Research-What films inspired ours?

During pre-production I researched a lot of Film Noir openings as part of my audience research. This meant I have now seen a lot of famous Film Noir openings which have definitely had an effect on our plot.

Iconic films that I would put into this category include:

Sunset Boulevard

&
Double Indemnity

&
Strangers on a Train

Obviously we made a list of common conventions such as mise-en-scene including props and setting from watching these openings. These were important to identify so that we could reach out to the target audience.

The inspiration for our main character was based on similar characters I had seen in other openings. A strong independent man, who works as a detective, and has a weakness for women and drink.

Trench coats are another common prop I have seen in Film Noirs an example is the main character in “The Killers” (1946), we chose to use this for our detective just an extra enhancement on his character.

New Actor Bio

We had some problems with actors getting to our set on the days we set to film therefore we made a snap decision to change the actors, fortunately this ended up working out well for us. Here are their bios.

RACHEL DUNN

16.

5ft 6”

Blonde hair

A member of Sawtry CC’s Drama Group.
Has acted in a drama group production.
Fitted our original portrayal of Carolina Corteaux well.

THOMAS HUGHES:

16.

5ft 11”

Blonde hair (long)

Has previous acting experience in his own chase video.
Tall, stocky, athletic build which fitted Julian’s character bio well.

Diary Entery

We have now begun the final editing stage. This will entail fixing the awful lighting and correcting the sound as well as added sound effects and background noise.

Film Noir - First Edit

Props and Costume

A City Shrouded. Props and Costume Requirements.

Diary Entry

We plan to re film some of our shots tonight, as they did not turn out how we planned the first time round.

Shot List

Tilt Up Shot of Eiffle Tower

Panning Wide Shot over Paris skyline during the day

Over Shoulder Shot of detective on a boat, on the river Sienne

Panning Wide Shot of Paris skyline at night

Long Shot of boat of Sienne at night

Medium Long Shot of detective walking down Parisian

Medium Close up/ Depth of Field Shot of Detective and Fem Fetal approuching around corner

Mid Shot as they talk in the street

Close up of them talking

Long Shot as Fem Fetal walks away

Rough Edit of Paris Shots

Risk Assessment

Storyboard