Locations in our Film Noir

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Props In Our Film Noir

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Costume in Our Film

           

Shooting Schedule and Call Sheets

Sunday 13th of March: Interior scenes, home(Ashwell)
Sunday 20th of March: Exterior scenes (Baldock) 
Wednesday 23rd of March: Interior scenes, police station and psychologists (Baldock)

Day 1: Ashwell - Interior scenes, home 
Actors: Julia, Tom



Day 2: Baldock - Exterior scenes.  
Actors needed: Tom, Julia, Georgia.

Day 3: Interior shots, police station and psychologist scenes

Actors needed: Tom, Amelia, Robin, Julia.

Our Cast and Characters

 Kevin Gray (Fall Guy)- Thomas Luck 

Kevin is the protagonist of our film noir, suffering from dissociative amnesia, PTSD and Depression, we wanted to focus on the theme of mentality in the film, drawing inspiration from characters such as Leonard from Memento and Buzz from The Blue Dahlia. Kevin suffers from 'blackouts' causing him to forget the brutal murders of his victims until he is ultimately betrayed by  his love interest Violet. 

Violet (Femme Fatale)- Julia ten Hove 

Violet is the ambitious undercover journalist, who manipulates Kevin's mentality for her own personal attainment, seeking career success and independence. We tried to feature the common motif of independence in our femme fatale, as these show women straying from their traditional gender roles in film, something we tried to reflect.

The Police Officer (Moral Figure)- Robin Hutchinson

The police officer is used as a moral foil to the characters in the film, reminding audiences of right and wrong and highlighting the ill decisions of our characters. Ultimately he sympathises with Kevin, Violet blatantly using him to advance her career and personal success. 

Music in our film

We decided to create our own sounds and music for our film, using Foley Sound for our sound effects and creating own score for the piece, using Garage Band. 

We created three pieces of music, an opening/closing, theme for the montage of Kevin and Violet getting to know each other and the music that will play during the scene where Kevin is in therapy, discussing his nightmares. 

In the pieces we commonly used guitar, strings, flute and clarinet to create a low and ominous theme, attempting to build tension, and add mysterious elements and themes in the film. 

Piece 1: Opening/Ending Theme

We combined the music for the opening and closing of our film to create a sense of symmetry in the film, making the film seem more complete in the conclusion, however we will add camera clicking sound effects to the theme for the conclusion, representing the celebrity and success Violet achieved at Kevin's expense. 

We used Strings, Flute and and Finger Bass to create a tense theme that will be featured as we focus on Kevin's blood stained clothes and then his fate. 

Piece 2: Psychiatrist's Office

In our second piece we used Strings, clarinet and Bass to create a tense theme, representing Kevin confiding in his psychiatrist, the music in this scene is significant, as we will not feature dialogue, making the music more relevant.

We aimed to created a stressful, tense theme to emphasise the stress Kevin is feeling and make the scene seem more significant.

Piece 3: Romantic Montage

Originally the music we would have used as in montage to show Kevin and Violet getting to know each other, was planned to be light and bubbly to represent the feelings of their early relationship, however this didn't match the conventions or themes of the film noir genre, so we used a saxophone to make the music more tense and foreboding. 

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