Media Evaluation - film noir - written

Media Evaluation

my contribution

pre production -

• audience research
• equipment and props
• co-created voice description
• production schedule - however Michael also created one.
• co created - script 1 and 2
• created and completed storyboard
• created mind map
• completed research into movies and what i would like to include

production

• camerman
• discussed way around things
• changed the room around (around 1 and a half hours to get it right)

post production

• my evaluation

this is our first draft of our film. i was unable to be here for when we got feedbAck from a young audience, however my team completed this and told me what they said was good and what was bad.

Notably good points:

• Camera Shots
• Audience liked the extended takes
• Lighting

Notably Bad Points:

• Shaky camera for some shots

Potential Improvements:

• Some shots are unnecessarily long (may change opinion when voiceover is added)
• Some shots could cut straight to the action (door bang for example)

One thing that i have noticed is that on the credits i have been put down for lighting and will has been put down for cameraman which is the wrong way round. this has now been changed.

film noir - diary entry

Michael has taken control of the editing of our sequence as i have been unable to help. i have looked at the scene while i have been busy with the blogger helping see how problems can be solved. i was unable to help with the editing as i have been away on the trip missing a week of work. this made me do all the work before hand making me unable to do other things. i have now completed what i have needed to do. Michael has now completed the editing just waiting for the voice over to be returned from the actor. overall i believe we have many shots which allowed us to use what clips we wnat. we didn't want to have little amount of clips as we were scares of time and with having lots of clips we can shorten it to what we need.

film noir - audience analyses

to begin with i have used excel to create graphs and pie charts to back up what the audience have written within the questionnaires.

as you can see a majority of the people i have asked to fill in my questionnaire are 15-20 year old as i asked them at our school while i also asked parents and grand parents. Not only this but i asked a larger amount of men than ladies. this could have had a different effect if it was balanced. i also asked people that lived in Peterborough, Huntingdon and Sawtry meaning that they are roughly from the same region.

as you can see from this a large majority of the people are white British and only one black British. this may also have a change if i asked an even amount.

getting into the real questions. i asked them would you typically watch film noir films. a majority of the people, 9 out of 10 said they don't. this maybe due to asking a more younger population who are into HD colour films. the two people who said the typically watch noir films was my grandparents. they can relate to the film noirs as they were around from that time period and know what everything is and enjoy detective work.

however people may not watch them typically but more people at a younger age do enjoy Film noirs. this was reverse to typically watching them from 9 not watching them to 9 like watching them.

from this you can see that more people prefer the old conventional noir films which is equal to people not liking them at all with new modern film noirs.

from this you can see what people like as a sub genre. i have looked at this and it shows that a majority like a comedy however i don't believe it would work well with a film noir.

when asking about what type of film noir they have watched, people struggled to put one down as they are very old and passes there mind. this is because film noirs are not as popular as they used to be. from these results they have shown me that a majority of people like film noirs however they do not typically watch them. i have asked a more younger population on their opinion as they are my main target audience trying to bring back the popularity of film noirs. also girls enjoy the love part of films so we have partially decided that the conflict will be over a women who is very attractive, bringing in romance and love. also a majority of boys prefer a bit of violence and crime so this would be the conflict in the film and would cause a detective to be involved.

film noir - audience results

as you can see these are the results of my questionaires for the closed questions. i will now put these into graphs so that it is easier to analyse. i will describe what people like with the open ended questions. Audience Results

Film noir - audience questionaire

to begin with i made a questionaire which consisted of not many questions as one of them was accidently repeated. i only noticed this after around 5 people had completed the questionaire. this is it below.

as you can see there is a minimal amount of questions. so after this i decided to ask just a few more questions to make the questionaire more worth while as seen below.

Film Noir Questionnaire

Film noir - location info

We had beginned filming on the 1st March in the house of Graham's (Will's Dad) in Stamford. this is all filmed in the office and we totally re-arranged everything. to get to this location and back to our houses, Graham picked us up from school and brought us back after. as you can see from previous posts, there are pictures of the scene in the office and the outside of the house. also here is a pictures of the living room were we consulted everything befroe we filmed. we discuessed were we was going to put certain props nd if there were any final changes to the shots or storyline.

Film noir - actors bio

For our film noir opening scene we only needed one actor, and was William Hewitts dad, this is his bio;

Name: Graham Hewitt
Age: 62
Height: 6ft 1
Weight: 13 stone 10 pounds
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Blue
Build: Skinny
Experience in acting: Amateur Dramatics and 3 Television Appearances.
Experience that could contribute to a better job: Used to be a solicitor advocate, can be serious when needed, and when shown will know what to do. Friendly and understanding so easily told what to do.
Ethnicity: White English
Skin Colour: White
Hair Length: Medium/Short
Languages: English
Interests: Films (Film noir, Action), Classical music, Psychic studies.

this was completed by William Hewitt as it was his dad.
this was completed

as you can see this is Graham in his costume ready to start filming.

Film Noir - shooting pictures

these ae just a few pictures we managed to take just before filming.

These are our newspaper articles which Michael made to fit in with our storyline. they are in order so that the camera can go from oldest to newest to explain what has happened in the past.

this is the desk which most of the acting will be held.

this is were we decided to position the lights. it is out side the doors of the office so that the light cannot be seen in the shot and also would shine through the window.

This is our actor Graham, in his outfit. we decided to go for a smart suit scruffed up to make him look like a wreck. in this picture he is waiiting for the finishing touhes to be done to the setting.

this is me working the camera and attaching it onto the tripod. this is after i was testing out the shots we wished to do to make sure that they would work and the timing behind them.

this is the office before we re-arrange it taking out most of the stuff and changing were the main desk
will be.

this is the house we filmed in within Stamford. we got the transport there and back by Graham.

Film Noir - research into costume

There are many ways you can create iconic features in a film to create an effect that puts you in the mind frame of who people are and their status. clothing is a one of these areas taking up a main part. i am going to talk about clothing for males and female and what is usually seen in a film noir

Males
to begin with, usually male characters wear business suits which are black and white.  It would seem that the only way that a man's social status could be told was in the cut of that suit or whether the shirt was grimy. this classic style was usually warn by gangsters with a classy hat which showed that they had the money and power to do what they wish.
in our film i hope to find that we use the business suit style to fit in with the storyline. this would make him look wealthy however the roughness and scruffiness of the suit would show that he is not looked after and has changed from what he had been. also it would show that he has a profession which is a detective. i hat is also an item i would like to contain as it would top of the suit and made him look more like a detective.

Film Noir - research

All media texts are made with an audience in mind. generally, but not always, the producers make money out of that audience. therefore it is important to understand what happens when an audience 'meets' a media text.
audience research is a major part of any media companies work. they use, questionaires, focus groups and comparisons to existing movies and spend a great deal of time and money finding out if there is anyone out there who might be interested in their production.
I have so far analysed past noir films and have written what i would like to be in my film and what i would not. the three introductional films i have watched are:
- the endless night
- the foursquare film - a modern interpretation of noir film
- golden gloves
These have been shown in similar tasks and as well as the posters. i have also looked up the conventions of film noir and has given me a strong in sight on what i need to include to make it generic.

Film Noir - Shooting

We carried out our filming on the 1st March were we filmed in Will Hewitt's dad's house (Graham) who was happy for us to do what we wnated with his office. to begin with though, Graham picked us up from sawtry were we went to Michael's House in stilton to collect the props as they were to heavy to carry into school. from there we went into stamford were Graham lived. when we arrived it was to light to film in as the blinds didn't block out the sun light. so in this time we made sure that the set was set up correctly so that it would look as good as it could. this took around 1 and half to 2 hours setting up the scene. we waited around till it was dark and began to film.
Graham had a collection of clothing which could have worked in our film. but we concluded there that he should wear a black suit with a tie and scruffed it up to look like he was rough and depressed.
when we filmed we had enough time to continuely re take shots to get it at it's best. we took different shots to see what worked changing small parts of our storyboard. this wouldn't effect our voice over as it would work out fine anyways. the lighting was positioned in the living room lighting the the windows of the door. this created a good effect as it only light up the back of his head showing that he had a bad side of him (back lighting), run by Will Hewitt. Michael stood in the room we filmed in out of shot to see that the production run smoothly while I videoed experimenting with shots. some shots became very blury and some were very hard to film due to being so long. Graham acted well and understood everything we wanted from him. we had the correct props and worked amazingly. we created a video were it showed how the room changed from our setting to back to normal. this will be put on my final evaluation.

Film noir - voice over

As you can see this below, is a email sent from and to Ockenden. we obtained this contact through Mr Shephard and Michael Raucci emailed him to find out if he would be able to do a new york ascent for our film. He was very generous and offered his time to us and said that if we find something wrong with it and needs re changing he will do that for us. he also has a media facility were he can create very clear speeches. we was very thankful for his time. we have not yet completed the voice over as we would like to complete the editing first so that we can time how long we want the speech and what to say in the write order.

film noir - production schedule

This is the production schedule that i have produced myself. however, due to a lack of commuincation me and Michael have both created one. this is the one i have created and Michael has put his one onto his page.

Production Schedule

film noir - location

As you can see this is our location for which we filmed in. this was in stamford at Graham's house (Will Hewiits dad). this is the offcice which we totally re-arranged to make it suit our needs.  

film noir - prop's used

we chose certain props so that it would fit in with the time period and make our film noir look realistic and professional. some of the props were actually used such as the type writer to show the title 'Candi' at the end of the opening. newspaper clippings were used to show the past which had occured to him. there were three newspapers:
1. detective extroadinaire caught covering up killings - used to show that he has turned against the public.
2. mobster roundup continues: over 60 arrests made - shows the detective at his prime
3. bekowski family behind new york crime ring - shows that the detective has stitched up the gang he was invloved with and is now hated by them.

The next item is the type writer.

Radio - triggers voice over

glass - drinks whiskey - shows depressed

the overall table of props

film noir - risk assessment

our group has carried out the risk assessment to ensure that the problems we could encounter can be solved so that we are safe and ready to film. this is for the film 'Candi' held in the grounds of will's house. this was completed by William Hewitt on the 28th february.
document 1 - general risk assesment form

document 2 - risk assessment form - part B

document 3 - general risk assessment form - Part A

document 4 - risk assesmnt form - Part B

film noir - diary entry

We have finished filming on the 1st March which allowed us loads of time to prepare our selves for the evaluation and editing. we optained all the shots we had wanted and have now started editing. all the shots we have done are for the opening scene of 'Candi'. All blog tasks will be completed as soon as possible. most of them are completed however need to be posted and annotated.

film noir - storyboard

As you can see this is the story board which i have created by using the final script (created by Chris Howard & Michael Maucci. as you can see it contains all the shots and a description of what is occuring.

film noir - lighting risk assessment

To be able to create affects using the lighting, we had to pass in the lighting test. william took that role as lighting man and completed the test. this test showed that will had the capability and safety to use the lighting kit and was used at the scene. on the right is the scanned version of the certificate.

film noir - props & equipment

Equipment & Props