Film Noir- Diary Entry 3

Stephen has started on the shot list and production schedule, which we will finish tonight as we need to establish when we will be filming. Tonight I will also start the storyboards with Sam, Stephen isn't available due to work commitments.

Film Noir- Character Bio's

Here are the character bio's for the four main characters in our production. Tony Montoya the gang leader, Detective who is working undercover in the gang, crystal who is Tony's girlfriend and Hugo the lead henchman.

Character Bio of Gang Leader Tony Montoya:

Character Bio of Crystal Tony's Girlfriend:

Character Bio of Detective:

Character Bio of Lead Henchman Hugo:

Film Noir- Diary Entry 2

At the moment i am working on the character bios and have almost finsished them. As soon as i do i will upload them so the other members of the team can get them on their blog. Tomorow Sam is coming round so we can do the recce, storyboard and shot list for our production.

Film Noir- Diary Entry 1

Today me and Sam begun the character bio's, they are quite short as there isn't to much detail about most of the bad characters as we want them to be mysterious. We need to add pictures to the bio's but so far we aren't sure who our actors are so we are going to wait until we have definate actors before adding their pictures to the bio's.

Film Noir- In lesson work - Lighting workshop

In our last lesson we begun the lighting tutorial that gives you the information needed to use the lighting kit for our production. So far I've learned how to set up the lighting kit and how not to kill myself in the process.

I've learnt all the names and equipment that are included in the kit, which are:

-2x Redheads
-2x Stand
-2x Barn Door
-2x Bulb
-Power Lead
-2x Power Surge
-Gloves
-Set of Clips
-Set of Gels


I've learnt the uses of the kit, for example the scrim is used to dim out the lighting, which makes shadow less upfront and causes the light on the face to be duller.

Next lesson we are finishing the tutorial as we still have more to learn about the lighting kit. Below is an example of scrim and the typical lighting kit we will use in our production.

Film Noir- Similiar Products- Script Second Draft

For our second draft we changed the last line of the script because you cant really tell who that the detective is undercover, so we thought adding this line would make it perfectly clear that he is.

Montoya Downfall Second Draft

Film Noir- Similar Products- Script First Draft

Montoya Downfall Draft 1