Filming

As Lane was filming I used some of my artistic skills to do the cinematography behind the filming. Using techniques similar to the pictures below however on a smaller scale:

These images demonstrate the use of lit windows in the dusk:

Windows (1)                                                                 Windows (2)

And some images involving light, rivers and bridges: 

Six week timeline

Week 1  (13th Jan - 19th Jan)

•  Filming predominantly finished and uploaded.
• Start editing first cut to timeline specs.
• Create studio idents/screens.

Week 2  (20th Jan - 26th Jan)

• Finalise our first cut so that it is ready to be shown for feedback.
• Send Billie first cut for preliminary work on music.

Week 3  (27th Jan - 2nd Feb)

• Show our first focus group collecting feedback (also from teachers)
• start to re-edit our cut
• Planning and processing any re-shooting necessary
•  continue construction of sound.

Week 4  (3rd Feb - 9th Feb)

• Constructing final sounds
• Finish all titles
• Final edits of our OTS

Week 5  (10th Feb - 14th Feb)

• Distribution of our first cut of our final OTS on social networking websites,linked to "surveymonkey" for surveys and feedback.
• Work on blog showing evidence though various interactive methods : Slide-shares,production plans, reflective notes and talking heads.

Week 6  (17th Feb - 23rd Feb)

• Complete focus group research
• complete blog
• plan final improvements to response and feedback

Props we have chosen to include in our neo noir

Age Classifications

Source:

All classification decisions are based on the BBFC’s published and regularly updated Guidelines. The Guidelines are the product of extensive public consultation, research and the accumulated experience of the BBFC over many years. They reflect current views on film, DVD and video game regulation.

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  Suitable for all
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  Parental guidance
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  Cinema release suitable for 12 years and over
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  Video release suitable for 12 years and over
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  Suitable only for 15 years and over
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  Suitable only for adults

Films as we see in the cinema are classified by at least two examiners looking for specific content relating to each category, they look at issues such as discrimination, drugs, horror, imitable behaviour, language, nudity, sex, sexual violence, theme and violencewhilst deciding. As well as  context, the tone and impact of a work and the release format (for example, as DVDs are watched in the home, there is a higher risk of underage viewing).

Generally the issues the examiners look for increase with the scale of Classifications, it is likely that drugs misuse and sexual behaviour are shown in an 18 where as it is very unlikely and if so mild in a PG or U.

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4 Key areas for me to consider as a Film producer.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

• Actors Heath and safety
• We must consider the safety of our actors; this can be through choice of props, location and costume. It is not a good idea to use a real weapon and it is best to consider the weather when choosing heels for the femme fatale.
• Vision
• We need to consider the restrictions during motion camera use, during filming. I, as director will supervise Lane, ensuring she doesn't walk into anything or fall over.
• General Risk Assessment
• *******Example to Add from school system******

ETHICS

• Validity of Offending People
• We must consider that some thing we may show or say will offend some audiences.
• Responsibility
• We must know what is right/wrong to include in our OTS, and show responsibility about what is sensible to show in our production. 
• Impact on Well-being
• We must ensure that our film will not negatively effect spiritual and physical well-being.

FILM CLASSIFICATION

• Audience
• Age Restrictions - BBFC
• The BBFC website explains the age restrictions.
• (See next post)

COPYRIGHT

• The Rule
• Evidence
• Poem

Creating a title

Most Film noir titles are 2 words long we intend to follow this convention, these title are usually about sex or violence so using a thesaurus we intend to find a title similar to "Sexual Violence".

End Result:

Working out how to create an "ASMEDIA" channel on youtube..

Click here to find where I sought help.
After reading this I realised that I needed to create a Google+ Page, I have linked the page "ASMEDIA" to this blog.

I have undergone this process so that I can upload my sweded film to my past blog post.
I have managed to link my Google+ page to my YouTube channel and my blog.

Evaluation of our continuity task

My media task develops and challenge forms and conventions of real media products by taking the typical conventions of a film noir which I have shown throughout my blog however we have challenged these conventions adding our own styles influenced by our research.

The continuity task presents social groups such as upper/middle as more seedy than the working class, we can distinguish this since the characters all have something to hide in this scene where as if continued the working class characters would be more honest.

Our media product would be likely to be distributed in a small cinema rather than a multiplex due to the style of film and the lack of blockbuster names and effects.

Middle aged audiences would be expected to watch our film if it were to be completed however I think it would be aimed at men rather than women due to the nature of the characters.

I  have learnt a small bit about technology whilst producing this piece in particular how to use a more up to date version of I-movie as well as getting to grips with the basic uses of a camera and the uploading techniques.

First edit of our OTS

In our first cut the footage doesn't flow as one would expect a film to, our continuity isn't perfect however it isn't so bad for our first try. This task allowed me to consider the 180 degree rule and basic errors in continuity ( I even spot it a lot on TV!) This will benefit my Final OTS task since I will be looking for these errors as we film and hopefully avoid most errors that may occur. The sound on this edit is atrocious because we filmed it in a noisy area, I will listen to the noise on camera before filming in any particular location.

Narrative Storyboard

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Planning our continuity task

This continuity task was set to test our knowledge and understanding of the 180 degree rule,match on action, shot/reverse shot. We used Facebook chat to communicate throughout the group. Here Morrighan has used a voice over to explain what is going on while the rest of the group were planning scripting and narrative ideas. I will try to use this technique to demonstrate my work in the near future. 

Looking for realistic bullet wounds

How to (bullet wound)




How to (Fake Blood)...

Researching props, costume and make up to use for our neo noir opening title sequence

Since our film is neo noir we are able to be more controversial with our miss-en-scene.
Femme Fatale idea mood board pictures: Femme Fatale .. How to..

Here are pictures of modern femme fatale icons contrasted with the image of a traditional femme fatale.

Here are some more images however these focus on modern (since it's a neo noir)  hair styles for our actress Lydia Fulcher.

Here are some influential make up styles related to modern femme fatales (since it's a neo noir):

Production roles

We have decided to allocate myself as production manager, I will direct the project to ensure it goes a planned. My predominant role is to look at cinematography and props and look at what works well considering editing and titles. Meanwhile Lane is more focused on filming and organising music

Minutes for today

I have drawn up the storyboard for our animatic,while Lane continued the original narrative. We hope to collect props, make up, and costume ideas soon.
Lane will aim to research locations while I focus on the costume/prop aspects. We hope to achieve this by Monday 16th December 2013.

Narrative planning stage 1

We had a slow start to our narrative planning, but hopefully with a little extra work we will finish it soon. The narrative development was based on the idea that our film would be neo noie rather than based on typical noir elements although some elements will be included for our neo noir style.

Planning our Opening Title Sequence.

Here we have contacted the author of a poem to see if we can use a passage from their work:

We are happy to say that the author did indeed reply, giving his permissions for us to use his poem for our project (the email is below).

The poem is written below, copyright to Matt Castaneda,

(We are likely to use the highlighted section, and would have used the whole poem at the end of our film)

Collusion Of Silence

© Matt C.

I live everyday with everlasting shame,
with everlasting regret,
with everlasting pain,
Why? What have I done to beget?
I don't forget, like a tight corset
of the pain that tightly constrains my soul
and turns my heart into deep, dark coal.

So there's nothing left to do,
except load this bullet and blow straight through.
For every somber moment,
every haphazard mistake,
every broken promise,
every failure,
all my doubt,
all my lost hope,
all my poisoned love,
can go straight through
the bullet hole I just blew.
Now, they can escape to the surface,
in hopes of a higher purpose, because I'm sadly through.

One bullet, one dream, one doubt,
and the one fire no one helped to put out.
So say goodbye,
and don't forget to say hi
to my demons passing by;
For I am Satan's now,
no matter how hard I cry.
No one can hear me anymore,
forever suffering, forever silent, forever I die.

Source: Relief From Feeling Alone Poem, Collusion Of Silence http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/collusion-of-silence#ixzz2mY6avxMR 
Family Friend Poems 

Neo Noir (New Dark)

Here is a comparison between conventional noir elements and unconventional noir elements.

Neo Noir Films:
Red Riding Trilogy
Mulholland Drive
Blade Runner

Top 10 Neo Noirs according to listverse

Red Riding Trilogy

Mulholland Drive

Blade Runner