Follow Leader (2019)
A vivid exploration of the relationship between toxic male masculinity and the generational and psychological influences it has had on the filmmaker.
Completed On: 14 Apr, 2019
Duration: 7 min 0 sec
Genres: Experimental
Country: Canada
Director: Scott Daniel Johnson
Submitted By: Scott Johnson
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DirectorsScott Daniel Johnson
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ProducersScott Daniel Johnson
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WritersScott Daniel Johnson
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Production managerKristen Ward
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Production coordinatorMathew Love
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Camera OperatorScott JohnsonRemnants of Dog
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EditorScott Daniel Johnson
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Assistant editorJayson Marsachuck
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Sound recordistDavid Roman
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GripLucas Burlock
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Film TypeExperimental
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Genresgender identity,exoticism,discrimination,vignette,experimenal film,gender issues
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Runtime7 minutes 0 seconds
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Completion Date14 Apr, 2019
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Production Budget1000 USD
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Country of OriginCanada
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Country of FilmingCanada
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Film LanguageEnglish
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Shooting FormatFull HD
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Aspect Ratio16:19
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Film ColorColor
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Student ProjectNo
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First-time FilmmakerYes
World Film Carnival – Singapore(WFCS)
Singapore
Singapore
11/07/2020
Southeast Asia Premiere
Official Selection & Best Experimental Film
Festigious Los Angeles
United States
Hollywood Los Angeles, CA, USA
09/30/2020
Official Selection & Best Experimental Film
IndieX Film Fest
United States
Hollywood Los Angeles, CA, USA
09/19/2020
Official Selection, Best Experimental Short, Best Sound Mixing, Visual FX
Independent Shorts Awards
United States
Hollywood Los Angeles, CA, USA
09/13/2020
Official Selection, Best Experimental Short, Best Sound Design
FilmCon Awards
United States
Hollywood Los Angeles, CA, USA
09/08/2020
Official Selection, Best Experimental Film
Global Film Festival Awards
United States
Los Angeles, CA
09/04/2020
Official Selection, Best Experimental Film
Accolade Global Film Competition
United States
La Jolla, CA
08/25/2020
Award of Recognition and Merit - Experimental Film
Saskatchewan Independent Film Awards
Canada
Saskatoon, SK, CANADA
11/14/2019
Official Selection
Flamingo Film Festival
United States
Davie, FL
06/27/2019
Official Selection, Best Visual Effects
Living Skies Film Festival
Canada
Regina, SK, Canada
03/05/2019
North American Premiere
Official Selection, Viewers Choice Award
Cult Critic Movie Awards
India
Kolkata, Bengali Kalikata
Official Selection, Best Editing, Outstanding Achievement - Experimental Film
L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival
India
Kolkata, West Bengal
Official Selection & Best Experimental Film
Virgin Spring Cinefest
India
Kolkata, West Bengal
Official Selection & Silver Award - Experimental Film
Director's Biography
Scott Johnson is a multi-award winning filmmaker based in Regina Saskatchewan. He has worked on several features including, Hiestery, Mercy, and most recently Remnants of Dog all of which were shot entirely in Saskatchewan. He has won several awards in recent years. Some include Best Of Saskatchewan in 2018 at the Regina International Film Awards, viewers choice at the living skies film festival (2019), flamingo film festival in Florida, USA, Accolade, FilmCon Awards, IndieX Film Fest, and Festigious Los Angeles to name a few.
He has since gone on to write, shoot, and direct many films including a international award winning short titled Follow Leader in 2019.
Scott is set to direct a projected drama film entitled, Double Lives, which is being produced by Infinity Machine Films and slated to shoot in late 2020
Director's Statement
Scott Johnson is a Canadian filmmaker based in Regina Saskatchewan.
His work is driven by the need to challenge permeating philosophies and direct and signify avenues that we as people can follow in order to better ourselves as part of a diverse and multicultural society. His craft is constructed with a humanistic approach using elements involving, sociopolitical, philosophical, and psychological schools of thought and perspectives.
In particular, most of his films deal with issues of mental-disorder and trauma such as the suicide of a loved one, debilitating abnormalities, and coping strategies in regards to illness such as depression. My works also focus on individual anxiety that exists in our society such as gender anxiety and the crisis of masculinity that leads to violence and hate in our culture.
His perspective on filmmaking involves equal parts of an aesthetic form, intellectual involvement of the viewer, and the enjoyment factor. This ideology leads me to create strikingly different and engaging content from the mainstream. He is constantly striving to perfect and pursue different ideas and making use of memory, intelligence, and my general understanding of film theory and concepts.