Friday, May 11, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Main Task - Post Production - Diary Entry
After all of the filming has been completed, then it was now time to complete the editing process. Throughout the duration of the filming we came across a couple of problems, these problems were, that one of the actors was unable to pronounce some of the words that were in the script therfore we had to alter on the spot, then after the filming alter the script on the scribd. One of the other problems was that the light was still to bright at the time we intended to film in the first place, therefore we had to wait longer to start filming, resulting in the actor which was playing the villain having other plans and needing to leave the setting early than expected. The way we resolved this was by filming the part with the villian in first.
Overall the filming was a success because we were able to complete all of the scenes and we were able to do some second and third takes of shots to select from a range choosing the best angle or lighting.
Overall the filming was a success because we were able to complete all of the scenes and we were able to do some second and third takes of shots to select from a range choosing the best angle or lighting.
Preliminary Task - Diary Entry
Once as a class we were set this production, we were then put into the groups by the teachers. I was completing the production with Michael Raucci, once assigned into the groups we had to come up with a basic idea on what we wanted the production to be about.
Our Idea was about a young child has had to deal with his mother dying at a early stage in his life, he needs to go and see a therapist to help him through this event but one time when he visit the therapist something strange happens.
After all of the filming was completed and the production was successful, and after facing some problems along the way such as actors not be able to act and cameras being unavailable, when then went on to complete the evaluation.
Our Idea was about a young child has had to deal with his mother dying at a early stage in his life, he needs to go and see a therapist to help him through this event but one time when he visit the therapist something strange happens.
After all of the filming was completed and the production was successful, and after facing some problems along the way such as actors not be able to act and cameras being unavailable, when then went on to complete the evaluation.
Monday, March 5, 2012
Main task - Pre Production - Recce
Below are some pictures just recently took for our Recce.
The images show inside the house, which is where it will start. Some of the pictures will then show the street that the two detectives walk through. And finally there is some pictures of the Alley way where it finishes.
The first few images show the room where Detective Dixon and Detective Miles will have their conversation at the start. Currently in the images the room looks modern, but we will try our best to give it some kind of old fashioned feel.
The images show inside the house, which is where it will start. Some of the pictures will then show the street that the two detectives walk through. And finally there is some pictures of the Alley way where it finishes.
The first few images show the room where Detective Dixon and Detective Miles will have their conversation at the start. Currently in the images the room looks modern, but we will try our best to give it some kind of old fashioned feel.
Main Task - Pre Production - Risk Assessment
The two pictures below show the completed risk assessment for our Film Noir opening.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Pre Production - Target Audience
Different film genres have different target audiences. As I have looked at recent studies that people have completed, it appears to show that the age range of people that are interested are 40 to 80 year olds, the main reason why this is because this type of film was the type that this age range grew up watching throughout their childhood. On the other there is also a younger aged audience interested in Film Noir for the reasons of gaining a better understanding of what the movie concept was in the 1940's, from uderstanding lifestyles and how the criminal underworld has been portrayed from then, to now.
The target gender is aimed towards males, this is distinguished by the entire planning, making and history of film noir, an example of this which attracts males is an attractive femme fatal. Another reason for the male audience is that the basic Film Noir plot is based around the ciminal underworld and the cases that a detective has tov complete and the tasks ahead.
The target gender is aimed towards males, this is distinguished by the entire planning, making and history of film noir, an example of this which attracts males is an attractive femme fatal. Another reason for the male audience is that the basic Film Noir plot is based around the ciminal underworld and the cases that a detective has tov complete and the tasks ahead.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Main Task - Pre Production - Props and Costumes
Props
In our production our villain Bruno will be using the gun as the weapon to kill his undercover accomplice which is secertly feeding him information from the detective cases so that he doesn't get caught. This is also a convention for villains because they are the ones which usally use the weapons as a threat.
Here are some examples of possible guns to be used;
The male character in a typical Film Noir production is normally wearing a long trench coat and a shirt and tie with one of the following detective hats
In our production our villain Bruno will be using the gun as the weapon to kill his undercover accomplice which is secertly feeding him information from the detective cases so that he doesn't get caught. This is also a convention for villains because they are the ones which usally use the weapons as a threat.
Here are some examples of possible guns to be used;
These three guns follow the Film Noir genre as revolvers and small side arms were used frequently in fire fights or murders. However, a revolver seems like the likely choice as it does add to the effect of a villain such as ours by having such a costly weapon.
In the opening scene, other props such as a clock and papers placed on the desk will be used. Also, an additional lamp maybe used to add to the office scene when the detectives are working on the case.
The male character in a typical Film Noir production is normally wearing a long trench coat and a shirt and tie with one of the following detective hats
The final character is our femme fatale. She will be wearing a skirt which fits the appearance of a conventional female character in a film noir production. Her appearance will be beautiful and striking to the audience which again fits the conventions. As important as the detectives and their hats, the femme fatale's hair needs to fit the 1940/50's look. Modern looks today are much different to those of the 40's and 50's. When preparing for filming these considerations for the femme fatale will be taken into account so that her appearance is what is expected of a female character in a film noir production. Below are some examples of dress wear and hair styles;
Monday, February 27, 2012
Main Task - Production - Plot
Characters
Detective – Dixon (Detective Dixon)
Assistant Detective – Miles (Detective Miles)
Femme Fatale (Glamorous Girl) – Lola
Villain – Bruno
Plot
Detective Dixon and Miles are working on a series of murder cases that are all linked to the infamous “Bruno”. No matter how hard they try, whenever they get close to finding evidence against the murderer he always seems to slip away. It could be coincidence or just the criminal mind overpowering the detective’s skills. The truth of the murders is closer than he imagines and is right under his nose without realising.
Dixon follows Miles on a bleak night to distant alleyway. Miles meets a shadowy figure – the criminal, Bruno. Muffled words are all that the detective can hear from the conversation, without warning a gunshot is heard and all that is left is Miles’ body left to die. Dixon runs towards Miles’ body. As he reaches for his body to comfort his fallen detective, a glamorous femme fatale appear from the darkness because the beckoning gunshot drew her towards her fallen fiancé.
Mile’s dying words share his loves for his fiancé and the recognition of his caring detective Dixon. His final last words are “I’m so sorry Dixon, I’ve let you down.” This perplexes Dixon, leaving him and Miles’ fiancé wondering what his late detective meant by this.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Similar Product - Questionnaire Results
This is showing the amount of people that had taken part in my questionnaire, and the age range in which are that had watched Film Noir. All of the people which I had asked had at least watched on Film Noir either in their own time or when they are studing it at school. These results have given me a better understinding of the target audience of Film Noir.
In conclusion the ages in which watch Film Noir or have a least seen a Film Noir production are between the ages of 15 - 30 and 50+, this is realistic because most Film Noir was at its peak in 1940's, which means that people over the age of 50 will have seen productions with such actors as Humphery Bogart, but as the result show that most of the people asked are 15 - 30, this could mean that these people are either in education studying Media or Film.
This is from the same set of results but on a different topic, this is showing what gender of people watch Film Noir, In these results it shows that the majority of people are male that have either seen a Film Noir production are watch Film Noir, this is possibly because most of the plot line of Film Noirs are Crime, which attracts to the male audience, but on the other hand some of the Film Noirs can be about romance which then attracts to the female audience. That is why the result are close because there are different sub-genres in Film Noir to suit the target auidences needs.
This is showing what sort of people watch Film Noirs, In this situation their are two outstanding results that have been collected and these are that people which are under the section of B and C1 are the most people which have seen or watch Film Noir.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Main Task - Diary Entry 2
Once we had completed the initial brainstorming ideas then that aloud us to decides on the characters that we wish to have in the production and who is going to portray them, the props which are going to be used in all of the scene and the locations which will be best for the ideas which we had agreed on.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Main Task - Diary Entry 1
We have just been given ther project of completing a Film Noir production, once we had joined my group with Luke Ayres and Ryan Denney then it was time to decide some basic ideas on what our production plot was going to be.
The ideas that we had come up with are as follows:
The ideas that we had come up with are as follows:
- Basic scene with some action
- Detective case
- Villian
- A unfaithful assisstant
- Dramatic scene to create a different effect and different emotions
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Similar Products - Film Noir Posters
All of these posters show the main characters in the film, and some of these posters show
some of the well known actors in film noir. Also on the film noir posters all of the information
which is most important for the viewers to notice and in this case it is the Titles of the films,
and the next important piece is the actors and this is what attracts some viewers to watch
the film.
Similar Products - 3 Film Noir Opening Scenes
Sunset Boulevard
This Film uses many of the main conventions of film noir and this is shown in opening sequence, for example the credits at the start instead of end are main feature of this genre. Also the tradition USA setting is shown as Hollywood is the setting. The films opening starts off by using a tradition film noir detective and police theme this is shown when a big crime is taken place, this is immediately shown. Another is that there is just one shot at the beginning showing the titles of the film, this would look good in my production because it is traditional feature.
Double Identity
From the opening of this film shows us a detective figure straight away and this is a main convention of the genre. This opening doesn't give much narrative to the audience just makes us think whats happening, where we see a very conventionally lit film noir opening with the main features. The lighting would be considered to use in my own projects e.g. street lights.
Touch of Evil
This Film noir opening is very conventional like the other using long trench coats, old cars and dark lighting. This opening is also different how it uses one long shot and grips us as we are shown with a bomb and an explosion between the both you are hooked and want to know when it goes off and why he does it. The feature I like most is the shadows used to portray how evil the villain is.
This Film uses many of the main conventions of film noir and this is shown in opening sequence, for example the credits at the start instead of end are main feature of this genre. Also the tradition USA setting is shown as Hollywood is the setting. The films opening starts off by using a tradition film noir detective and police theme this is shown when a big crime is taken place, this is immediately shown. Another is that there is just one shot at the beginning showing the titles of the film, this would look good in my production because it is traditional feature.
Double Identity
From the opening of this film shows us a detective figure straight away and this is a main convention of the genre. This opening doesn't give much narrative to the audience just makes us think whats happening, where we see a very conventionally lit film noir opening with the main features. The lighting would be considered to use in my own projects e.g. street lights.
Touch of Evil
This Film noir opening is very conventional like the other using long trench coats, old cars and dark lighting. This opening is also different how it uses one long shot and grips us as we are shown with a bomb and an explosion between the both you are hooked and want to know when it goes off and why he does it. The feature I like most is the shadows used to portray how evil the villain is.
Similar Products - 5 Film Noir Plots
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The story, set in '50s Hollywood, focuses on Norma Desmond, a silent-screen goddess whose pathetic belief in her own indestructibility has turned her into a demented recluse. The crumbling Sunset Boulevard mansion where she lives with only her butler, Max who was once her director and husband has become her self-contained world. Norma dreams of a comeback to pictures and she begins a relationship with Joe Gillis, a small-time writer who becomes her lover, that will soon end with murder and total madness.
Double Indemnity (1944)
In 1938, Walter Neff, an experienced salesman of the Pacific All Risk Insurance Co., meets the seductive wife of one of his clients, Phyllis Dietrichson, and they have an affair. Phyllis proposes to kill her husband to receive the proceeds of an accident insurance policy and Walter devises a scheme to receive twice the amount based on a double indemnity clause. When Mr. Dietrichson is found dead on a train-track, the police accept the determination of accidental death. However, the insurance analyst and Walter's best friend Barton Keyes does not buy the story and suspects that Phyllis has murdered her husband with the help of another man.
The Third Man (1949)
An out of work pulp fiction novelist, Holly Martins, arrives in a post war Vienna divided into sectors by the victorious allies, and where a shortage of supplies has lead to a flourishing black market. He arrives at the invitation of an ex-school friend, Harry Lime, who has offered him a job, only to discover that Lime has recently died in a peculiar traffic accident. From talking to Lime's friends and associates Martins soon notices that some of the stories are inconsistent, and determines to discover what really happened to Harry Lime.
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Spade and Archer is the name of a San Francisco detective agency. That's for Sam Spade and Miles Archer. The two men are partners, but Sam doesn't like Miles much. A knockout, who goes by the name of Miss Wanderly, walks into their office; and by that night everything's changed. Miles is dead. And so is a man named Floyd Thursby. It seems Miss Wanderly is surrounded by dangerous men. There's Joel Cairo, who uses gardenia-scented calling cards. There's Kasper Gutman, with his enormous girth and feigned civility. Her only hope of protection comes from Sam, who is suspected by the police of one or the other murder. More murders are yet to come, and it will all be because of these dangerous men -- and their lust for a statuette of a bird: the Maltese Falcon.
Les Diaboliques (1955)
The wife and mistress of a sadistic boarding school headmaster plot to kill him. They drown him in the bathtub and dump the body in the school's filthy swimming pool... but when the pool is drained, the body has disappeared - and subsequent reported sightings of the headmaster slowly drive his 'killers' (and the audience) up the wall with almost unbearable suspense...
Information from: http://www.imdb.com/chart/filmnoir
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Similar Products - Conventions of Film Noir
The most obvious convention of Film Noir is that the picture has to be in a Black and White format. Other conventions can be put into different sections such as the following: Costume, Lighting, Characters/Actors, Location and Camera Angles/Shots.
Costumes is important because help to define Film Noir such as Male actors wear a hat and a coat and most of them smoke as shown in this picture.
On the other hand the Female actor needs to be attractive and that they are wearing glamourous clothing because this is a common convention of Film Noirs that they are attractive and stand out from everyone else, as shown in the other picture below.
The Lighting is an important Film Noir convention because it is known that there needs to be as little amount of light as possible to gain the maximum effect of the film, but you need the lighting in some parts of the scene to show the most important aspects of this scene.
The Location of the Film Noir needs to be in a city location as some of the main genres of Film Noir are Crime, Corruption and this isn’t a normal representation for this to happen in the countryside, whereas the city is a big built up place where crime and corruption is going to happen in a typical Film Noir production.
Finally the Camera work is one of the most important factors of Film Noir because it can help project what is going on in the best possible way, this is portrayed using such angles as Low angle, High angle, Dutch Tilt and wide angle shots, also there are ways in which camera skills and lighting work together because if in the right position this can cause silhouettes to appear and this is also a convention in Film Noir.
Costumes is important because help to define Film Noir such as Male actors wear a hat and a coat and most of them smoke as shown in this picture.
The Lighting is an important Film Noir convention because it is known that there needs to be as little amount of light as possible to gain the maximum effect of the film, but you need the lighting in some parts of the scene to show the most important aspects of this scene.
The Location of the Film Noir needs to be in a city location as some of the main genres of Film Noir are Crime, Corruption and this isn’t a normal representation for this to happen in the countryside, whereas the city is a big built up place where crime and corruption is going to happen in a typical Film Noir production.
Finally the Camera work is one of the most important factors of Film Noir because it can help project what is going on in the best possible way, this is portrayed using such angles as Low angle, High angle, Dutch Tilt and wide angle shots, also there are ways in which camera skills and lighting work together because if in the right position this can cause silhouettes to appear and this is also a convention in Film Noir.
Similar Products - What is Film Noir
Film Noir is French for the words Black Cinema, Film Noir was first founded during the post war years becuase of a select amount of hollywood films which included an amount of darkness and cynicism that had never been seen before. Most of the Film Noirs are based around the sub genres of Sex, Crime and Corruption.
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