Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Question 1 Draft
In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
We have quite a few conventions of film noirs in our film
but we have also went out for our noir to be unique but have enough conventions
to show that our film is a noir just a little different. Film Noir’s were most
popular in the years of 1940s and 50s when film and television were in black
and white and as we wanted our film to be a classic noir rather than a neo
noir, we when editing made our film black and white to add to the classic ways
of film noirs. In many film noirs, someone is murdered in the opening sequence
which we were sure to follow suit to, for example in the film Destination
murder in which an old man is killed with a gun and in our film Donald is
murdered in the opening scene. Guns are the most conventional weapons in film
noirs but we went against conventions and used a big heavy rock, as we did not
have a gun available so we used what was available in the mise en scene. Due to
the time periods of film noirs the music tends to be quite jazzy and in our
opening scene we used some jazzy music to follow along with the conventions and
to set the scene of the films genre. Typical costumes worn in film noirs are
fedora hats and suits, we followed this to some extent as in the interview
scene our detective is wearing a fedora that we obtained from the college, we
could not get our hands on a suit that was nt a prom suit so we tried our best
with a shirt and trousers. Trench coats are big in film noirs and we managed to
get some for two of our actors so we followed the conventions of costume pretty
well apart from the character Rex who wore pretty modern clothing, which was a
definite fault. In our opening scene we did not introduce the femme fatale as
the femme fatale more as the killer who later would have been discovered to be
the femme fatale and the audience not knowing she was the killer at the
beginning, this fits into the conventions that the femme fatale is the
killer/bad guy but is not shown as the femme fatale so our film did not fit
into the conventions. Flashbacks are a very conventional in film noirs for
example in the film The Walking Hills a flashback is used to show what had
happened when a game of poker got violent and one of them ended up dead, in our
film a flash back is used to show and argument over the treatment of Donalds
wife which turns violent and we find out that Donald has ended up dead. The
setting of our film is supposed to be an alleyway type scene as it conventional
for film noirs for scenes to be set in alleyways but we could not find a
alleyway so we had to make do with the back of the cinema which looks a bit
like an alley way so we followed the conventions to some extent and it looks
quite believable that it is what it is supposed to be.
Question 2 draft
How does your media product represent particular social
groups?
We challenge the gender
stereotypes of the men being dominant and the women being the passive gender.
We do this as although we do not get to see the killer we do however get to see
that she is a woman. It is also shown by the woman killer holds a heavy rock
above her head before smacking Donald over the head with it, which woman
stereotypically do not lift heavy objects. Although the characters Rex and
Donald followed the conventions of the men being dominant as they were arguing
and being all boisterous and aggressive. Stereotypically both genders used to
smoke heavily and everyone did it, in our film because not a single person
smoked so we did not have anyone smoking in our film which went against
conventions and stereotypes.
This links to the target
audience of middle aged to elderly men as they can remember the olden days when
men were the more dominant and how they grew up watching film noirs as a child
and more generally when they were younger. The target audience will be able to
relate to the film as they have seen and experienced how the people in the film
act and their personality as that is what the audience would have been like or
the people they knew would have been like.
We did not show the
representation of race due to us only knowing white people who were willing to
act. All of our characters are represented as middle class due to the costumes
of them being shirts and ties and we find out that one of the characters is a
detective which is regarded to be quite a middle class and respectable job.
Although we went against stereotypes that the
middle class are well spoken and well mannered as in one of the scenes we had
some of the characters arguing and shouting, the character Rex then swore which
is a lower class manner of speech.
We represented sexuality with
the use of heterosexual relationships which also links into gender as
stereotypically the men are the more dominant partner and this is shown with
the use of narrative as we learn Donald was an abuse man who beat and abused
his fiancee Kathy, and the woman partner tend to be the more passive partner
and would let this abuse happen. Although the tables turn and Kathy becomes the
dominant character and murders Donald.
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
Shooting schedule
Shooting schedule from jacobegan
This is our shooting schedule which features a few of the camera shots which will be used in our sequence, this explains what happens in the scene along with the attire and props used in the scene. Giving an idea of what the scene will look like before seeing the actual sequence itself.
This is our shooting schedule which features a few of the camera shots which will be used in our sequence, this explains what happens in the scene along with the attire and props used in the scene. Giving an idea of what the scene will look like before seeing the actual sequence itself.
Record of meetings
Record of Meetings
Meeting #1 – 24th January
Started the storyboard for our film, discussed before hand the ideas for our film.
Meeting #2 – 6th February
Discussed our initial ideas, what exactly we wanted to happen in our film and how we would shoot it.
Meeting #3 – 1st March
Completed the props list so we knew who needed what in the scenes.
Meeting #4 – 6th March
Discussed the call sheet, where we would shoot our film and at what time. Also what props would be needed for each character present.
Meeting #5 – 7th March
Filmed our rough cut, edited it down to a 1:12 clip.
Meeting #6 – 20th March
Filmed our final cut, edited it down to be the right amount of time for a sequence.
This shows how our work developed, with different stages illustrating how far along we were with our sequence. Step by step method of getting to the final product.
Institutional Ident
Dimension films are a film studio that create a lot of film noirs. We are using Dimension films to produce our film as they are recognised for producing successful Noirs in the past.
Recce shots
Recce shots from jacobegan
These photographs show the place in which we shot our final cut, where the murder takes place and also the argument before hand.
These photographs show the place in which we shot our final cut, where the murder takes place and also the argument before hand.
Prelim
This is the preliminary task that we did at the start of the course, it helped develop skills that we used in the Final cut.
Friday, 22 March 2013
Example of titles
This is an example of the titles which could be used on our sequence, our production company would be used along side the logo we created using photoshop.
Thursday, 14 March 2013
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
Production logo
Friday, 1 March 2013
Company logo
This will be our company logo, we came up with the name silhouette studios as silhouettes/shadows play a big role in film noir, this seemed the most appropriate image to use on our logo as they are used so often in the films.
Risk assessment
Risk Assessment
Scene - Alleyway
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As we will be filming outside all members of the cast and crew will need to be cautious of the surroundings, the filming location will need to be checked for anything which could be a hazard, thinks such as broken glass etc. Also we do not want any other people in our film so we will need to be weary of others around of us.
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Scene - Pub
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We will need to ask permission from the owners of the pub to begin filming in their building. The same applies outside as it does to inside, we do not want any extras in our scene so we will need to inform anyone in the pub that we are filming so we do not get anyone in the background. The area will have to be checked for any hazards such as slippery floors or glass lying around, the area for the tripod must be flat so the filming does not come out unprofessional.
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Scene - Bedroom
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When filming in the bedroom the same precautions have to be taken, any hazards in the area will have to be dealt with in order for the filming to take place safely.
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Battery Life
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When filming at locations we will need to make sure the camera is fully charged so it does not hinder our filming.
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Weather
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When filming (especially outside) we will need to be weary of the weather as the rain could damage the camera.
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Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Friday, 15 February 2013
Treatment Sheet
Film noir opening sequence
TREATMENT SHEET
2013 By Daniel, Liam and Jacob.
Contents
Story Outline…………2
Castlist…………2
Overview…………2
Outline…………2
Synopsis…………3
Technical Information…………3
Props…………3
Costumes…………4
Locations…………4
Cast list
Witness
(Reginald): James Brewer
Detective (Timothy): Kyle
Femme fatale/murderer (Kathy):
Holly Barker
Murdered man (Donald): Daniel West
Who Donald Argues with (Rex): Sam
Forster
Larry the bartender: Liam
Overview of story
Donald has cheated on and abused
his girlfriend Kathy and she is out for revenge. Donald and Rex have been
arguing about his treatment of Kathy and are witnessed by Reginald making Rex
the prime suspect of the murder.
Outline of opening Film Noir
sequence
Beginning- Canted angle- Match and
action of Donald carrying Kathy over to the bed as they walk through the door,
POV shot of Donald throwing Kathy on to the bed, a long shot through the peep
hole at Kathy grabbing Donald by the tie and shooting him in the torso. Zooms
out from the peephole to show close up of sign on door – 69 Honeymoon Suite,
‘Suite’ melts away and ‘Revenge’ slaps where it was. Title sequence – ‘Honeymoon
Revenge’
Middle- Bar scene- Shot reverse
shot- Reginald talking to Timothy about murder, Cross cut to dead body in
bedroom-Various POVs from detective as detectives take pictures of the crime
scene, various close ups show bullet wound and blood, as this scene goes on a
narrative plays over of the witness speaking (Reginald) who is speaking to the
detective (Timothy) Flashing of cameras leads into flashback
End- Flashback- Long POV shot-
Witness walks past alleyway and overhears Donald and Rex arguing about Donald’s
mistreatment of Kathy, Rex storms off and bumps into Reginald
Synopsis
‘Kathy’ is newly wed wife forced
into marriage by her cheating, abusive husband Donald. She longs to escape the
relationship that controls her.
One day she finally decides to
free herself from the oppressive Donald and on the day of her honeymoon does
the unthinkable and shoots Donald and leaves his body in the bed of their
suite.
When the detective comes to talk
to the witness it is discovered that Donald was abusive and cheating and that
Kathy had a motive.
Technical information
Set – 1940s
Location- Hartlepool, Liam’s house
(Blackhall)
Rating- 15
Sequence running time- 2-3 minutes
Props Needed
Gun
Cameras
Costumes
Kathy will be wearing a white dress
and red lipstick as it is conventional of a femme fatale.
Donald will be wearing a suit and
tie and be smartly dressed.
Larry will be wearing a shirt and
an apron, as he is a bartender.
The detectives will all be wearing
suits and fedoras.
Rex will wear a trench coat, shirt
and trousers.
Locations
We would like to have a lot of shots
in alleyways. We also would like to have it in a bar and in a bedroom.
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