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.