Whether its classic film noirs or contemporary noirs, all contain similar characteristics and conventions. In the film noirs that I have researched ( brick, double indemnity, sin city) I have discovered that the same characteristics have to occur in order to create a noir feel to the film. In our film we have included an anti hero character and a femme fatale type character, because these character components are a necessary characteristic to create the dark, sinister narrative just like that of brick and also sin city.
As well as this our film noir opening shows the introduction of a non linear film noir narrative, including flashbacks like those from double indemnity and also brick. This is also a strong noir characteristic as the non linear narrative is the main source of mystery, leading to the main enigma of the story. We created a non linear narrative in our noir opening as we thought, as well as having the correct characters, that creating the correct mood and enigma within the storyline is an important part, and is the main drawing point for the audience.
Even though we used these certain noir characteristics in order to create a contemporary noir piece, we didn’t keep it to the classic stylistics, as we thought it was best to challenge the norm for noir characteristics in order to keep the narrative modern and interesting to the audience.
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
The main characters in the opening are British white teenagers around the age of 18. The storyline of the film focuses on violence, drugs and deceit. As the characters are of this age, we agreed that the issues faced in the narrative are issues that are faced by real people of a similar age in Britain. This backs up the stereotype people base around the British youth, and so it creates a believable film narrative, this added with the noir characteristics, creates a film that 16-24 year olds ( the main cinema going audience) may find interesting and may also find they can relate to, increasing the bond between the storyline and the audience.
What kind of media institutions might distribute your film noir?
Film institution's -role play script
hey you know our film noir production? what kind of film company do you think would distribute our contemporary noir?
well i have been thinking about this. i think we need to focus on british based film companies for example film four.
ok i see but why british companies and why film four?
well because our film looks at british culture, it would be more popular with film four as it is a company which broadcasts a lot of low budget british films just like our film "billl"
ok that makes sense? but where would our film get a cinema audience?
well because our film is low budget it is unlikely to get aired at a large cinema chain such as cinieworld. because of this, i think our film would be shown at smaller, independant cinemas, such as ipswich film theatre , at a lower cost.
ahh i get you but how would you get it aired at independent cinemas?
well i would show our film at film festivals such as Edinburgh film festival and rain dance film festival which focus on independent british films. we would also put our film into film competitions in order to get the sponsorship to air it at cinemas.
ok im starting to understand. but hang on what about film classifications.
well now you mention it our production would follow the rules of the british board of film classification, and so with the content included would be classified at a 15 or 18 rating.
oohh i get it now so to summarise you would start by showing your independent british films at film festivals in order to gain acknowledgement and financial support. then with that sponsorship you would take your film to small cinemas around britain, as the british independent market would be the best fit for your film.
yes ! precisely.
Who would be the audience for your media product?
The main audience we would focus on is the 16-24 year old age range, we have chosen this age range and statistics show that these ages are the highest cinema going population within Britain, and so by aiming our film at that age range we are immediately increasing our film audience.
According the BBFC ( British board of classification) we would have to edit the content in order to be able to be viewed by this age range, to do this we would have to moderate the violence, language and drug use in order to create a “safer” film to be watched by a wider variety of ages.
The technologies we used
Preproduction
For our preproduction we used technologies such as youtube, google, Flickr in order to collect visual media to use on our blogs, we also used communicative technologies such as MSN, emails, face book and mobile phones in order to keep in contact and to also decide on filming and coursework group dates.
Production:
In production we used:
A canon HV30 tape camera -to record our footage
a velbon tri-pod to aid the steadiness of the shots we took
YOGA supercardiod shotgun microphone- to record the sound we needed, eg diegetic dialogue sound effects etc
300W laniro lights with sliders- in order to create a good lighting effect.
Post production:
Final cut pro- to edit the shots together, also to add music, sound and effects onto shots
Motion- a software in which we created our opening production titles
Logic sound booth- to record our voiceover for our final opening piece
The differences between the preliminary task and the opening piece
From filming the preliminary sequence to filming the final opening sequence I have come across many differences. The first preliminary exercise we filmed was very basic, using basic shots, basic dialogue and again very basic editing, it was mostly just a way to get used to the equipment and a way of also taking part in working as a group, to help us understand what is involved with working as a group. In contrast the final opening sequence was a complex process, not only did we hone our filming skills, but we also increased our skills in the editing field, in title creation and also in artistic insight in order to create a good opening sequence.
My main role within the shoot was the art director/ actress and under this title I completed the film storyboard, wrote out the group script in correct format, and also acted, along with these large parts I also helped with camera work, lighting and preparation which included location searching, props, and dialogue.
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