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Final Film Noir

Evaluation Presentation

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Institutional research

Independent film maker - Julie Angel, as she specialises in documentaries, action movies and art films. If the film was fully developed we would choose Julie as she has 7 years of experience where she has created a wide range of different films. This would be useful when fully producing the film to make it more professional and modern as Julie specialises in the creation of modern films. Julie has also worked on national and internantional commercial advertisements for well known brands such as 'Nokia' and 'Canon'

http://www.julieangel.com/Julie_Angel_home_page.html

Shooting Schedule

Monday 1st March 2010 - Rachel walking through burn valley and towards college (office building in film)

Wednesday 3rd March 2010 - Amy walking down corridor and into room

Thursday 4th March 2010 -Scene with Amy and dead body in room, then rachel and amy dragging body out of the room.

When shooting the film noir I the room changed that we shot the office in from a large room into a small music studio room within the college, I changed these because the smaller room seemed to be a better office room and it fit in better with the whole mise-en-scene which is one of the aspects I controlled during the creation of this film noir opening sequence.

Prelimenary task

Before we began creating the film noir opening sequence we created a prelimenary task, in order to experiment with all elements of making a film including; camera, editing, sound, mise-en-scene and the story line.

Film Noir Rough Draft

This is the rough draft of the film noir opening sequence.

How i Created the film logo

I created this logo which represents a production company that made this opening sequence. The screen shot of the photoshop window shows how i created the logo using adobe photoshop.

Character shots in costume

I have taken these shots from the footage to show the characters in the full costumes i chosen as part of my work choosing the mise-en-scene for the opening sequence.

the shot on the left shows Amy's character in the cardigan, denim shirt and black trousers that i chose for her character, additionally in the left image the character on the right hand side is Jen's character in the black trousers, boots and blazer jacket chosen for her character, these have been chosen in order to reflect the business environment that is the setting for the Film Noir.

The shot on the right shows my character in the black mac, black trousers and black brogue shoes chosen for my character.

Production logo

This is the logo that I created using Microsoft clip art and Adobe Photoshop.

Storyboard

This is the animatic storyboard that we created to help us develop our story line and shooting ideas, also to make sure the story line follows on continuously

Script and shot details.

Soundtrack starts

Frame 1: Amy walking down corridor (diegetic footstep noise)

Frame 2: Amy walking down corridor (diegetic footstep noise)

Frame 3: Shadow going through doors (diegetic door noise)

Frame 4: Extreme Close up of blood pool (soundtrack speeds up)

Frame 5: Zooms out to reveal part of body

Frame 6: Zooms out further to reveal full body

Frame 7: Medium close up of hand on door handle

Frame 8: Medium close up of door opening

Frame 9: Shot of Amy walking in doorway

Frame 10: Canted angle wide shot of Amy and body

Frame 11: Shot of Amy pouring a drink out

Frame 12: Shot of Amy on phone

Amy: Another worker has been killed, someone is onto us. This needs to stop now.

Frame 13: Extreme close up of phone to Rachel’s ear

Frame 14: Medium shot of Rachel on phone

Rachel: Okay, I’ll be over in a minute, don’t let any customers know.

Frame 15: Pan left to right of Rachel walking through trees

Frame 16: Tracking shot from behind of Rachel walking into room.

Frame 17: Shot of Rachel getting into car (diegetic car door noise)

Film Noir Title and Sypnosis

Title: Illegal Affairs

Sypnosis: When the women working for a secret highly illegal business begin to be killed, Amy fears that somebody knows that her business holds more secrets than anybody would believe; and she begins to become afraid that she will be next.

Film Noir List

Props List

Chair, 2x mobile phone, car,desk, chair,office room,

Actors List

Rachel Noddings - Rachel

Amy Adair - Amy

Jen Newcombe - Jen (Dead body)

Costumes List

Amy - Denim shirt and black trousers.

Rachel - Mac coat, black trousers and black brogue shoes.

Jen - Black trousers, boots and a blazer jacket.

Locations list

Small room within college ( to make look like a small office space)

college entrance doors

Burn valley Gardens

Corridors within college (darkly lit)

Aspects of production

Rachel Noddings - sound

Rachel Noddings - Mise-en-scene

Alex Robinson - Camera

Alex Robinson - Editing

Initial Ideas Mindmap

Film Noir Target audience research

Film Noir Target Audience Research

Most classical film noirs dated between 1940’s and late 1950’s are rated between a PG and ages 12, whereas modern day film-noirs are mostly rated between 12 and 18.

A film that is rated 12 is allowed no strong references to drugs, discrimination or gory violence is allowed. A small amount of horror, dangerous behaviour, strong language, nudity, sex and mature violent themes are allowed, as long as they are not glamorised or do not act influential on the audience.

A film that is rated 15 is allowed discriminating behaviour if it does not endorse discriminating behaviour or language. Drugs and dangerous behaviour is acceptable, however easily accessible objects cannot be glamorised. Strong language, nudity, sex, these and violence are accepted if the storyline does not dwell around these topics strongly.

A 18 rated film is the highest general film rating, therefore most topics and storylines are acceptable at this rating.

For our film-noir project we have decided to create a rated 15 film, as most characteristics of a film are accepted. Furthermore our opening sequence project will not have a strong reference to any topics which could change the rating to an 18.

Film Noir Genre Research

Film Noir Genre Research

The term ‘Film Noir’ was initially used by the French film critic; Nino Frank in 1946. He created this coinage in order to describe the repeating themes of a film noir such as dark storylines, crime, alcohol, illegal businesses, murders and detectives. Between the 1940’s and the late 1950’s is the time where most classical film noirs were released. However it is suggested that crime films before the Second World War such as Fury (1936) and You Only Live Once (1937) contributed to the cynical attitude which is now a well known characteristic of a film noir. The negative attitude of these crime films resulted in the reoccurring features that became more predominant once the Second World War ended; more downbeat films were made in America such as; The Maltese Falcon (1941), Murder, My Sweet (1944) and Double Indemnity (1944).

The highest rated film noir according to the Internet Movie Database is Sunset Boulevard, which was released in 1950.

Individual analysis of an opening sequence of a similar media text

For the next task we need to analyse an opening of a Film-noir, i chosen to analyse the opening sequence of 'Se7en'.

This is the link to the sequence that i analysed from the start of the opening until 4 minutes and 9 seconds.

As the scene opens we see that a smart man is getting ready in his home, as the camera follows him we see him tie his tie through a mirror shot, which is a typical component of a typical film noir. As Somerset continues to get dressed, the audience is given small details about his character such as his smartness and tidiness by the way the objects he needs to take to work are neatly lined up, and due to how he picks fluff off his suit jacket before putting it on. There is ambient noise from the street, including traffic noise which is suggestive that this film is set in an urban area such as a city, which is reflective of the complexity of the film's story line.

The scene then cuts to a dimly lit room where the camera tilts from the bottom of the dead body upwards to reveal the full body on the floor. A detective describes how the murder happened asynchronously as the camera does not focus on him while he speaks which could represent how the theory

he has thought of is unimportant to Somerset, due to the way he questions where the child was, while the other

detectives seem to be uninterested in this. This could mirror how Somerset could easily be associated with a typical

film noir hero, whereas the other police seem morally questionable.

The new detective; Mills enters the scene looking vulnerable and lost, he also contrasts with Somerset as he is

wearing a leather jacket and a casually tied tie, whereas Somerset is wearing a hat and a smartly pressed suit.

The camera tracks the two characters outside, the setting is a dismal street with bins and rubbish bags visible, it is

also raining which correlates with typical icons in a classical film noir, other classic film noir characteristics present are the

dim lighting, even though the time is outside in the day,the theme remains to be pessimistic and hopeless.

Somerset suggests going to a bar for a drink which is a typical label of a crime detective, however Mills declines

this invitation which suggests that he also cares about the truth in crimes.

The scene then finally cuts to Somerset sitting in his bed at home, the scene uses low key lighting as the frame zooms

into his face to reveal his exposed emotions, as the ticking pendulum in his room ticks to iconise suspense.

The frame then cuts to the films opening credits.

Identify the characteristics of film noir

First Blog

We are creating the opening sequence to a film noir in Media Studies, to create this I am working with Alex Robinson.