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Final Cut.

Evaluation.

Evaluation.

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Our film noir uses the forms and conventions of published film noir because of the characters we have within our story. Within our film noir we have a femme fatale and a detective. These are the characters that complete a traditional film noir. The scene in our film noir where the questioning is taking place, in the interview room, we see the detectives and the femme fatale. We did not use a canted frame in our film noir as we thought it would not work well in our film.

Our film noir uses the convention of a real film noir as our storyline involves a mysterious killing taking place and a police/detective questioning in order to unfold the truth. There is a scene present where the detectives find the body. The two are dresses in smart clothes. The female dressed in a long smart coat, the male dressed in a shirt and tie. By using these methods of mise-en-scene it helps our film to agree with the conventions of a film noir product.

Our film noir does follow many of the conventions and terms of a professional film noir however in certain ways we do challenge them. We have a female detective which back in the days of film noir’s, women did not have such an important role. This is a way of us expressing our film noir as more modern, appealing to a new generation. It was very unlikely that a man and a woman would work together to uncover a mystery however our film noir shows a good working relationship between our female and male detective.

Our opening scene shows a man walking through a park and at the time rain is falling heavy. Rain can be seen as a conventional aspect of a film noir. Also we included flashbacks in order to create more depth to the story, bring more emotion to it and explain to the audience events from the past so the story can be understood more clearly, a technique taken from professional standard film noirs.

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our media product represents different social groups in several specific ways.

The first character you are introduced to in our film is a man. The man is portrayed in a professional light. The man is holding a briefcase and is smartly dressed; this helps to give the audience the impression that the man has a good professional job. The same man also comes into the film having an argument with his wife in their family home. The man is portrayed to be dominant over his wife, as he is standing tall over her while she is sat almost quivering on the couch. The man is also using intimidating behavior such as pointing and shouting at his wife.

Another character in the film is a woman, arguing with her husband. The woman is portrayed to be scared and intimidated by her husband, this is shown by her shaking and obvious dislike to arguing and standing up to her husband. The woman explains how she cooked for her husband and cleaned the house previously that day , this helps to portray her to the audience as a typical old fashioned house wife. She also explains how her husband beat her, this is shown in the clip of the argument, and again portrays her as weak and inferior to her husband as she is a victim of domestic violence. This woman character helps to portray the old fashioned image from when the film was set that women stayed at home and cared for their husbands while they went off to work.

The police in our media product are portrayed in the film as smartly dressed, calm and confident. This helps to show to the audience that they are the ones in control and are used to dealing with such murder cases as they have no shocked expression to the mans death. By having the police smartly dressed this helps to portray that the police are in charge and intend to solve the murder as quickly as possible, emphasizing on their professionalism and dedication to their job.

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Our media product could be distributed by a range of media institutions.

Our film could be released in the cinema. This could be because there are not many film noirs that are released in the present day, by releasing ours into a cinema this would help to attract the range of film noir fans. Also by releasing it in the cinema this would help to attract a wide audience too by using good marketing attracting attention and fans to the film.

Other modern film noirs such as L.A Confidential were released by Warner brothers. Warner brothers could also choose to produce our film as the company has a record of being involved in film noirs and other films which are not as popular with all fans.

Who would be the audience of your media product?

We have aimed for the audience of our media product to be aged 15 years and above. This is because our film noir involves the concept of violence. Also within film noirs within the story line there is normally a mass amount of violence throughout and therefore even though our opening sequence may not seem that directed at 15 years of age and above, the rest of the film to follow no doubtable would only be appropriate for that specific age and above.

We took inspiration from the film noirs se7en and L.A Confidential however these both have the certificate 18. Therefore we edited the contents included within the film noir so that we could lower the age certificate down so our film could appeal to a larger audience in the end and hopefully if produced would make more money. Within a 15 we may still have swearing and violence can be involved but what must not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury.

How did you attract/address your audience?

We attracted the audience by using classic Film Noir things, using younger actors, and younger clothing. It is a similar storyline to other Film Noirs, and trying to attract new audiences by using modern actors and pushing Film Noir normality’s. With the main characters usually men, females never played an important role whereas in our Film Noir we are challenging that by having a female detective. Using a female detective also broadened our audience as back in the day, women may not have been particularly interested in watching film noirs however with a female as a main character, females would now most likely enjoy the story line a lot more.

We gave the film a mysterious feel to it so the audience could keep hooked and interested as they tried to unfold what had happened in their minds as well as the detectives solving the problems of the events occurring. We tried our best to use music that would build suspense for the audience and also slow music that would express emotion. These are two of the most important things a film should bring across in order for it to be a success, especially suspense for a film noir.

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product?

Whilst constructing this product we have learnt to use the technologies a lot better. Our I Movie skills in order to construct and piece together the film have improved dramatically. Also we have developed our skills when using Garage Band to create the music that makes our film soundtrack. Also we have improved our skills when using the camera when situating it to capture certain shots. During the process of our coursework we had to use photoshop in order to create a logo and a mind map of ideas.

When piecing the film together, we realized the camera had been on a wide screen setting therefore when we up loaded the film we found that a border appears around the edge, minimizing the size of the footage present. In future we shall learn to be more careful when choosing settings that will effect our final product.

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

From our preliminary task to producing our full product for examination we have developed our camera shot skills, as we know now how to take a variety of shots fitting them all together. Also we have had more practice working on IMOVIE and now can successfully piece together various clips of footage in order to create a free –flowing film for an audience to successfully follow and understand. Also we have moved on to make our own music, tracks and sound effects, rather than select from the basic choices available within IMOVIE.

Print Screen of Garage Band.

This is the print screen of our GarageBand music.

Rough Cut & Comments.

What to edit for final cut

At the start of our film noir, the music being very slow fits the situation however as the film carries on it would work and sound much better if the music got increasingly faster; building suspense up to the shooting. Hopefully we can change the music slightly to give a better effect before our final cut has to be published.

When the logo of our film company and the title of our sequence appears they happen to fast for you to register what they say properly, therefore we aim to make the clips last longer during our final cut.

When the detectives are looking down at the body it would sound better if there was a slow tune, mainly by piano, playing in the background to express the emotion of somebody dying.

We also need to film a few more short parts to finish the film completely in order to hand in the final cut.

The good parts

The editing of the film up to now is really good. We think that the use of changing the colour of the filming and showing the man walking from all different angles, even from the stalkers point of view, works really well.

Adding music helps to create suspense and show emotion.

Animatic.

Shooting Schedule

DATE	SCENE NO	D/N	INT/EXT	LOCATION NAME/ ONE LINE DESCRIPTION	CAST
Wed 24th	1	Day	EXT	Burn Valley Pan shot Shot from killers view Close up of feet Still shot from behind	John Wray
Mon 1st	2	Day	EXTr	Back Alley Shot of body being found by detectives, full alley shot Close up of detectives talking Close up shot of body on floor	John Wray Rachel Noddings
Wed 3rd	3	Day	INT	Police station interview room Close up of detectives Close up of Mrs Robson	Sam Kidson John Wray Rachel Noddings
	4	Day	INT	House Mr and Mrs Robson arguing	John Wray Sam Kidson
	5	Day	INT	Police station interviewing room	Sam Kidson John Wray Rachel Noddings
	6	Day	INT	House More arguing, Mr Robson hits Mrs Robson	John Wray Sam Kidson
	7	Day	INT	Police station interviewing room Interviewing table Closing of interrogation	Sam Kidson John Wray Rachel Noddings

FIlm Noir Script

Cast List

Male Detective (Detective Anderson) - Jon Wray

Female Detective ( Detective Kidson) - Rachel Noddings

Mr Robson - Jon Wray

Mrs Robson - Sam Kidson

EXT BURN VALLEY LATE AFTERNOON

[Mr Robson walking through the Burn Valley wearing a suit, a trench coat and carrying a brief case.

View of Mr Robson walking from the killers sight, voice of the killers breathing heard.

Mr Robsons feet walking quickly.

View of Mr Robson from behind, still walking.

A black screen appears with the sound of a gun shot.

EXT BACK ALLEY EVENING

Body lying dead within a black alley.

Two detectives appear at the scene to corner it off from the public.]

DETECTIVE ANDERSON

Looks brutal doesn't it Detective Kidson? Seems we have another tough case on our hands.

DETECTIVE KIDSON

We should get this cornered off straight away, no need for a big fuss from the locals around here, they aren't the nicest of people, previous experience.

INT POLICE STATION INTERVIEWING ROOM AFTERNOON

[ Detective Anderson and Kidson interviewing the dead mans wife. View of them sat beside one another]

DETECTIVE KIDSON

Interview start time: 1.15pm, 15th October 2010, Mrs Robson suspect of Mr John Robsons death.

[ Sound of tape recorder being started - long beep]

DETECTIVE ANDERSON

Good Afternoon, Mrs Robson could you tell me where you were on the 14th October, from morning to evening.

MRS ROBSON

I was at home, I got up in the morning cleaned the house, and made the dinner. In the afternoon I argued with Jon before he left for work, he's been accusing me of lying and being unfaithful for weeks now.

INT ROBSON HOUSEHOLD AFTERNOON

[Flashback of Mr and Mrs Robson arguing]

INT POLICE STATION INTERVIEWING ROOM AFTERNOON

DETECTIVE KIDSON

Did he just shout at you Mrs Robson, or did things go further?

MRS ROBSON

He hit me, he has done many times but I've never spoke out.

INT ROBSON HOUSEHOLD AFTERNOON

[Flashback to Mr Robson hitting Mrs Robson, screaming and crying heard, smashing of glass photoframe]

INT POLICE STATION INTERVIEWING ROOM AFTERNOON

[View of Detective Anderson and Detective Kidson still sat at interviewing table]

DETECTIVE ANDERSON

Thats all for today Mrs Robson, we shall leave you to go and see your family and come to terms with the death of your husband.

DETECTIVE KIDSON

However we will be bringing you back at a later date Mrs Robson for a further questioning.

[Detective Kidsons hand reaching out to stop the tape recorder]

DETECTIVE KIDSON

Interview suspended at 1:32pm.

Actors,Location,Props and Costumes.

Location –

Burn Valley & Hartlepool Sixth Form College

Actors

Jon Wray – Dead man & Detective

Rachel Noddings -Woman Detective

Sam Kidson -Mans Wife

Mise en Scene

Male Detective – Smartly dressed, suit/shirt/trousers/tie/trench coat & smart black shoes.

Female Detective – Black dress, black tights, heels, smart coat

Mans Wife – Blonde hair, Smart dress, Heels, Looks after herself

Dead Man – Scruffy Suit, Fake blood = Messy.

Props

Fake blood

Briefcase

Photo

Tape recorder

Chairs

Table

Costumes ( As mentioned above)

Ideas for Film Noir.

Ideas of Our Group.

- Backstreet/Alley

- Male and Female Detective

- Femme Fatale finds husbands body in back alley.

- Male and Female detective arrive

- Cross cut to office, femme fatale getting interrogated.

- Femme Fatale starts crying, getting flashbacks of fighting with her husband

- Voice over talking to police detective while flashbacks on screen

The storyline of our film sequence will be based on a male and female detective. We have decided to use a female detective as this challenges the genre conventions and character types associated with class film noir's. Our film is based on a murder of a man shot by an anonymous gunman. The identity of the gunman is not known until the end of the film where there will be a shock twist to expose the killer, however this will not be shown in our short sequence. In our sequence the audience will be led to believe that the mans wife was the person who killed him. The mans wife will be under interrogation by the male and female detectives in a classic room style. The wife will play the femme fatale role in our sequence.

An establishing shot will show the man walking home, and then found dead by his wife in a back alley. This is where the detectives will be introduced as they arrive on the scene. The camera will then crosscut to the police station showing the detectives interviewing the mans wife. A voice over will be used to show the woman's experience and flashbacks will be used to show previous parts of her life e.g. when she found her husband.

Target Audience.

Each film produced has to be given an age certificate. This controls what age people have to be to view the film due to certain content.

U Universal –

Suitable for all

It is impossible to predict what

might upset any particular

child. But a ‘U’ film should be

suitable for audiences aged four

years and over. ‘U’ films should

be set within a positive moral

framework and should offer

reassuring counterbalances to

any violence, threat or horror.

If a work is particularly suitable

for a pre-school child to view

alone, this will be indicated in

the Consumer Advice.

Discrimination

No discriminatory language or behaviour unless

clearly disapproved of.

Drugs

No references to illegal drugs or drug misuse unless

they are infrequent and innocuous, or there is a clear

educational purpose or anti-drug message suitable

for young children.

Horror

Scary sequences should be mild, brief and unlikely to

cause undue anxiety to young children. The outcome

should be reassuring.

Imitable behaviour

No potentially dangerous behaviour which young

children are likely to copy. No emphasis on realistic

or easily accessible weapons.

Language

Infrequent use only of very mild bad language.

Nudity

Occasional natural nudity, with no sexual context.

Sex

Mild sexual behaviour (for example, kissing) and

references only (for example, to ‘making love’).

Theme

While problematic themes may be present, their

treatment must be sensitive and appropriate for

young children.

Violence

Mild violence only. Occasional mild threat or

menace only.

PG Parental Guidance –

General viewing, but some

scenes may be unsuitable

for young children

Unaccompanied children of

any age may watch. A ‘PG’

film should not disturb a child

aged around eight or older.

However, parents are advised

to consider whether the content

may upset younger or more

sensitive children.

Discrimination

Discriminatory language or behaviour is unlikely to

be acceptable unless clearly disapproved of or in an

educational or historical context. Discrimination by

a character with which children can readily identify

is unlikely to be acceptable.

Drugs

References to illegal drugs or drug misuse must be

innocuous or carry a suitable anti-drug message.

Horror

Frightening sequences should not be prolonged or

intense. Fantasy settings may be a mitigating factor.

Imitable behaviour

No detail of potentially dangerous behaviour which

young children are likely to copy. No glamorisation

of realistic or easily accessible weapons.

Language

Mild bad language only.

Nudity

Natural nudity, with no sexual context.

Sex

Sexual activity may be implied, but should be

discreet and infrequent. Mild sex references and

innuendo only.

Theme

Where more serious issues are featured (for example,

domestic violence) nothing in their treatment should

condone unacceptable behaviour.

Violence

Moderate violence, without detail, may be allowed,

if justified by its context (for example, history,

comedy or fantasy).

12A/12 –

Discrimination

Discriminatory language or behaviour must not be

endorsed by the work as a whole. Aggressive

discriminatory language or behaviour is unlikely

to be acceptable unless clearly condemned.

Drugs

Any misuse of drugs must be infrequent and should

not be glamorised or give instructional detail.

Horror

Moderate physical and psychological threat may be

permitted, provided disturbing sequences are not

frequent or sustained.

Imitable behaviour

Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and

self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be

copied, or appear pain or harm free. Easily accessible

weapons should not be glamorised.

Language

Moderate language is allowed. The use of strong

language (for example, ‘fuck’) must be infrequent.

Nudity

Nudity is allowed, but in a sexual context must be brief

and discreet.

Sex

Sexual activity may be briefly and discreetly portrayed.

Sex references should not go beyond what is suitable for

young teenagers. Frequent crude references are unlikely

to be acceptable.

Theme

Mature themes are acceptable, but their treatment must

be suitable for young teenagers.

Violence

Moderate violence is allowed but should not dwell on

detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood,

but occasional gory moments may be permitted if justified by the content.

Suitable only for 15 years

and over

Discrimination

The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory

language or behaviour.

Drugs

Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not

promote or encourage drug misuse. The misuse of easily

accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example,

aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable.

Horror

Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic

or sexualised.

Imitable behaviour

Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and

self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be

copied. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.

Language

There may be frequent use of strong language (for example,

‘fuck’). The strongest terms (for example, ‘cunt’) may be

acceptable if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated

use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable.

Nudity

Nudity may be allowed in a sexual context but without

strong detail. There are no constraints on nudity in a

non-sexual or educational context.

Sex

Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail.

There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour,

but the strongest references are unlikely to be acceptable

unless justified by context. Works whose primary purpose is

sexual arousal or stimulation are unlikely to be acceptable.

Theme

No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is

appropriate for 15 year olds.

Violence

Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction

of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to

be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also

unlikely to be acceptable.

There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence

but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and

have a strong contextual justification.

Suitable only for adults

No-one younger than 18 may

see an ‘18’ film in a cinema.

No-one youngerthan 18 may

rent or buy an ‘18’ rated video.

In line with the consistent findings of the BBFC’s public

consultations and The Human Rights Act 1998, at ‘18’ the

BBFC’s guideline concerns will not normally override

the principle that adults should be free to choose their

own entertainment. Exceptions are most likely in the

following areas:

• where the material is in breach of the criminal law,

or has been created through the commission of a

criminal offence

• where material or treatment appears to the BBFC to

risk harm to individuals or, through their behaviour,

to society – for example, any detailed portrayal of

violent or dangerous acts, or of illegal drug use,

which may cause harm to public health or morals.

This may include portrayals of sexual or sexualised

violence which might, for example, eroticise or

endorse sexual assault

• where there are more explicit images of sexual

activity which cannot be justified by context. Such

images may be appropriate in ‘R18’ works, and in

‘sex works’ (see below) would normally be confined

to that category.

In the case of video works (including video games),

which may be more accessible to younger viewers,

intervention may be more frequent than for cinema films.

Sex education at ‘18’

Where sex material genuinely seeks to inform and

educate in matters such as human sexuality, safer

sex and health, explicit images of sexual activity may

be permitted.

As i group we decided the certificate we would give to our film noir would be 15. We felt the film noir would be targeted at our age and above which was the most suitable option.