Drama Idea Development.

We watched Clerks to inspire character interaction and dialogue but ended up changing our original script idea, so there would now only be one character. We still sought to emulate Kevin Smith's Low-budget approach to film making however, with simple static shots and even framing used to depict the mundane everyday nature of their job being an approach we used to convey Martin's isolated routines. We also wanted to emulate the way editing is used to cut down the unnecessary actions of getting ready, which moves the narrative along whilst giving the audience enough information of the procedure through minimal use of shots.

As much of the script centres around Martin's blog uploads, we turned to The Social Network for interesting ways to film someone at their computer. This scene in particular combines the use of voice over narration with close ups of the computer screen and the typing that accompanies the voice over allows for freedom to cut away from him sitting at the computer whilst letting the audience know he is still talking through his blog and not directly to them.

Whilst we wanted a certain comical undertone we wanted to Martin to be a sympathetic character for the audience. Ryan Goslings nuanced performance in Lars and the Real Girl was a particular inspiration for trying to achieve the dynamic of a lonely introvert looking for love who some in society would perceive as being odd, whilst endearing him to the audience.

Our Title sequence and 8-bit score can be likend to aspects of Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, which incorporates arcade game aesthetics into the diegesis of the film.

This compilation was a comical insight into how badly a dating video can end up, also, moustaches.