Film Noir- Diary Entry 5

Yesterday we filmed all of our production at the Sawtry Workingmans Club. It went well and was finished in about an hour due to most of our film being a continueous shot. The Club were fine with us filming and we took in place all safety cautions before filming. The risk assessment, storyboard, conformation to film at the club and recce are all done too and will be uploaded to the blog today or tomorow.     

Film Noir- Character Info

This is the list of the main actors in our production, their roles, gender, where they live and their mobile numbers.

Chris Lawrence (07889244844)-
 Male, 17, lives in Sawtry, plays Tony Montoya

Emily Read (07951485817)-
Female, 17, lives in Gidding, plays Crystal

Daniel Oloafe (07713587067)-
Male, 17, lives in Folksworth plays Hugo

Ollie Howells (07895393523)-
Male, 14, lives in Sawtry plays Support Henchman

Ryan Smith (07958312025)-
Male, 17, lives in Sawtry plays Detective

Film Noir- Shot List

Below is the shot list for our film Montoya Downfall

Film Noir- Shot List

Film Noir- Production Schedule

Below is the production schedule for our film Montoya Downfall

Film Noir- Production Schedule

Film Noir- Diary Entry 4

Me and Sam have just finished up the shot list and production schedule given to us by Stephen. We will upload them to the blog as soon as possible but at the moment are working on the storyboard and recce for the production.

In lesson work: Lighting workshop- lights

Key Light- This is the main light, the strongest and has the most influence on the look of a scene.

Fill Light- Secondary light and placed on the opposite side of the key. This usually has the scrim on it.

Back Light- Behind the head of the actor in shot.

Using Scrim- When filming a femme fatale scrim is ideal as it softens the shadows and lighting and gives a suave look to them. In the shot below the barn doors have also been partially closed to give a mysterious effect.

Lighting a villain- When lighting a villain you want the shadow to be large and the angle pointing up to make them look bigger such as in the photo below.

In lesson work: Lighting workshop

In the second lesson of the lighting workshop we learnt the different positioning of the lights and how they can portray your characters, along with some more rules listed below-

Lighting Safety:

1. NEVER mount one of the lights outdoors without someone manning it at all times
2. ALWAYS switch the light off when not in use
3. ALWAYS make sure the light is parallel with one of the legs
4. The lights are HOT so ALWAYS wear gloves
5. NEVER look directly into the light
6. ALWAYS warn people when you're going to switch the lights on
7. ALWAYS work with lights at a low level to start with
8. ALWAYS use a surge protector
9. NEVER try and replace a bulb
10. REMEMBER to include the lights in the risk assessment.

We learnt about the standard method of lighting in video film and photography, this is known as three point lighting.

The technique uses three lights, called the key light, fill light and back light.

From our group Stephen nominated to do the lighting workshop as only one person from the team needs to pass the workshop. Therefore Stephen will be in charge of lighting on shoot.