity worker - irritatingly perfect. The reasoning for this is that the audience will be envious of the character and want to be him, but also feel pleased when his plan is ruined when he is informed that Patrick’s wife has died.

Ernest will be presented as confident and charismatic through high angle shots to connote he is powerful and in charge. The costume design will be very smart, wealthy looking and he will appear well groomed.

However the camera techniques will soon change in the later part of the script, where the tables turn and Ernest realises he was actually being tested and failed. He will be denoted through low angle shots, and long shots making him appear small in the frame - to denote his power being taken away. In terms of his appearance, his clothes will become dirty and untucked, and his hair will be messy.

In terms of the production design, the location of the grand building and ballroom will be richly decorated, for example big white drapes and props such as tables full of champagne bottles. There will also be extras dressed smartly in ball gowns and suits, with waitresses serving them.

The colour pallet of the film will be dull, eerie colours such as blues and yellows which will connote that something isn’t right, as auctions full of wealthy people should usually be colourful and upbeat.

3. Choice of proposed cast

Cop: Simon Pegg Despite the Cop only having two lines in the script, for this role I’ve chosen Simon Pegg, due to his character Nicholas Angel in Hott Fuzz (2007) – a comical, yet serious Sargent at the Sandford Police Service. Audiences will be surprised when they recognise Simon Pegg as the Cop.

Ernest Blak: Leonardo DiCaprio For the character of Ernest Blak I have chosen Leonardo DiCaprio. The reason for choosing him for the main protagonist is due to his incredible acting ability that has been established over his career; playing all sorts of different characters. From Arnie Grape in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Romeo in Romeo + Juliet (1996), Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) and Hugh Glass in The Revenant (2015).

DiCaprio plays Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street – a successful, cocky, hateful yet enviable businessman. He is confident within himself and is excellent at making speeches which can be seen during his inspirational speech scene.

The characteristics of the character Jordan Belfort and the way DiCaprio acts, is the way I imagine Ernest to be in the first half of the script. He also looks the part – a middle-aged, smart, well kept, white man.

However, my further reasoning of choosing DiCaprio for the character of Ernest is DiCaprio’s amazing ability to act a range of characters. His Oscar-winning performance in The Revenant was also why I chose him, particularly the scene where he takes on a bear. Although DiCaprio triumphs over the bear, and in Blak Water he ends up being shot by Patrick, the ability of DiCaprio to change from acting as a cocky business man, to a weak man being attacked is the reasoning for choosing him.

Maitre D’: Benedict Shaw (NFS casting database) I have chosen Benedict for this role as I have seen him act in a short film and I think he looks the part. He will also keep production costs down.

Announcer: Bevan Mullineux (NFS casting database) I have chosen Bevan to play this role as I have seen him audition and he looks the part I imagine – tall, well groomed and charming. As a less experienced actor, hiring him will keep the production budget down.

Tony: young Matt Damon For the role of Tony, I have chosen young Matt Damon. The reason for choosing him for this role was for the character of Tom Ripley he played in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999). Tom is a young, quiet, smart, seemingly lovely man who agrees to help track down Herbert Greenleaf’s son. However, Tom soon becomes an angry, dangerous psychopath when Dickie becomes annoyed with Tom’s persistent presence, which causes Dickie to reject him, causing Tom to turn into a psychopathic killer.

I chose Matt Damon to play Tony because of this unsuspecting twist of character traits. Tony appears to be Ernest’s good friend by helping him. However the twist is that Tony isn’t actually a good friend to Ernest, and is instead working for Patrick who is testing Ernest. Patrick even clarifies this when he says “your Tony is really my Tony”.  

Waitress: Rhiannon Canoville-Ord I have chosen Rhiannon for this role as I have worked with her before and she is a brilliant actress and fits the part of a young, pretty, flirty woman. She will also keep production costs down.

Patrick Water: Gary Oldman I have chosen Gary Oldman because he is typically known to play villains. For example he played a terrorist in Air Force One (1997) and a corrupt cop in Leon (1994). The audience are likely to pick up on the fact he is usually a villain and this foreshadows the plot twist in the script.

Unknown caller: David Fincher I have chosen the proposed director’s voice for the unknown caller as it saves production costs of hiring a voice actor, and it will be amusing for the audience if they realise it’s his voice.

Audience in auction hall: extras sourced from the NFS database/NFS who will work for low wage.

4. Choice of proposed director

The director I have chosen for this script is David Fincher. Fincher started his career in commercials and music videos, working with some of the world’s most influential artists including Madonna and Michael Jackson. He then went onto directing feature films and has several Oscar nominations including, Seven (1995), Fight Club (1999), Zodiac (2007) and The Social Network (2010). (Academy Films, n.d.)

Fincher’s films all have similar themes in; “unhappy endings, betrayals and often feature a lack of closure for the audience.” (Walker, 2017) An example of this is the killer in Zodiac isn’t caught. (Walker, 2017)

I have chosen David Fincher for his visual style and camera work. Fincher uses the colour pallet of a film to express conflict affecting the characters, both internally and externally. His colour palettes in his films are recognisable; “hazy, muted and dark” with black being the dominant colour (Walker, 2017). This is the colour pallet I want in Blak Water. Fincher uses everything in a shot as an “extension of the characters” and it reflects their dilemmas (Vasiliauskas, 2017).

For example, the colour pallet of blues and oranges in the final scene in Fight Club represents conflict in the characters. Fincher aims to make the audience “feel the same way the characters do. This is achieved not only through performances but through a film colour palette that will heighten the emotional weight of the scenes.” (Vasiliauskas, 2017). This would work well in Blak Water as the audience will feel sorry for Ernest when he gets betrayed by Tony and shot by Patrick.

Fincher also uses discordant colour pallets which draws our attention to “out of place elements” which connotes to the audience that something is wrong in the narrative. This technique will work well in Blak Water, as I want to connote to the audience that something is wrong in the first half of the film at the auction, to foreshadow the twist.

Fincher’s camera technique is also the reason why I chose him. Fincher moves the camera by either tilting, panning or tracking along with the character’s emotions and movements. For example, when Tyler Durden in Fight Club walks down the stairs, the camera follows his movement by tracking, panning and tilting. This technique engages the audience will the character’s emotions.

5. How I will exploit the film – distribution campaign

The first step in my distribution campaign is identifying my audience. Due to the four famous actors and the film being directed by David Fincher, the film already attracts a wide mainstream audience, as the actors and characters are very famous and recognisable. My target audience is male and female young adults aged 16-35 who are a fan of the action genre. The film may also attract fans of the actors, for example Leonardo DiCaprio fans will see a film purely because he is starring in it.

I will test my target audience by calling other filmmakers to get an opinion, sharing the trailer on relevant blogs and internet pages. From here I will ask for opinions and ask if the film excites them. If not, I will look into a different target audience.

I will also start a marking campaign on social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. I will create a Facebook, Twitter and Instagram page for the film. From here I will post regular countdowns to the film’s release date with the hashtags #BlakWater #LeonardoDiCaprio #MattDamon #DavidFincher. This will create a bigger audience and spread the information for people who search these hashtags. The countdown will also get the audience excited for the release. I will also create a YouTube account for the film where I will be uploading a trailer. The link to the trailer will be contained in the social media posts.

I will enter the film into film festivals and attend the festivals to create awareness of the film, using this opportunity to network with other filmmakers to get advice and opinions.

As the film is only short, it won’t make it into cinemas. Therefore I’m going to have to rely on purchases of the film to make money. Due to the huge stars in the film, I will look into selling the licence to Netflix and Amazon. Netflix has just under 99 million subscribers and is the leading competitor against Hulu and Amazon Prime Instant Video. Netflix spent nearly “$200 million in 2011 for access to Disney films and TV programming for a one year period.” (Investopedia, n.d.). The series “Lost” cost the company $45 million. (Investopedia, n.d.)

I will also sell the film on Amazon and iTunes for audiences to make a one off purchase to buy or rent the film. I think this will be more effective than putting it on DVD in this digital age. I could try and negotiate an “exclusive to Netflix” deal which will benefit the company and hopefully gain me a higher licencing price.

I think these marketing techniques are the best approach to making money on my short film. As it will be under 20 minutes long, it won’t be released in cinemas so I can’t make money from the box office.

6. Planning for production

Location

The script requires three locations; the auction hall, shady car park and inside the van.

For the auction hall and car park I will use Orton Hall in Peterborough. (The Village, Orton Longueville, Peterborough PE2 7DN). This is a 17th Century Manor House, former home of the Marquess of Huntly, set in 20 acres of parkland.

This is an example of the interior; however a stage will be built by the art department to hold the auction on.

I am basing the pricing of this location on the wedding packages they offer which includes the day hire of the hall. I need the location for 4 days. Hiring the venue for a wedding day is £5395. However, as we won’t be needing any of the services and just the venue, I think I could negotiate a much lower price of around £1000 per day, due to the cast.

The location also has a car park in the woods. This would also serve for the ‘shady parking lot’ for the van to be set in.

In order to secure this location and negotiate a price, I will visit the location and speak to the manager. I will arrange this visit through a telephone call - 01733 391111.

The second location needs to be a studio to build the interior of the van. For this I would use the Prime 1 studio in Leeds. I will need this location for 3 days.

Floor plan in Prime 1 studio, 94 – 96 KIRKSTALL RD, LEEDS, LS3 1HD

Budget

For the budget I have estimated costs of the actors based on films they have been paid for previously and taken into account the short shooting schedule. For example, Leonardo DiCapro made $20,000 for The Great Gatsby (2013) but only $2,000,000 for J.Edgar (2011). (Quora, n.d.)

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Schedule

I have planned the schedule on my knowledge of no more than 2 pages per day, and using my judgement to estimate scenes that will take longer.

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Word count: 2184

Bibliography

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Investopedia (n.d.). Netflix's Billion-Dollar Content Licensing Budget. [online] Investopedia. Available at: https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/062515/how-netflix-pays-movie-and-tv-show-licensing.asp [Accessed 8 May 2018].

Quora. (n.d.). How much does Leonardo DiCaprio make per movie?. [online] Available at: https://www.quora.com/How-much-does-Leonardo-DiCaprio-make-per-movie [Accessed 8 May 2018].

Vasiliauskas, M. (2017). Mastering the Movie Color Palette: How David Fincher Uses Color in Film. [online] StudioBinder. Available at: https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/movie-color-palette-david-fincher/ [Accessed 8 May 2018].

Walker, A. (2017). Auteur: David Fincher. [online] So The Theory Goes. Available at: https://www.sothetheorygoes.com/auteur-david-fincher/ [Accessed 8 May 2018].

Filmography

Air Force One. (2018). [film] Directed by W. Petersen. United States: Beacon Pictures.

Fight Club. (1999). [film] Directed by D. Fincher. United States: Fox 2000 Pictures.

The Great Gatsby. (2013). [film] Directed by B. Luhrmann. United States: Bazmark Productions.

Hot Fuzz. (2007). [film] Directed by E. Wright. United Kingdom: StudioCanal.

J. Edgar. (2011). [film] Directed by C. Eastwood. United States: Imagine Entertainment.

Leon. (1994). [film] Directed by L. Besson. France: Gaumont.

The Revenant. (2015). [film] Directed by A. Iñárritu. United States: Regency Enterprises.

Romeo + Juliet. (1996). [film] Directed by B. Luhrmann. United States: Bazmark Productions.

Seven. (1995). [film] Directed by D. Fincher. United States: New Line Cinema.

The Social Network. (2010). [film] Directed by D. Fincher. United States: Relativity Media.

The Talented Mr. Ripley. (1999). [film] Directed by A. Minghella. United States: Mirage Enterprises.

What's Eating Gilbert Grape. (1993). [film] Directed by L. Hallström. United States: Matalon Teper Ohlsson.

The Wolf of Wall Street. (2013). [film] Directed by M. Scorsese. United States: Red Granite Pictures.

Zodiac. (2007). [film] Directed by D. Fincher. United States: Phoenix Pictures.

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Betroffenheit荣获2017劳伦斯·奥利佛戏剧奖最佳新舞剧奖

上周末英国的劳伦斯·奥利佛戏剧奖（Laurence Olivier Awards）公布了，之前强烈推荐的Betroffenheit拿下了年度最佳新舞剧奖（Best New Dance Production）！

有人说Jonathon穿上正装瞬间变得更帅了... :

获得舞蹈类另外一个杰出成就奖（Award for Outstanding Achievement）还有英国皇���国家舞团（English National Ballet）。

科普一下，劳伦斯·奥利佛戏剧奖，正式全称为劳伦斯·奥利弗奖（Laurence Olivier Awards），一般直接称作Olivier Awards。

是由伦敦戏剧协会（Society of London Theatre）颁发的英国最重要的年度戏剧类奖项。Olivier Awards在英国之戏剧的重要性可以相媲美于托尼奖（Tony Awards）之美国百老汇，莫里哀奖（Molière Award）之法国戏剧，英国电影和电视艺术学院奖（BAFTA Awards ）之英国影视，全英音乐奖（BRIT Awards）之英国音乐。

YouTube全程视频链接： 

最后，附一个今年的完整获奖名单：

Best actress

Winner: Billie Piper for Yerma at the Young Vic

Also nominated: GlendaJackson for King Lear at The Old Vic Cherry Jones for The Glass Menagerie at the Duke of York’s Theatre Ruth Wilson for Hedda Gabler at the Lyttelton, National Theatre

Best new comedy

Winner: Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour at theDorfman, National Theatre

Also nominated: The ComedyAbout a Bank Robbery at the Criterion Theatre Nice Fish at the Harold Pinter Theatre The Truth at Wyndham’s Theatre

Outstanding achievement in an affiliate theatre

Winner: Rotterdam at Trafalgar Studios 2

Also nominated: Cuttin’ It atthe Maria, Young Vic The Government Inspector at Theatre Royal Stratford East The Invisible Hand at Tricycle Theatre It Is Easy To Be Dead at Trafalgar Studios 2

Best lighting design

Winner: Neil Austin for Harry Potter and the CursedChild at the Palace Theatre

Also nominated: Lee Curran for Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre Natasha Katz for The Glass Menagerie at the Duke of York’s Theatre Hugh Vanstone for Groundhog Day at the Old Vic

Best sound design

Winner: Gareth Fry for Harry Potter and theCursed Child at the Palace Theatre

Also nominated: Paul Ardittifor Amadeus at the Olivier, National Theatre Adam Cork for Travesties at the Apollo Theatre Nick Lidster for Autograph for Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent’s Park Open AirTheatre

Best costume design

Winner: Katrina Lindsay for Harry Potter and theCursed Child at the Palace Theatre

Also nominated: Gregg Barnesfor Dreamgirls at the Savoy Theatre Hugh Durrant for Cinderella at London Palladium Rob Howell for Groundhog Day at the Old Vic

Best set design

Winner: Christine Jones for Harry Potter and theCursed Child at the Palace Theatre

Also nominated: Bob Crowleyfor Disney’s Aladdin at the Prince Edward Theatre Bob Crowley for The Glass Menagerie at the Duke of York’s Theatre Rob Howell for Groundhog Day at the Old Vic

Best actor in a supporting role

Winner: Anthony Boyle for Harry Potter and the CursedChild at the Palace Theatre

Also nominated: Freddie Fox for Travesties at the Apollo Theatre Brian J. Smith for The Glass Menagerie at the Duke of York’s Theatre Rafe Spall for Hedda Gabler at the Lyttelton, National Theatre

Best actress in a supporting role

Winner: Noma Dumezweni for Harry Potter and theCursed Child at the Palace Theatre

Also nominated: MelissaAllan, Caroline Deyga, Kirsty Findlay, Karen Fishwick, Kirsty MacLaren, FrancesMayli McCann, Joanne McGuinness and Dawn Sievewright for Our Ladies Of PerpetualSuccour at the Dorfman, National Theatre Clare Foster for Travesties at the Apollo Theatre Kate O’Flynn for The Glass Menagerie at the Duke of York’s Theatre

Best new opera production

Winner: Akhnaten at London Coliseum

Also nominated: 4.48Psychosis at the Lyric Hammersmith Così Fan Tutte at Royal Opera House Lulu at London Coliseum

Outstanding achievement in opera

Winner: Mark Wigglesworth for his conducting of DonGiovanni and Lulu at London Coliseum

Also nominated: Renée Flemingfor her performance in Der Rosenkavalier at the Royal Opera House Stuart Skelton for his performance in Tristan and Isolde at London Coliseum

Best revival

Winner: Yerma at the Young Vic

Also nominated: The GlassMenagerie at the Duke of York’s Theatre This House at the Garrick Theatre Travesties at the Apollo Theatre

Best actor

Winner: Jamie Parker for Harry Potter and the CursedChild at the Palace Theatre

Also nominated: Ed Harris forBuried Child at Trafalgar Studios 1 Tom Hollander for Travesties at the Apollo Theatre Ian McKellen for No Man’s Land at Wyndham’s Theatre

Best new play

Winner: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at thePalace Theatre

Also nominated: Elegy atDonmar Warehouse The Flick at the Dorfman, National Theatre One Night In Miami… at Donmar Warehouse

Best director

Winner: John Tiffany for Harry Potter and theCursed Child at the Palace Theatre

Also nominated: Simon Stonefor Yerma at the Young Vic John Tiffany for The Glass Menagerie at the Duke of York’s Theatre Matthew Warchus for Groundhog Day at the Old Vic

Best new dance production

Winner: Betroffenheit by Crystal Pite and JonathonYoung at Sadler’s Wells

Also nominated: Blak Whyte Gray by Boy Blue Entertainment at Barbican Theatre Giselle by Akram Khan and English National Ballet at Sadler’s Wells My Mother, My Dog and Clowns! by Michael Clark at Barbican Theatre

Outstanding achievement in dance

Winner: English National Ballet for expanding thevariety of its repertoire with Giselle and She Said at Sadler’s Wells

Also nominated: Alvin AileyAmerican Dance Theater for its London season at Sadler’s Wells Luke Ahmet for The Creation by Rambert at Sadler’s Wells

Best theatre choreographer

Winner: Matthew Bourne for The Red Shoes at Sadler’sWells

Also nominated: Peter Darling and Ellen Kane for Groundhog Day at the Old Vic Steven Hoggett for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre Drew McOnie for Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Outstanding achievement in music

Winner: School of Rock the Musical at the New LondonTheatre (three children's bands who play instruments live every night)

Also nominated: Dreamgirls atSavoy Theatre (music by Henry Krieger) Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at Palace Theatre (composer and arrangerImogen Heap) Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre (the band and companycreating the gig-like rock vibe of the original concept album of Jesus ChristSuperstar)

Best entertainment and family

Winner: The Red Shoes at Sadler’s Wells

Also nominated: Cinderella atLondon Palladium David Baddiel – My Family: Not The Sitcom at the Vaudeville Theatre Peter Pan at the Olivier, National Theatre

Best actor in a supporting role in a musical

Winner: Adam J Bernard for Dreamgirls at the SavoyTheatre

Also nominated: IanBartholomew for Half A Sixpence at the Noël Coward Theatre Ben Hunter for The Girls at the Phoenix Theatre Andrew Langtree for Groundhog Day at the Old Vic

Best actress in a supporting role in a musical

Winner: Rebecca Trehearn for Show Boat at the NewLondon Theatre

Also nominated: Haydn Gwynnefor The Threepenny Opera at the Olivier, National Theatre Victoria Hamilton-Barritt for Murder Ballad at the Arts Theatre Emma Williams for Half A Sixpence at the Noël Coward Theatre

Best musical revival

Winner: Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent’s ParkOpen Air Theatre

Also nominated: Funny Girl atthe Savoy Theatre Show Boat at the New London Theatre Sunset Boulevard at London Coliseum

Best actor in a musical

Winner: Andy Karl for Groundhog Day at the Old Vic

Also nominated: David Fynnfor School of Rock the Musical at the New London Theatre Tyrone Huntley for Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre Charlie Stemp for Half A Sixpence at the Noël Coward Theatre

Best actress in a musical

Winner: Amber Riley for Dreamgirls at the SavoyTheatre

Also nominated: Glenn Closefor Sunset Boulevard at London Coliseum Debbie Chazen, Sophie-Louise Dann, Michele Dotrice, Claire Machin, Claire Mooreand Joanna Riding for The Girls at the Phoenix Theatre Sheridan Smith for Funny Girl at the Savoy Theatre

Best new musical

Winner: Groundhog Day at the Old Vic

Also nominated: Dreamgirls atthe Savoy Theatre The Girls at the Phoenix Theatre School of Rock the Musical at the New London Theatre

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