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;

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;

Main Task - Production - Script (Draft 1)

Film Noir - Script

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.

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.







Preliminary Task - Evaluation

Preliminary Task - Video

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.