Presentation of our Progress

Our group was given the challenge to create a brief presentation depicting the progress of our Film Noir journey so far. The presenttion itsself targets vital points of our journey, such as filming, research, storyboarding and planning which has lead us the the present point that we are at.

Audience Profile

Above is a Prezi presentation i made when researching The target Audience or Audience Profile for the genre of Film Noir. I have created youtube videos inside the prezi which can be played - showing the different elements and themes within film noir and how they appeal to a variety of audiences - not just fans of the noir genre but many other genres of film. Looking in Depth at various other genres and how they link to Film Noir helped me to see that the target audience of Film Noir is extremely varied - which allows us to try and include a variety of elements/themes in our own movie to try and attract as many people as we can.


Here are the list of videos of which i have included within the prezi presentation:-

Romance

Crime/Thriller

Action/Adventure

Initial Script for 'Dead man running'

Film Script

 

DEAD MAN RUNNING

Character List

Detective Michael Ray

Chloe Arden (Serena Knowles)

Lucas Arden – dead husband

PO1 – Police Officer 1

PO2 – Police Officer 2

Scene 1

Michael runs through the cemetery. It’s dark, cold and silent. He pauses when Chloe comes into view standing beside a grave.

Michael:	(Heavy breathing) You’re here…
Chloe:	(Smirks) Well you knew I would be…
Michael:	Why did you…? (Defeated) You knew I would protect you (pause) I love you.

 

Scene 2 - Flashback

Detective Michael Ray arrives at scene of the crime. Two police officers are already there inspecting the dead body which is lying face down upon the ground with blood surrounding his body.

PO1:	(Nods at Michael) Detective Ray.
Michael:	Good Morning Ladies, what have you got for me this morning? (Snaps on gloves as he walks towards the dead body)
PO2:	Murder Sir. Standard Tuesday morning.
	(Michael inspects crime scene)
Michael:	Any ID found on the body?
PO1:	His wallet… (PO1 pulls out wallet and then an ID card) Name, Mr Lucas Arden. Age, 45.
Michael:	Okay then, (stands from body and steps away) try to find and contact any relatives he might have. Any witnesses known?
PO2:	No sir.
Michael:	Any murder weapons found?
PO1:	No sir.
Michael:	(Starts walking away from crime scene) Well then, best start looking…

 

Scene 3

No dialogue. Shot of lady walking, focus on her body. Lady pauses, bends down to look at the newspaper she mistakenly stepped upon. Shot focuses upon the newspaper. The camera pans back to the lady, she smirks, her finger slowly circling the name of ‘Detective Michael Ray’ that is shown within the news article.

 

Scene 4

Michael leaves the police station, with Chloe lurking outside. Chloe sees Michael leave and walks towards him.

Chloe:	Hey, you got a light?
Michael:	Sure, sweetheart (lights up the cigarette for Chloe )
Chloe:	Thanks Mr…?
Michael:	Detective Ray, Michael Ray. How about you?
Chloe:	(Mocking) It’s Knowles, Serena Knowles.
Michael:	(Laughs) You’re feisty, I like it!
Chloe:	So detective, what’s a girl got to do to get a drink around here?

 

Scene 5

Montage of relationship between Michael and Chloe – ‘Serena’.

 

Scene 6

Michael and Chloe are in a bedroom, Chloe walks into the bathroom, with Michael lounging on the bed.

Chloe:	Mike, can you get me my hairbrush please. It’s in the drawer.
Michael:	Yeah sure… (Moves from bed, and rummages around in a drawer.) It’s not in here darlin’.
Chloe:	Try the second drawer…
Michael:	(Searches drawer, come across a bag. Michael looks inside the bag, where he sees a gun, a wedding ring and a letter. Michael shocked at what he sees, grabs his clothes scattered across the floor and flees the bedroom.)
Chloe:	Mike…? (Chloe leaves bathroom and walks into bedroom. She sees the open drawer and realises what has happened). (Screams) Son of a bitch!

Scene 7 – Flashback ends

Michael:	(Heavy breathing) You’re here…
Chloe:	(Smirks) Well you knew I would be…
Michael:	Why did you…? (Defeated) You knew I would protect you (pause) I love you.
Chloe:	I can’t trust you.
Michael:	I can help you, we can run away together.
Chloe:	I don’t need your help… Don’t you see this was all a game.
Michael:	You don’t mean that you love me.
Chloe:	(Laughs) Oh Michael… Sweet, innocent Michael… This was never about love, love won’t buy me a new fur coat.
Michael:	Is that all it comes down to (pause) money?
Chloe:	Of course, and dear hubby paid the price for that.
Michael:	No, I don’t believe you
Chloe:	Believe this… (Chloe shoots Michael. Michael drops to the floor. Michael is dead.)

 

Film Shooting Scheduel

As we journey further and further towards the start of actually filming our Noir short, we have needed to plan in more detail, looking at what days each member of our group can film (as well as actors who will feature in the movie), how long we have to complete the task, when certain scenes must be filmed (due to conditions such as day and night time scenes etc) and location which is a vital element.

We have come up with this scheduel which depicts the dates, times, locations and scenes that will be filmed. organising filming details such as these that often get overlooked or forgotten are vital  has allowed us to

Film Noir Story-Board

 

Film Institutions Reasearch

We have come to the point now where we need to, as a group, create or select a film institution that suits the needs for our Film Noir short. I have researched into existing film institutions in closer detail, (ones that deal with the Film Noir genre particularly) and various background information in order to find a suitable institution which works for us.

Film Title Ideas

There we have brainstormed ideas for our film title (including the reasoning behind each idea) in a spider diagram layout. We have taken existing Film Noir titles into account, as well as thinking about obvious themes present in our film which we feel should be expressed through the title. We have also looked back at the history of the Film Noir Genre itself ( French and German origins) experimenting with different languages:-

Initial Planning

As a group, we decided to brainstorm various plot ideas/narratives for our own film. We created various situations that follow conventions of film noir and that would be well suited for our task.

Film Concept

Dead Man Running:-

(Sum up of Film's plot in 25 words)

A detective on a murder case is seduced by the victims wife, trying to cover up the fact she killed her husband for his money.

Intial Chosen Plot Line/Narrative

Basic Plot:-

As a group we have all put our ideas forward to finally come up with this basic outline to a narrative we feel would work well for our own Film Noir. We have numbered them in 5 different steps/scenes which will be the base/rough outline of our films plotline:-

1. Femme Fatale kills her husband for wealth
2. Protagonist is a detective who investigates the death of said husband
3. Femme Fatale seduces protagonist to distract him and save her own back
4. Protagonist finds out Femme Fatale commited the crime
5. Femme Fatale kills Protagonist

Researching into Todorov's '5 Stages of Narrative' theory influenced us as we tried to follow these steps in order to imitate and reflect genuine and authentic aspects of classic Film Noir. However we have also decided to make slight changes and put our own spin on the theory, additionally using flash backs and the start and end of the narrative as an artistic/interesting way of getting the story across to the audience.

Visual Basic Plot-line

Here we have a basic outline of the narrative that we have created for our own Film Noir Short. We have decided on 7 main scenes (of importance) as a vague outline as to what our film will be based on. We have invisioned these ideas and attempted to add a visual element as to what these scenes may look like/consist of by using sketches/images to define these scenes.