Evaluation question 4

Evaluation question 3

Evaluation question 2

Evaluation question 1

Clients opinion on film review

My film review analysis

Final Film review double page spread

Film review analysis

http://www.youtube.com/embed/8M3uDGsRoDo

Clients opinion on Poster

The first question got cropped by accident but was: Does the poster make you want to watch the film, if so, why?

My poster analysis

Final Poster

Poster Analysis

http://www.youtube.com/embed/-_LVtxvQfjI

Character Profiles

Ruby
Played by Harri Long, Ruby is the femme fatale of our piece. She is first introduced in a long red dress with red lips and nails, symbolising danger and love and instantly showing to the audience that she is a seductress. She is an attractive character who the audience are supposed to find appealing because of her appearance and seductive personality. In the bedroom scene you see a different side to her, dressed in a white gown (as shown in the photo on the left), showing that she could possibly be innocent after all and actually have emotional feelings for Jack, but it is revealed later that she was actually only using him to get hold of the whereabouts of the money, and finally shown in full black symbolising the fact that her character is evil. The change of colours throughout show her development as a character and slowly reveal to the audience her true colours.

Jack
Played by George Jackson, Jack is the protagonist in the film. He is introduced in the second scene but does a voice over throughout the first scene. He is the only character to appear throughout and the story line follows him. He does not change in costume in the whole piece as at no point does he actually go home. However he does take off his coat and/or jacket. He is less smartly dressed than Russell, showing his greater tendency to be more laid back and is also dressed quite fashionably,  making  his image, in addition to his 'cool' personality, more appealing to the audience. He falls in love with Ruby, only to be betrayed by her and his business partner once they know the whereabouts of the money, and ends up being killed for his knowledge of the truth about the previous murder of the holder of the money.

Russell
Played by me, Ben Bowen, is the other detective, who is business partners with Jack. He is introduced at the same time as Jack while playing pool at a bar, however he leaves before Ruby comes over. Ruby receives a phone call when Russell leaves, that after watching the end you can presume was actually from him. He is less immediately likable as a character, seeming more cold, and always dressed much more smartly, mirroring the fact that what he cares about most is business, which is displayed in the final scene when he has chosen the money over his partner. Unlike Jack, his costume changes throughout, by the final scene, although he is still dressed smart, it's all black showing once again his true colours. However, in the final scene, when aiming the gun at Jack, it is shown that he can't kill him, and it is actually Ruby pushing his hand which makes him pull the trigger, showing that he was also most likely manipulated by Ruby.

Final Costumes

Final Film

Here is the link to our final piece
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fa-FcfQQ5w

Scene 5 & 6 filming

http://www.youtube.com/embed/VugQRHvCrzY

Music for scene 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IodpPAbVPWs
For the final scene we once again used an instrumental version of the artist The Weeknd. This time it is a very   modern song, almost one you would expect to hear in an urban youth film such as adulthood or kidulthood which is what we were aiming for to try and show to the audience that straight away when Georges character walks on screen you know that something is wrong. Once again we moved the drops around so that it fitted in with the key action points, and as the drops hits it moves into the final shot of mine and Harris character walking away from the murdered George hand in hand as the credits roll which I think looks extremely effective.

Script for scene 6

Music for scene 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVtuv3l25OY
Above is the link to the song we used in the scene with Ruban. We chose to have silence as George approached the house to build up the suspense, but as he pushed open the door the music starts, straight away giving a really eerie effect showing the audience that something has gone wrong. As the drop of the beat did not link up to when we wanted it to, we actually replayed a part of the opening section s that there was a silence while opening the door to where the body is found and immediately when the body appears on screen the beat drops which I think worked to great effect making the scene extremely dramatic especially with the previous build up. We then made the music quieter as he was on the phone but then piked it back up again as he walks into the distance when anther beat drops, showing to the audience that there is danger ahead. It is quite a modern song and I think it works really well.

Script for scene 5

Scene 3 & 4 filming

http://www.youtube.com/embed/Yq6bSGT2ri0 - Discussion as to where the story goes from scene 4
http://www.youtube.com/embed/trzGfKAYf5I - Discussion on the filming of the day

Music for scene 4

For the office scene we did not want to have a too heavy song in the background because at this point they are relatively upbeat, so we decided instead of having a non diegetic song playing we would have the diegetic sound of a radio playing a relatively modern song to represent the relaxed attitudes between each other in the  office. We simply changed the pitch of the song to give the effect of a radio playing however would have been better if we had a shot of a radio to make sure the audience knows it is diegetic.

Script for scene 4

Music for scene 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrteLD7Tsdo
The link above shows the song which we used for our third scene, the bedroom scene. It is quite a slow song but with quite heavy beats, which we thought showed the at current apparent romance going on with Jack and Ruby, however there are notes which are a bit sharper which we thought signified the underlying lie behind their relationship. The music actually carries on into the fourth scene with George walking up the stairs into the office, showing how he still has Ruby on his mind, and it is not until he walks in when the music changes, showing him coming back into his real life.

Script for scene 3

Music for scene 2

When we were deciding what music to have for our second scene we first had think about what kind of age of music we would use as our film doesn't really specify as to what era it is. We decided that we did however want modern music in our piece. However for our bar scene we thought a smooth jazz song would go well with the introduction to the femme fatales character so as it is a pub we could get away with the more old fashioned jazz music as it is quite a atmospheric music for certain pubs. The song we actually chose however was untitled and was just a sound on a website so I am unable to put onto here the jazz mussic from the second scene.

Script for scene 2

Scene 2 Filming part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_8TJdCw6QOE

Scene 2 Filming

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E5bxnGjP4A

Filming scene 1

 On the first day of filming we went to the carpark to the back of Tesco to get the shots of the initial money exchange on which the rest of the story is based around. The first shots we had to get was the cars rolling in to meet in the center which actually took longer than expected as both me and George (playing as extras, not our characters from the rest of the piece) had to drive in to the shot at the exact same time. When we were doing the interior shots we encountered problems with the lighting but luckily George had a torch in his ca and we managed to get shots which looked well lit but not un-realistic. The photo on the left shows the two cars parked up in the places where they ended, you can see that the flood lights which light up the carpark were ample light for filming this scene.

This shot shows the camera and the briefcase on the inside of my boot. We were attempting different ways and angles of me getting the briefcase out of the boot as we wanted an extremely good shot of this as it is such a key moment of what is to come. S what we tried doing with leaving the camera inside the car boot so that when I opened it you would see me (not my face) take the briefcase out, however, although I was very well lit you could not see the briefcase so we also left one of our phones on the inside to highlight the edge of the briefcase which I think worked extremely effectively.

Script for Scene 1 (Georges voice over)

Jack:  I wouldn't call myself a big shot, just a guy trying to do his job, a guy trying t provide justice.
Yes I get a lot of praise for the work I do, but that's only because I get my job done.
It's the same for anyone in work, you do your job well, and you get rewarded.
My father always told me to stay loyal and to never go behind someones back and to this day iv'e stuck to that. It's treated me well. Me and my partner Russell have cleared up nearly half the towns crime and I don't see anything getting in our way.

Client profile

Name:
Lucy Schofield
Age:
18
Current Education:
currently studying for A Levels at the Knights Templar School in Baldock
Subject Choice:
English Literature, Photography and Sociology
Interests:
reading, singing, music and travel







Our film is going to appeal to an audience of a wide age range, including Lucy, who is eighteen and is included in our target audience. The character of Jack is relatable to a variety of people, since we're going to give him qualities of a likable nature, making sure that he appeals to his target audience. Lucy, and other girls of a similar age, in particular, are likely to be drawn to and to enjoy watching his character perform on screen since he has an appealing appearance, and thus is appealing to our female audience, whilst simultaneously drawing in our male audience simply through his likeable qualities and classy appearance and clothing.

Initial Costume ideas

Initial Set and Prop Ideas

Second Group Discussion

we had another group discussion due to the story line not flowing as well as we had liked

Initial Discussion

This is an initial discussion about the story line, casting and locations of our piece.

As a group George Harri Becky and I mind mapped our first ideas for our film noir production

Idea for Poster

L.A Confidential analysis

Conventions of Film Noir

Cynical Hero- Usually a male character who is a detective, policeman etc. Has good morals but most likely with a bit of a twist.

Femme Fatale- a female character who is usually involved heavily within the plot of the story and linked to the cynical hero.

Low key lighting- It is usually relatively dark in most scenes to reflect the effect of keeping the audience in the dark about the story. It also shows that the characters have dark sides to them, especially with faces hidden in shade.

Intricate Plots- in a lot of film noir there is story lines which are complicated, often leaving mysteries which the audience try to work out, but not revealed until the end.

Sexual motivation- often characters are seduced into going along with plans and is often their downfall.

Common things used in film noir: venetian blinds, typewriters, old style dial telephones, police radios, offices, bars, dark streets, drugs, money, cigars/cigarettes.