Gemini Video

This is my preliminary task video- Gemini

Film Noir- Research

For our media production we have been set the task to film a 'Film Noir' production. The style of the genre is usually a hollywood crime drama and we decided to follow this convention and use it for our production as it makes our production stand out clearly as something in this genre.

Through reviewing and comparing over film Noir's we decided to base our production around 'Gun Crazy', this production is a 1950 film noir feature film starring Peggy Cummins and John Dall. This production is a story about the crime spree of a gun toting husband.

We wanted to follow along the lines of having a gang, who is being hunted down by a detective. These would typically follow conventional plot lines of a film noir production. Our production doesn't have a husband and wife but does have a gang leader and femme fatale that mildly link to these roles. however the main thing we took from this production is the gang culture.

From watching this clip,It emphasised the fact that hwe would need a femme fatale for our production. We decided to dress our film noir like that in this production, our femme fatale crystal is wearing a glamorous dress that makes her look elegant and dominant. Also from looking at this we found that all male characters must be wearing suits. So this made us want to use a gang as in conventional american gangland most of the males wear suits that are similiar to the suits seen in film noir.

From looking at some pictures we found the location we would want to use in our production.

 

From looking at a range of film noir's we think a bar scene is best. We had our main character 'Tony' walk up to a booth where the femme fatale and gang member are sitting to discuss his missing drugs. We think this is conventional for the genre and provides a conventional storyline with a slight twist in it as seen in our production.

Film Noir- Production Contribution

My production contributions are:

• Editor of 1st draft 
• Cameraman
• Storyboard 
• Part Shot List 
• Part production Schedule
• Producer of our production

Our group has worked well together and split roles equally giving everyone a fair chance to get good marks. This works well as everybody has similar amounts to do so isn't under as much pressure to get things done. We were very organised and on point especially on production day as we knew exactly what we wanted to do so did it swiftly and effectively in just over an hour. We finished editing quite early as we knew exactly what shots were needed and i labelled them accordingly. Altogether I think we all gave similar contributions to the production. Some of the aspects i left to my team members Stephen and Sam as i was away on a school trip, such as the sound for the production and the completion of the second draft.

Film Noir- Montoya Downfall First Draft

Film Noir- Post Production- Diary entry 1

   So far we have completed our draft edit for our production and left some faults so that we can make some improvemtents for our final video. I have spent quite a bit of time editing due to the other two memebers in my team not knowing much about the editing software adobe premier pro, and because i've worked with the software in year 10 and 11 it seemed obvious that i would do the bulk of the editing.
At the moment we are waiting to upload it to youtube but it keeps on freezing on upload so we are going to try another method to make sure we have it up by tomorow.
   To do with the editing all I need to do now it to add the music to the film, as the sides have been reformatted already. This won't take long at all therefore I will complete it after I get back from the school trip I'm on this week

Film Noir- Evaluation

My evaluation. I'm not here next week so had to do it early.
Jake Howells Film Noir Evaluation

Film Noir- Diary Entry 7

Over the past few days I've been working on my evaluation, I've had to start it early as I'm not here for most of next week so It must be completed and on youtube by tuesday for me.
The problem with this is i can't get any feedback from the class on our product to add into my evaluation which may cause me to loose marks. However I'm going to include this in my evaluation so the examiner knows i couldn't get the feedback and wont lower my marks due to not having any

Film Noir- Risk Assessment

Below is the risk assessment for our production, uploaded late due to lack of time.

Page 1 risk assessment

Page 2 risk assessment

Film Noir- Shoot pictures/info

These pictures show us setting up on the day of production on location at Sawtry Workingman's Club.

Picture of one actor and two of our crew setting up for shoot.

Similiar to previous picture just from another angle showing us setting up.

Film Noir- Props and Costumes

Our femme fatale was played by Emily Read. She will be wearing a black dress 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, this is key to producing a realistic attempt of film noir, it will also allow the producers to follow the typical conventions of film noir.

In Order to follow the convetions of a film noir production we must follow the males character. For our production we used what most males who acted in film noir producitons would have be it cigarettes. This is key in gaining the typical 1940/1950 look.



We Also decided that it would be appropriate if our lead character tony montoya would wear a trench coat, we all agreed that this would make our film look like it was set in the 1940/1950s which is most off all what we wanted it too look like. These are appropriate as most male characters in film noir movies would be seen wearing one.

Preliminary Task- Diary entry

During production me and fellow student Raja often stayed behind after school to edit and improve our blogs to achieve maximum marks on it.
When editing me and Tom both worked on it together to make sure we didn't forget anything such as cuts between scenes or music. We also stayed behind a few times to finish editing as we didn't have enough school time to complete it.

Film Noir- Location Conformation Extra Task

We planned to film at Sawtry Workingman's Club and as I live nearby I went to the club to receive conformation to film. I asked the manager/owner to sign a slip saying we could film which showed them we are professional and not joking around.

Film Noir- Recce

Below are some shots taken out our filming location indicating what will be done when we film our production. The shots were taken before filming and the location was chosen by us after seeing it as a worthy place to film.

Mid shot of booth where Crystal will sit

   The shot above shows where we will film most of our production.

Opening shot

This shot is where we will establish the characters and where the detectives first voice over will occur.

Film Noir -Storyboards

Below are the storyboards for our animation Montoya Downfall, created by myself.

Film Noir- Diary Entry 6

Today I stayed behind after school to continue the editing on our film 'Montoya Downfall'. In lesson we arranged the clips we needed and began to edit our film but I stayed behind and have almost completed the editing for our first draft.
Tonight I will also be uploading our late recce as I keep on forgetting to upload it, along with the storyboards and filming conformation. Risk assessment will be up tomorrow as we didn't realize we needed conformation from Mr Sheppard our teacher.