Monday, February 28, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Main task - post production - Editing Diary.
15th Febuary 2011
Beacuse we have managed to get all of our main shots done we are now able to start editing our film together and make start making everything for post production.
So far we have managed to simply name all of our clips and then pick some of the best shots and put them into the order that we wanted. Over the next couple of lessons we will be able to really get into editing and start making our film more professional as well as making our extra things to put on to our dvd. Also to make our poster and any other artwork we need for our final dvd.
Beacuse we have managed to get all of our main shots done we are now able to start editing our film together and make start making everything for post production.
So far we have managed to simply name all of our clips and then pick some of the best shots and put them into the order that we wanted. Over the next couple of lessons we will be able to really get into editing and start making our film more professional as well as making our extra things to put on to our dvd. Also to make our poster and any other artwork we need for our final dvd.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Main task - production -The final cast and crew.
Because one of our cast members bailed out on us last minute our cast changed:
Detective Charile Kane - Johnny Colard
Paul Rawlings - Ethan Grice
Jane Rawlings - Kerry Grice
Victoria Sweetine - Lauren Hughes
The crew was made up of me and Ashleigh who did certain roles:
Camera - Sami Bean
Lighting - Ash Hughes
Director - Sami Bean
Procucer - Ash Hughes
Detective Charile Kane - Johnny Colard
Paul Rawlings - Ethan Grice
Jane Rawlings - Kerry Grice
Victoria Sweetine - Lauren Hughes
The crew was made up of me and Ashleigh who did certain roles:
Camera - Sami Bean
Lighting - Ash Hughes
Director - Sami Bean
Procucer - Ash Hughes
Main task - production - Filming evaluation.
Yesterday (Saturday 12th Febuary) me and Ash filmed all the pieces we needed to for our final task. We also had Ash's camera set up so that we could film the behind the scenes pieces to also put on our dvd. As soon as we go back i will be putting all of the scenes onto the computer so that we can start editing.
As well as filming we took some test shots of the location and also the photos of things that we wanted to make the movie poster, the sticker for the dvd and anything else we choose to make.
As preperation for this i will be looking over the editing files on the school website to help me edit the film.
Overall, i beleive that me and Ash worked together well as a team and as well with the actors. This was good as it means that hopefully we got the best results on the day.
As well as filming we took some test shots of the location and also the photos of things that we wanted to make the movie poster, the sticker for the dvd and anything else we choose to make.
As preperation for this i will be looking over the editing files on the school website to help me edit the film.
Overall, i beleive that me and Ash worked together well as a team and as well with the actors. This was good as it means that hopefully we got the best results on the day.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
My results to the questionnaire.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Main task - pre production - Reserch - Questionaire.
This is the questionaire that me and ashleigh came up with for our research into our audience.
Male 
Female
9 and below 10 – 15 16 – 21 22 – 35
48 +
Yes No
A murder A mysterious, sexy woman A bad guy A romance Bloody/Gory scenes Other
Film Noir (Black and white crime drama)
1) Are you
Male Female2) What age group are you?
9 and below 10 – 15 16 – 21 22 – 35 36 – 47
48 +3) Do you like crime drama movies, in which are black and white?
Yes No4) What is it about “film noirs” that interests you?
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5) Which of the following would most interest you in our short film?
A murder A mysterious, sexy woman A bad guy A romance Bloody/Gory scenes OtherIf other please state below
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Main task - pre production - Test shots.
I managed to get some stills of the locaton. We will use these as our test shots.
This is the office
We will have to take the photo's and screen away and will replace it with props that will work for the detectvie.
This is some more shots of the living room and door where a big part of the action will be playing out.
This is the office
We will have to take the photo's and screen away and will replace it with props that will work for the detectvie.
Main task - pre production - Shooting schedule.
After Ashleigh spoke to me earlier i said that i would do a production and shooting schedule of my own to make sure that it was all ok and correct.
Production name
Casino Trap.
Recording data
12th February 2011
Location(s)
Furze view house.
Crew/Cast call time
10:00 am.
Setup, start and finish time
Setup: 10:15am
Start: 10:30am
Finnish: 1:00 pm
Time to move to new location:
N/A
Property requirements
N/A
Directions to location
· Turn left out of the school drive.
· Continue on this road.
· Begin to go around the green, at first junction turn right and then take the next left off the green.
· Continue on this road, out of Sawtry.
· Continue through Glatton, past the pub called Addison arms.
· Once at the junction you will see a road across to you, it is slightly to the right.
· Take this road, it is named High Haden road.
· Continue up this road and out of Glatton.
· When you come to a junction, turn right and continue along this road, this road is named Bullock road.
· You come to a cross roads, go straight ahead.
· Continue over the fly-over.
· The golf course is on your right, pass this.
· the house is thr first on your right after the golf course , there are gates at the front with the name "Furze view".
Main task - pre production - Production Scehdule.
After Ashleigh spoke to me earlier i said that i would do a production and shooting schedule of my own to make sure that it was all ok and correct.
Contact details
Samantha Bean: 07540101630
Ashleigh Hughes: 0751906992
Location(s)
Furze view (house).
Technical equipment
· Camera.
· Tripod.
· SD Card.
· Lighting.
· SLR Camera.
· Digital Camera.
Scene breakdown
Scene 1 - opening titles, a woman is typing on a typerwriter (names of cast/crew)
Scene 2 - Paul is shot dead in his garden
Scene 3 - Jane finds Paul in their Garden , and calls the detective
Scene 4 - Jane and her Daughters wait for the detective
Scene 5 - Detective arrives at the door
Scene 6 - It's discussed what happened to Paul, and Jane is questioned
Scene 7 - Detective Kane is in his office contemplately what he should do, and what happened in the case
Scene 8 - Victoria walks into the office and tells the detective she had knowledge of what happened to Paul Rauling.
Scene 2 - Paul is shot dead in his garden
Scene 3 - Jane finds Paul in their Garden , and calls the detective
Scene 4 - Jane and her Daughters wait for the detective
Scene 5 - Detective arrives at the door
Scene 6 - It's discussed what happened to Paul, and Jane is questioned
Scene 7 - Detective Kane is in his office contemplately what he should do, and what happened in the case
Scene 8 - Victoria walks into the office and tells the detective she had knowledge of what happened to Paul Rauling.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Main task - pre production - Casting.
After talking to Ashleigh, we eventually came up with the actors that wanted to play the parts for us.
Detective Charile Kane - George Garner
Paul Rawlings - Ethan Grice
Jane Rawlings - Kerry Grice
Victoria Sweetine - Lauren Hughes
There are the parts of the two daughters also, we have decided that Chloe Grice and Sara Bean will be playing these parts as they are young enough. These are only small parts.
Detective Charile Kane - George Garner
Paul Rawlings - Ethan Grice
Jane Rawlings - Kerry Grice
Victoria Sweetine - Lauren Hughes
There are the parts of the two daughters also, we have decided that Chloe Grice and Sara Bean will be playing these parts as they are young enough. These are only small parts.
Main task - pre prodiction - Victoria Sweetine, character biography.
This is our femme fatal chracter. Just like the other three of the main chracters in our film noir I drew up a spider diagram to help me work out there profile.
Childhood
Victoria was the only child of Howard and Elizabeth. Her mother and father were classed as lucky. When Howard was a teenager he was in a nasty accident and was told that he may never be able to father children. Howard had always wanted to have a little girl to spoil. On the 23rd of Febuary he got his wish when Elizabeth gave birth to a baby girl; Victoria. Victoria lived with her parents in a big house. She had her own bedroom that was of course all done up. Whatever she wanted all she had to do was aske her father and her wish was granted. This was all possible as, hard as they tried, Howard and Elizabeth could not conceive for the second time. This meant that Howard made Victoria her world. She was in all cases daddy's little girl. Although she got on well with her mother and her mother loved her very much, it was always daddy that she ran too.
Unfortunatly, when Victoria was only 12 her father died tradgecially. Elizabeth and Victoria were heart broken. Without Howard they could not afford to stay in the house so they had to sell up and leave. Elizabeth tried to talk to Victoria on many occassions about how she felt. However Victoria did not want to talk anymore. She closed up. Took herself away from her mother and her friends. Talking only when she could not get out of the conversation.
The death of her father caused Victoria to realise that although she may love something with all her heart, it can still be taken from her. She was not the same girl ever again.
Schooling
Before her father died he paid for Victoria to go to her nearest private school. He beleived that only the best was good enough for her daughter. After he died however, the school knew that it may be possible that this young girl would not be able to afford to come to the school anymore. They dedcied that the best option was to let her sit a test, this was the same test that all students had to tale to see if the were eligable to get a scholarship. Victoria was a bright student and passed the test with ease.
Not only was Victoria a bright student that excelled in all her lessons and showed incrediable promise, she was also a very popular membeer of all of her classes. As she turned into a young women she was invited out to all the parties. 'It was not a party unles Victoria Sweetine was there.' she was once told. This made her happy. At least there were people in her life that cared for her and wanted to be around her.
She never really spoke about her dad to any of her friends, even the ones she counted as the close ones. It was easier that way. It stopped the hurt contiuning to penetrate her.
She passed her exams easily, however she had never had a thought to what she wanted to do with herself after school. She knew she wanted to do some good in the world but not didn't know how to do such thing.
Family
Victoria is classes as one of the most beautiful people of the city. She is famous to be the one that sets the trends and is followed by anyone who knows her. She lives on her own, no one knows of any daughters or sons. There is also no other family member hanging around. No husband. No long-term boyfriend. Just dates when ever she fancied or when she had a special function or ocasion to attend. Occasionaly her mother will vist her, however, since Victoria moving out she has become further distanted to her mother. Her father was the one that always did everything for her. Victoria and her mother were never quite sure how to re-connect after Howard died. Howard was the glue that kept the family together.
Proffesion
Although Victoria's reall profession is not formally known to anyone but herself and the Detective she chooses to have other jobs to keep up her persona. Victoria decided to work in a cafe for a fair amount of time after she left school. This (according to her mother) seemed like a waste of talent. But to Victoria, it got her through. Soon she had saved up enough money to move out. The cafe job kept her going for a few years. However when she had a place of her own she realised that the cafe job would not keep her completly afloat. She managed to get herself a job behind a bar. Her good looks and sexy walk ment that she was a hit with all the regular men. The word soon went around about the new bar maid and it became one of the most hotest joints in town.
This is the bar where she met Detctive Kane for the first time. She instantly knew that this was not your average drinker down the pub. He would ask more questions then what was classed as normal. Aventually Victoria brought herself to ask the Detective what he was after. By some miracle he coose to tell her. She could see that maybe there was somthing in this for her. She had always wanted to do somthing for the better. She met the Detective away from the pub, he explained all about a murder that he was trying to investigate. He beleived it had something to do with the local gang, but he couldn't be sure as they would never talk to him. She knew that it would be dangerous, but she liked that idea of being in danger. The rush that she would get from the adrenaline of helping the Detective out. She agreed to help. She would get the knoweldge and the eveidence that the Detective needed.
It worked wonderfully. A sort of patnership was born. Victoria never looked back.
Childhood
Victoria was the only child of Howard and Elizabeth. Her mother and father were classed as lucky. When Howard was a teenager he was in a nasty accident and was told that he may never be able to father children. Howard had always wanted to have a little girl to spoil. On the 23rd of Febuary he got his wish when Elizabeth gave birth to a baby girl; Victoria. Victoria lived with her parents in a big house. She had her own bedroom that was of course all done up. Whatever she wanted all she had to do was aske her father and her wish was granted. This was all possible as, hard as they tried, Howard and Elizabeth could not conceive for the second time. This meant that Howard made Victoria her world. She was in all cases daddy's little girl. Although she got on well with her mother and her mother loved her very much, it was always daddy that she ran too.
Unfortunatly, when Victoria was only 12 her father died tradgecially. Elizabeth and Victoria were heart broken. Without Howard they could not afford to stay in the house so they had to sell up and leave. Elizabeth tried to talk to Victoria on many occassions about how she felt. However Victoria did not want to talk anymore. She closed up. Took herself away from her mother and her friends. Talking only when she could not get out of the conversation.
The death of her father caused Victoria to realise that although she may love something with all her heart, it can still be taken from her. She was not the same girl ever again.
Schooling
Before her father died he paid for Victoria to go to her nearest private school. He beleived that only the best was good enough for her daughter. After he died however, the school knew that it may be possible that this young girl would not be able to afford to come to the school anymore. They dedcied that the best option was to let her sit a test, this was the same test that all students had to tale to see if the were eligable to get a scholarship. Victoria was a bright student and passed the test with ease.
Not only was Victoria a bright student that excelled in all her lessons and showed incrediable promise, she was also a very popular membeer of all of her classes. As she turned into a young women she was invited out to all the parties. 'It was not a party unles Victoria Sweetine was there.' she was once told. This made her happy. At least there were people in her life that cared for her and wanted to be around her.
She never really spoke about her dad to any of her friends, even the ones she counted as the close ones. It was easier that way. It stopped the hurt contiuning to penetrate her.
She passed her exams easily, however she had never had a thought to what she wanted to do with herself after school. She knew she wanted to do some good in the world but not didn't know how to do such thing.
Family
Victoria is classes as one of the most beautiful people of the city. She is famous to be the one that sets the trends and is followed by anyone who knows her. She lives on her own, no one knows of any daughters or sons. There is also no other family member hanging around. No husband. No long-term boyfriend. Just dates when ever she fancied or when she had a special function or ocasion to attend. Occasionaly her mother will vist her, however, since Victoria moving out she has become further distanted to her mother. Her father was the one that always did everything for her. Victoria and her mother were never quite sure how to re-connect after Howard died. Howard was the glue that kept the family together.
Proffesion
Although Victoria's reall profession is not formally known to anyone but herself and the Detective she chooses to have other jobs to keep up her persona. Victoria decided to work in a cafe for a fair amount of time after she left school. This (according to her mother) seemed like a waste of talent. But to Victoria, it got her through. Soon she had saved up enough money to move out. The cafe job kept her going for a few years. However when she had a place of her own she realised that the cafe job would not keep her completly afloat. She managed to get herself a job behind a bar. Her good looks and sexy walk ment that she was a hit with all the regular men. The word soon went around about the new bar maid and it became one of the most hotest joints in town.
This is the bar where she met Detctive Kane for the first time. She instantly knew that this was not your average drinker down the pub. He would ask more questions then what was classed as normal. Aventually Victoria brought herself to ask the Detective what he was after. By some miracle he coose to tell her. She could see that maybe there was somthing in this for her. She had always wanted to do somthing for the better. She met the Detective away from the pub, he explained all about a murder that he was trying to investigate. He beleived it had something to do with the local gang, but he couldn't be sure as they would never talk to him. She knew that it would be dangerous, but she liked that idea of being in danger. The rush that she would get from the adrenaline of helping the Detective out. She agreed to help. She would get the knoweldge and the eveidence that the Detective needed.
It worked wonderfully. A sort of patnership was born. Victoria never looked back.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Main task - pre production - Jane Raulings, character biography.
Childhood
Jane Clumbler was born to Peter and Scarlet. She is the eldest of the two daughters. Their next daughter coming along a year and half later then Jane, she was named Catherine.
Jane, being the eldest, was the one that was depended on to set an example to her younger sister. This meant that Jane learnt housework chores at a young age. She would do the clothes washing, cooking and cleaning, as well as going to the shops to get any groceries that her mother asked for.
Her parents were married two years before they had both Jane and Catherine. Peter was a door-to-door salesman. Always wanted to be a succesful buisnessman but never had the determination to get up and make this a reality. He met Jane's mother when he first moved to the same part of LA as her. He happened to live just up the road, one night when he was walking back to his flat after a long day of being on his feet, he quite litterally bumbed into Scarlet on the corner of the street. He instantly felt attracted to her and set about finding out who she was and how he could marry her.
Eventually, after many meetings, Peter eventually got up the corage to go to Scarlets father and ask for her hand in marrige. They got married on Scarlet's birthday, a perfect christmas present.
Peter continued his door-to-door slaesman job, never getting up the determination to go and see what other jobs he could find himself. He was a very safe man. Jane's mother was a school teacher at the local kindergarten. She loved her job, this meant that she could not only teach her own children the ways of life and see them enjoy learning new things but could also see the other children of the comunity getting this too.
Schooling
Jane and her sister Catherine went to their mothers kindergarten. However, when they were too old for this school they moved onto a state high school as their parents did not have enough money to send them to a private school.
Jane got a average education, she enjoyed school more than her sister, Catherine. She did well in her studies and the teachers were always happy with her work. She would often be top of the class, and if not she would always try harder for the next exam.
Her lesson that she most throughly enjoyed though was Physical Education. She enjoyed being outside the classroom and being out playing sports with the other girls. Being fit was something her mother and father always made sure that their daughters knew about. Catherine was never all that big in the exercise unlike Jane. Catherine always felt like she was living in Jane's shadow. Jane always sucelded in anything she tried.
Family
Jane met Paul Raulings not long after she left home at the age of 17. She had a small appartment flat in the inner city where she worked at a little book store. She wanted to be a teacher as soon as she got the money to go to night school to get the qualifications. Soon after meeting Paul she had many dates with him and ended up getting married. Soon after the marrige her father beacme terminaly ill. They would visit her father and mother as much as they could. Jane fell pregnant with Sarah a few months after her father was diagnosed. Luckily, he lived long enough to see Sarah's birth, however, Jane's next daughter Carolyn never got to see her grandfather as he died when Jane was 3 months pregnant with her.
Profession
Jane's father left her a small amount of money that she used to go to night school to get her qualifications she needed to become a teacher, although her husband could have afforderd her to go years ago, she wanted to do it on her own, not on her husbands fortune. Unfortunatly Jane did not get the grades that allowed her too become a school teacher so she put herself forward to help out in the classroom instead. This meant that she could work in the place that she always wanted, and therefore she was always there to pick the girls up from their day of school and also holidays.
Jane Clumbler was born to Peter and Scarlet. She is the eldest of the two daughters. Their next daughter coming along a year and half later then Jane, she was named Catherine.
Jane, being the eldest, was the one that was depended on to set an example to her younger sister. This meant that Jane learnt housework chores at a young age. She would do the clothes washing, cooking and cleaning, as well as going to the shops to get any groceries that her mother asked for.
Her parents were married two years before they had both Jane and Catherine. Peter was a door-to-door salesman. Always wanted to be a succesful buisnessman but never had the determination to get up and make this a reality. He met Jane's mother when he first moved to the same part of LA as her. He happened to live just up the road, one night when he was walking back to his flat after a long day of being on his feet, he quite litterally bumbed into Scarlet on the corner of the street. He instantly felt attracted to her and set about finding out who she was and how he could marry her.
Eventually, after many meetings, Peter eventually got up the corage to go to Scarlets father and ask for her hand in marrige. They got married on Scarlet's birthday, a perfect christmas present.
Peter continued his door-to-door slaesman job, never getting up the determination to go and see what other jobs he could find himself. He was a very safe man. Jane's mother was a school teacher at the local kindergarten. She loved her job, this meant that she could not only teach her own children the ways of life and see them enjoy learning new things but could also see the other children of the comunity getting this too.
Schooling
Jane and her sister Catherine went to their mothers kindergarten. However, when they were too old for this school they moved onto a state high school as their parents did not have enough money to send them to a private school.
Jane got a average education, she enjoyed school more than her sister, Catherine. She did well in her studies and the teachers were always happy with her work. She would often be top of the class, and if not she would always try harder for the next exam.
Her lesson that she most throughly enjoyed though was Physical Education. She enjoyed being outside the classroom and being out playing sports with the other girls. Being fit was something her mother and father always made sure that their daughters knew about. Catherine was never all that big in the exercise unlike Jane. Catherine always felt like she was living in Jane's shadow. Jane always sucelded in anything she tried.
Family
Jane met Paul Raulings not long after she left home at the age of 17. She had a small appartment flat in the inner city where she worked at a little book store. She wanted to be a teacher as soon as she got the money to go to night school to get the qualifications. Soon after meeting Paul she had many dates with him and ended up getting married. Soon after the marrige her father beacme terminaly ill. They would visit her father and mother as much as they could. Jane fell pregnant with Sarah a few months after her father was diagnosed. Luckily, he lived long enough to see Sarah's birth, however, Jane's next daughter Carolyn never got to see her grandfather as he died when Jane was 3 months pregnant with her.
Profession
Jane's father left her a small amount of money that she used to go to night school to get her qualifications she needed to become a teacher, although her husband could have afforderd her to go years ago, she wanted to do it on her own, not on her husbands fortune. Unfortunatly Jane did not get the grades that allowed her too become a school teacher so she put herself forward to help out in the classroom instead. This meant that she could work in the place that she always wanted, and therefore she was always there to pick the girls up from their day of school and also holidays.
Main task - pre production - Shooting script.
After going over the script with sir in class the other day we finnished the script off so it's ready to shoot.
FADE IN.
1. INT. OFFICE – DAY.
BEGIN TITLES.
A cigarette is placed down in a glass ash tray, the smoke swirls up. A hand then travels over to a type writer and starts typing.
END TITLES.
2. EXT. GARDEN – NIGHT.
DETECTIVE KANE V.O.
Richard Pauling is a successful business man; he has his own car dealership, working his way from the bottom to the top. He has his own family that love him dearly. His colleagues see him as a good boss, the big cheese, however there is a dark side to him. Not even a side that his family knew about. After gambling once with his friends he got hooked, loosing lots of money and then doing anything possible to get the money back. Absolutely everything.
A house comes into view. It’s big and vast, with a driveway and gates, the garden expands to the side of the driveway and through a wall we see a pool.
A man is walking through his garden/driveway late at night to get to his door; P.O.V shot showing RICHARD PAULING being followed down the drive. He tries to place his key in the door; he keeps missing it as he has been out drinking. He tries on many occasions, he drops the keys. He bends down to pick them up when someone hits him over the head, repeatedly. As the attacker turns to move away something falls on the floor.
3. INT. HOUSE - HALLWAY – DAY.
A women walks down the stairs, a worried look on her face.
JANE PAULING
(Searching the house)
Richard? Are you down here? Rich? Richard?
After not being able to find RICHARD in the house, she opens the front door. Her hands fly to her mouth as she screams. CAMERA pans down to see her dead husband on the door step.
4. INT. HOUSE – LIVING ROOM – DAY.
JANE and her two DAUGHTERS, SARAH and CAROLYN are sitting on the sofa; they are crying and comforting each other. There is a knock at the front door, JANE gets up and opens it. DETECTIE KANE, in a suit walks in, smiles at the girls huddled on the sofa. He sticks a hand out too JANE.
DETECTIVE KANE
Hello Mrs. Pauling. I am detective Charlie Kane, i am here to, talk to you about, particular things.
JANE PAULING
Of course, girls, can you go upstairs for me.
The girls go upstairs. JANE turns to talk to the DETECTIVE.
The two sit down on the sofa beginning to talk.
FADE TO BLACK.
FADE IN.
5. INT. DETECTIVES OFFICE – DAY.
The DETECTIVE is sitting at his desk, in deep thought. The office is small, cramped with just him in, dark and smokey. He hears his door open and looks up. VICTORIA SWEETINE walks in, she looks beautiful, has stepped in, dressed in a glamorous dress and necklace.
VICTORIA SWEETINE
Heard you got the Pauling murder case.
DETECTIVE KANE
Victoria, well don't you look ritzy, but whatcha' want?
VICTORIOA SWEETINE
Well if you’re going to be rude then i will just leave you to it...
DETECTIVE KANE
Victoria, but i do have a murder to investigate. If you’re not going to be any help then please scram.
VICTORIA SWEETINE
Well i may have some knowledge that will be of a, particular interest to you.
DETECTIVE KANE
Have a seat. Hooch? What have you got for me?
VICTORIA SWEETINE
I know every move that Richard Pauling made before he died.
DETECTIVE KANE
Enlighten me.
VICTORIA smiles a sweet smile at him and lights a cigarette.
FADE TO BLACK.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Main task - pre production - Script, second draft.
Here is the second draft of our script. I had to make a few changes...
FADE IN.
1. INT. OFFICE – DAY.
BEGIN TITLES.
A cigarette is placed down in a glass ash tray, the smoke swirls up. A hand then travels over to a type writer and starts typing.
END TITLES.
2. EXT. GARDEN – NIGHT.
DETECTIVE KANE V.O.
Richard Pauling is a successful business man; he has his own car dealership, working his way from the bottom to the top. He has his own family that love him dearly. His colleagues see him as a good boss, the big cheese, however there is a dark side to him. Not even a side that his family knew about. After gambling once with his friends he got hooked, loosing lots of money and then doing anything possible to get the money back. Absolutely everything.
A house comes into view. It’s big and vast, with a driveway and gates, the garden expands to the side of the driveway and through a wall we see a pool.
A man is walking through his garden/driveway late at night to get to his door; he is being followed (he doesn’t know). He tries to place his key in the door; he keeps missing it as he has been out drinking. He tries on many occasions, he drops the keys. He bends down to pick them up when someone hits him over the head, repeatedly. As the attacker turns to move away something falls on the floor.
3. INT. HOUSE – DAY.
A women walks down the stairs, a worried look on her face.
JANE PAULING
(Searching the house) Richard? Are you down here? Rich? Richard?
After not being able to find Richard in the house, she opens the front door. Her hands fly to her mouth as she screams. Camera pans down to see her dead husband on the door step.
4. INT. HOUSE – DAY.
Jane and her two daughters are sitting on the sofa; they are crying and comforting each other. There is a knock at the front door, Jane gets up and opens it. A man in a suit walks in, smiles at the girls huddled on the sofa. He sticks a hand out too Jane.
DETECTIVE KANE
Hello Mrs. Pauling. I am detective Charlie Kane, i am here to, talk to you about, particular things.
JANE PAULING
Of course, girls, can you go upstairs for me.
The girls go upstairs. Jane turns to talk to the detective.
The two sit down on the sofa beginning to talk.
FADE TO BLACK.
FADE IN.
5. INT. DETECTIVES OFFICE – DAY.
The detective is sitting at his desk, in deep thought. The office is small, cramped with just him in, dark and smokey. He hears his door open and looks up. A beautiful woman has stepped in, dressed in a glamorous dress and necklace.
VICTORIA SWEETINE
Heard you got the Pauling murder case.
DETECTIVE KANE
Victoria, well don't you look ritzy, but whatcha' want?
VICTORIOA SWEETINE
Well if you’re going to be rude then i will just leave you to it...
DETECTIVE KANE
Victoria, i do have a murder to investigate. If you’re not going to be any help then please scram.
VICTORIA SWEETINE
Well i may have some knowledge that will be of a, particular interest to you.
DETECTIVE KANE
Have a seat. Hooch? What have you got for me?
VICTORIA SWEETINE
I know every move that Richard Pauling made before he died.
DETECTIVE KANE
Enlighten me.
6. EXT. HOUSE – DAY.
VICTORIA SWEETINE V.O.
Before he left for work in the morning he was in his office. As he stepped out to go to work his broad confronted him, i would guess about the gambling problem.
DETECTIVE KANE V.O.
(Interrupting) Gambling problem?
VICTORIA SWEETINE V.O.
Let me finish my story...
Through the window we see the couple arguing. There waving their arms around wildly. They gesture to the office, then Richard storms out causing Jane to look after him in despair.
7. INT. WORK OFFICE – DAY.
PAUL is sitting with his hands in his hair, suddenly gets up and puts on his suit jacket and walks out. One of his collegues is there.
JOSEPH BROWN
We still on for tonight, big chesse?
RICHARD PAULING
Mmmmm. Pick you up at eight.
Richard walks off before JOSEPH has time to answer.
8. INT. HOUSE – DAY.
RICHARD walks into the house with some flowers for his wife, who has gone out to pick up the kids. He puts them in a vase and leaves them on the side for her. He then gets ready to go out.
He slips into his shoes, takes his car keys and says goodbye to his girls and then his wife who are sitting on the sofa playing a card game.
JANE PAULING
I won’t be waiting for you. Last time you went out to one of your joints you weren’t back ‘till the early hours.
RICHARD walks out the house.
9. INT. RESTURANT – NIGHT.
All the men are sitting around chatting, drinking and smoking. They are all loud and things seem to be getting out of control. One of the men become violent. RICHARD takes him home.
10. EXT. OUTSIDE THE HOUSE – NIGHT.
RICHARD looks up at the big empty house. He sighs. He hears a rustling from behind him, he turns around slowly to investigate, but sees nothing. Turns back around to look at the big, now dark house.
11. EXT. OUTSIDE HOUSE – DAY.
See PAUL’S dead body.
FADE OUT.
FADE IN.
VICTORIA SWEETINE
And that’s all i know.
DETECTIVE KANE
Looks like i have my work cut out for me.
(DETECTIVE KANE smiles at VICTORIA)
Want to help?
VICTORIA SWEETINE
Naturally.
FADE TO BLACK.
Main task - pre production - Reserch - 40's American slang.
After doing my first script i realised that i had not used any of the slang that is used so well in film noir classics. Therefore i knew that i needed to research into it before i could start changing the language of my chracters.
I put a search in Google and it came up with: http://www.angelfire.com/comics/howardfineandhoward/20sTo40sPhrases.html
This website was very helpful as it gave me lots of different 40's American slang that my chracters would have used at the time. These included:
-Dame- A Woman
-Big Cheese - The most important or influential person; boss. Same as big shot.
-Ossified - a drunk person.
-Sheba - A woman with sex appeal (from the move Queen of Sheba) or (e.g. Clara Bow).
I put a search in Google and it came up with: http://www.angelfire.com/comics/howardfineandhoward/20sTo40sPhrases.html
This website was very helpful as it gave me lots of different 40's American slang that my chracters would have used at the time. These included:
-Dame- A Woman
-Big Cheese - The most important or influential person; boss. Same as big shot.
-Ossified - a drunk person.
-Sheba - A woman with sex appeal (from the move Queen of Sheba) or (e.g. Clara Bow).
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Main task - pre production - Script writing.
After doing a scripting lesson in class today we have been told to go away and write our production script (a draft script) for the next lesson. I have done the first draft, i am sure that there will be many more production scripts before we get to the shooting script (the script used while filming). I think that the script i have written is a little long, however tomorrow i will talk to thr other member in the group and see what they think of it.
Here are some print screens of the script as it is now...
Here are some print screens of the script as it is now...
Monday, January 17, 2011
Main task - pre production - Reserch - Film noir posters.
The following are posters that i have looked at to be able to come up with a spider diagram that will help me and my group to make poster for our movie.
Main task - pre production - Location shots.
After talking to Kerry (one of the owners of the house) and getting permission to film in the house i took some photo's of some of the house.
The front of the house.
The front of the inside of the house (the main living room).
The back of the house.
There is also a office and upstairs space that i could not take photo's of at the time. However if need be i can get some more pictures of these places. Also there is the garden space that we could use.
The front of the house.
The front of the inside of the house (the main living room).
The back of the house.
There is also a office and upstairs space that i could not take photo's of at the time. However if need be i can get some more pictures of these places. Also there is the garden space that we could use.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Main task - pre production - Location ideas.
Me and Ashleigh have agreed to start looking for location ideas now. I have been able to in the last couple of hours to find a brilliant loaction to use as the big house that we need. I have also asked the owner of the house if we can use it and they have given us the access to the house for whenever we set our film date. I will be able to get photo's up soon.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Main task - pre production - My idea.
Since the last time me and Ashleigh met up i came away and thought of an idea that we could use for our final film.
My idea...
A successful buisness man is found murdered in his extravagent home in LA. His wife and young child find him laying on the floor. He runs a the most sucusseful car dealer buissness for miles around and has many rivals within the buisness. On the night of his murder, hours before, he goes out with some work collegues for a meal and drinks. His wife and child are in bed by the time he comes in and they don't hear and disturbances. Suddenly, after his death, it comes to light that the man was involved in drug deals annd other such crimes to try and make up the money that he lost in gambling and the stock market. A private detective is hired by the wife to find out the murder. The man's past and recent activities as well as sucessfull buisness leave lots of people with the moative to kill...
My idea...
A successful buisness man is found murdered in his extravagent home in LA. His wife and young child find him laying on the floor. He runs a the most sucusseful car dealer buissness for miles around and has many rivals within the buisness. On the night of his murder, hours before, he goes out with some work collegues for a meal and drinks. His wife and child are in bed by the time he comes in and they don't hear and disturbances. Suddenly, after his death, it comes to light that the man was involved in drug deals annd other such crimes to try and make up the money that he lost in gambling and the stock market. A private detective is hired by the wife to find out the murder. The man's past and recent activities as well as sucessfull buisness leave lots of people with the moative to kill...
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Main task - pre production - Film noir - roles and ideas.
Me and Ashleigh got together and started planning our version of a film noir. This is what we came up with:
Roles
Director: Myself.
Producer: Ashleigh.
Lighting: Ashleigh.
Editing: Myself.
Artwork: Myself and Ashleigh.
Ideas
Opening scenes:
-Murder has happened.
-Time lapse, shows the murder happing.
-Fade out.
-Back to the beginning.
Opening titles:
-Type writer, man puts cigarete down, shadow falls across the type writer.
-The names appear on the sheet of paper as the man types.
This is all we have so far.
Roles
Director: Myself.
Producer: Ashleigh.
Lighting: Ashleigh.
Editing: Myself.
Artwork: Myself and Ashleigh.
Ideas
Opening scenes:
-Murder has happened.
-Time lapse, shows the murder happing.
-Fade out.
-Back to the beginning.
Opening titles:
-Type writer, man puts cigarete down, shadow falls across the type writer.
-The names appear on the sheet of paper as the man types.
This is all we have so far.
Main task - pre production -The big sleep - Research.
In media with Mr. Sheppard we sat and watched 'The Big Sleep' opening scenes to identify conventions within film noir to see what we can put into our own films. We got a sheet with some questions so that we could make accurate notes on things that we need to know:
What is the story about and how does it convey the story to the audience?
A private detective that is employed to sort out a black mail problem of a rich old man who is in a wheelchair. There are two young women in the house, they are described as a part of the problem of the black mail, his daughters. The detctive needs to solve the problem of the person black mailing the old man and to stop it happing as well. This is conveyed throught the detective going to the house, the daughters being a heavy presence towards him. The dective also introduces himself as a private detective and then we see the slips of paper that refer to the black mailing.
What production techniques are used to bring this film to life?
-Non-diegetic, loud music to show intensity. This is found in the opening titles.
-Back lighting to emphasise the time of day and key lighting on the characters to make them more obvious to the audience.
-Camera shots were blurred and narrowed on women to make them more beautiful.
-Shadows, music and props such as cigarettes make the film more realistic and stays true to the continuity of the films.
How is it a conventional film noir?
Within just the opening sequence of 'The Big Sleep' there are many things that are conveyed to the audience so that we can tell it is conventional film noir:
-Black and white.
-Private detective character as our main male lead.
-Smoking.
-Sillohets/shadows.
-Opening titles.
What sort of props are used and why?
Props are used in all films to help convey to the audience the setting or the narrative. In 'The Big Sleep' the following props are used in the opening scenes to just that:
-Cigarettes, a thing that everyone did at that time.
-Big houses in lovely locations, shows the wealth and the different worlld that some people get to live in. Normally to show the difference between the detective and the people employing him.
-Wheelchair, this is to show that although the rich chracter (in this case the old man) has all the money, he is still dependant on others for help.
-Alcohol, this was another thing that would have been usual back in the time. It is also showing that the chracters that are drinking are cool and sexy.
Where is the setting, why do you think this setting has been used and how is the setting being portrayed on screen?
A big house in America is being used, the main dialogue is taking place in a green house sort of thing. However the overall setting of the big house, is to portray the afliantual nature of the upper-class the world that the main character finds himself in compared to his possible complete oppsite way of life.
Why do you think, in an era that had discovered colour film (first colour film was 'Gone with the wind' in 1939) this film is in black and white? What effect does this have on the audience?
The effect is that it is showing the way it is done int he old age. It makes a statement that this is supposed to be like a black and white detective case. Also it is easier for the director and lighting crew to create the mysterious look of a crime that they need to convey to the audience.
What sort of titlting and music is used throughout?
There is music with the openign titles that is slow, this builds the suspence that the audience need to so that they can correspond this to other crime films that they may have seen before. It also shows that the openign titles are very much staged (not within the film) to make it further obvious that they are not apart of a film, other then releasing the information of some names to the audience.
Who are the main chracters and how are they are portrayed?
The male lead is our private detective. He is handsom and confident. He both smokes and drinks, instantly making this a cool and sexy thing for someone of this age to do. This means he becomes a role model to all other men.
The females in the opening scenes are two very different yet in some ways similar to each other. They appear to be the daughters of the old man that is being black mailed. They both talk to the detective however the first (youngest) of the two appears in a very short tennis outfit and the shot we first see her in, the majority of it is taken up by her legs. You can see she is the youth of the family as she is flirtaious with the detective. However the other sister is not in this type of costume and is talking to the detective about her father. She also drinks and smokes making this sexy and cool and appearing as a role model to women watching the film.
How would you describe the lighting used and what time of day is it filmed at?
The lighting seems to be slightly more than normally. Just highlighting the chracters against the setting. It's not very strong so does not make anything completely jump out at you. It appears to be shot during the day.
What sort of costumes are used for the main characters and what does this say about their characters?
The detective wears a simple suit with a white shirt and a black tie. He accompinies this with a hat when he is outside, there is a plain white handkercheif sticking out of his breast pocket of his suit. The shirt looks neat and clean however as though a little worn and possible second hand. This makes it look like he wants to be neat so that he can get a job, however he may have money issues as he has not had many job recently so he can't afford to buy a new shirt.
What is the story about and how does it convey the story to the audience?
A private detective that is employed to sort out a black mail problem of a rich old man who is in a wheelchair. There are two young women in the house, they are described as a part of the problem of the black mail, his daughters. The detctive needs to solve the problem of the person black mailing the old man and to stop it happing as well. This is conveyed throught the detective going to the house, the daughters being a heavy presence towards him. The dective also introduces himself as a private detective and then we see the slips of paper that refer to the black mailing.
What production techniques are used to bring this film to life?
-Non-diegetic, loud music to show intensity. This is found in the opening titles.
-Back lighting to emphasise the time of day and key lighting on the characters to make them more obvious to the audience.
-Camera shots were blurred and narrowed on women to make them more beautiful.
-Shadows, music and props such as cigarettes make the film more realistic and stays true to the continuity of the films.
How is it a conventional film noir?
Within just the opening sequence of 'The Big Sleep' there are many things that are conveyed to the audience so that we can tell it is conventional film noir:
-Black and white.
-Private detective character as our main male lead.
-Smoking.
-Sillohets/shadows.
-Opening titles.
What sort of props are used and why?
Props are used in all films to help convey to the audience the setting or the narrative. In 'The Big Sleep' the following props are used in the opening scenes to just that:
-Cigarettes, a thing that everyone did at that time.
-Big houses in lovely locations, shows the wealth and the different worlld that some people get to live in. Normally to show the difference between the detective and the people employing him.
-Wheelchair, this is to show that although the rich chracter (in this case the old man) has all the money, he is still dependant on others for help.
-Alcohol, this was another thing that would have been usual back in the time. It is also showing that the chracters that are drinking are cool and sexy.
Where is the setting, why do you think this setting has been used and how is the setting being portrayed on screen?
A big house in America is being used, the main dialogue is taking place in a green house sort of thing. However the overall setting of the big house, is to portray the afliantual nature of the upper-class the world that the main character finds himself in compared to his possible complete oppsite way of life.
Why do you think, in an era that had discovered colour film (first colour film was 'Gone with the wind' in 1939) this film is in black and white? What effect does this have on the audience?
The effect is that it is showing the way it is done int he old age. It makes a statement that this is supposed to be like a black and white detective case. Also it is easier for the director and lighting crew to create the mysterious look of a crime that they need to convey to the audience.
What sort of titlting and music is used throughout?
There is music with the openign titles that is slow, this builds the suspence that the audience need to so that they can correspond this to other crime films that they may have seen before. It also shows that the openign titles are very much staged (not within the film) to make it further obvious that they are not apart of a film, other then releasing the information of some names to the audience.
Who are the main chracters and how are they are portrayed?
The male lead is our private detective. He is handsom and confident. He both smokes and drinks, instantly making this a cool and sexy thing for someone of this age to do. This means he becomes a role model to all other men.
The females in the opening scenes are two very different yet in some ways similar to each other. They appear to be the daughters of the old man that is being black mailed. They both talk to the detective however the first (youngest) of the two appears in a very short tennis outfit and the shot we first see her in, the majority of it is taken up by her legs. You can see she is the youth of the family as she is flirtaious with the detective. However the other sister is not in this type of costume and is talking to the detective about her father. She also drinks and smokes making this sexy and cool and appearing as a role model to women watching the film.
How would you describe the lighting used and what time of day is it filmed at?
What sort of costumes are used for the main characters and what does this say about their characters?
The detective wears a simple suit with a white shirt and a black tie. He accompinies this with a hat when he is outside, there is a plain white handkercheif sticking out of his breast pocket of his suit. The shirt looks neat and clean however as though a little worn and possible second hand. This makes it look like he wants to be neat so that he can get a job, however he may have money issues as he has not had many job recently so he can't afford to buy a new shirt.
Main task - pre production - Film Noir - Research.
It's not just a genre, its a combination of two other genres.
Conventions
-Black and white.
-Good and bad charcters.
-Low key lighting.
-Costumes (Glamours dresses, 3-piece-suit, hats)
-No un-beautiful people.
-Glamours.
-Smoking.
-Opening titles of the first minute.
-Narrative.
-Cross dissolve.
-Fade to black.
-Blurry (makes women sexy).
-Strong female character (femme fatale/sexuality).
-Investigation hero.
-Flash back.
Film noir is a cinematic term and used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime drama's.
It's French for "Black film".
Hollywood's classic film noir period is genrally regarded as streatching from the early 1940's to the late 1950's.
The primary moods of film noir
-Melancholy.
-Alienation.
-Bleakness.
-Disillusionment.
-Disenchantment.
-Perssimism.
-Ambiguity.
-Moral curruption.
-Evil.
-Guilt.
-Desperation.
-Paranoia.
The films themselves, often shot in gloomy grays, blacks and whites, thematically showed the dark and inhuman side of human nature. With cynicsm and doomed love, they would also emphasise the brutal, unhealthy, shadowy dark and sadastic sides of the human experience.
Characters
Characters are driven by their past or by human weakness to repeat former mistakes.
Settings
Often places such as:
Interior...
-Low-key,single-source light.
-Venetian - blinded windows and rooms.
-Dark, claustrophobic, gloomy appearences.
Exterior...
-Night scenes.
-Deep shadows.
-Wet asphalt.
-Dark alleyways.
-Rain sleaked/main streets.
-Flashing neon lights.
-Low-key lighting.
Female roles
There are two types in film noir; decitful, reliable, trustworthy and loving women OR femmes fatales:
-Mysterious.
-Duplicitous.
-Double-crossing.
-Gorgeous.
-Unloving.
-Predatory.
-Tough-sweet.
-Unreliable.
-Irresponsible.
-Manipulate.
-Desprate.
Conventions
-Black and white.
-Good and bad charcters.
-Low key lighting.
-Costumes (Glamours dresses, 3-piece-suit, hats)
-No un-beautiful people.
-Glamours.
-Smoking.
-Opening titles of the first minute.
-Narrative.
-Cross dissolve.
-Fade to black.
-Blurry (makes women sexy).
-Strong female character (femme fatale/sexuality).
-Investigation hero.
-Flash back.
Film noir is a cinematic term and used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime drama's.
It's French for "Black film".
Hollywood's classic film noir period is genrally regarded as streatching from the early 1940's to the late 1950's.
The primary moods of film noir
-Melancholy.
-Alienation.
-Bleakness.
-Disillusionment.
-Disenchantment.
-Perssimism.
-Ambiguity.
-Moral curruption.
-Evil.
-Guilt.
-Desperation.
-Paranoia.
The films themselves, often shot in gloomy grays, blacks and whites, thematically showed the dark and inhuman side of human nature. With cynicsm and doomed love, they would also emphasise the brutal, unhealthy, shadowy dark and sadastic sides of the human experience.
Characters
Characters are driven by their past or by human weakness to repeat former mistakes.
Settings
Often places such as:
Interior...
-Low-key,single-source light.
-Venetian - blinded windows and rooms.
-Dark, claustrophobic, gloomy appearences.
Exterior...
-Night scenes.
-Deep shadows.
-Wet asphalt.
-Dark alleyways.
-Rain sleaked/main streets.
-Flashing neon lights.
-Low-key lighting.
Female roles
There are two types in film noir; decitful, reliable, trustworthy and loving women OR femmes fatales:
-Duplicitous.
-Double-crossing.
-Gorgeous.
-Unloving.
-Predatory.
-Tough-sweet.
-Unreliable.
-Irresponsible.
-Manipulate.
-Desprate.
Main task - pre production - Film Noir group.
I am in a group with Ashleigh Hughes. We both decided this was best as we get on well and thought that this was the best and easiest way for us to get as many marks as possible on this assignment.
Preliminary task - Film - Confession.
This is my preliminary task, Confession...
http://www.youtube.com/user/SawtryMovieMaking?feature=mhum#p/a/u/1/2HDie60KbGo
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