'Film Noir Shotlist'

Our Film Noir Planning

'Film Noir Planning'

Method: (Plot outline)

• -femme fatal

-husband
-mistress
-detective
I would like the femme fatal to walk catch a glimpse of her husband and his mistress having a moment in the bedroom, then she feels upset, then slumps against the door. Then there is a flash forward to the woman in a interrogation room, where she breaks don in front of the the detective and says she wants her husband back. The detective decides to look into the murder. Then when the detective does finds out the murder, he gets stabbed in the back by the wife, and she smiles. Then then the flashbac


Characters
-Scarlet(femme Fatal)
-no name
-Alexandra(mistress)
-Bret(cop)
-detective(never sees his face)
Scarlet hacks into Franks bank account and sees how much money he has (LOTSSSS). Scarlet finds Alexandra and her husband having an affair, goes to Bret and tells him (acts sad, but she never liked her husband). Bret drinking at home while working on case, before Scarlet comes in. She then tells that their partners are having an affair. Bret then goes to confront her husband, drunk and in rage, then kills him. A shot of Scarlet smiling after he leaves and drinking.  Bret and Alexandra come back and regrets decisions, Scarlet sobs and is devastated. Tells them about the money and how they can start a new life. Tells Bret to met her at a secret spot. Gun shot then Scarlet walks away, Bret then walks in and sees his wife’s dead body, then sirens blares. Interrogation between Bret and detective, then becomes voice over while Scarlet counting money and throwing her wedding ring away.

Film Noir Ingredient List

Film Noir Ingredients List

Character Conventions: Central Characters:  Private Investigator/Detective/Plainclothes Detective A law abiding citizen lured or forced to commit a crime or a victim of circumstance down on luck. A Femme Fatale Other characters often include: Corrupt officials, policemen or gangsters Jealous Husbands/Wives, friends or family A nosy character, journalist, police informant who may wind up missing or murdered.	Plot Devices: Complex or deliberately confusing plots Flashbacks or temporal changes to interrupt the flow Narration or voice-over to develop the story Crime or Murder. Theft, robbery, heist Greed and Jealousy as criminal motivation False accusations, betrayal, double crossing Memory Loss by a central character A number of suspicious characters who have motivation or motives concerned with the crime.
Visual Conventions: Low Key Lighting, High Contrast Dramatic Shadows, Hard Shadows (from objects i.e. blinds, railings)  Obscured Faces, characters or details.	Cinematography Conventions: Low Wide-angle shots Canted/Skewed shots to create disorientation Shots that create distortion. i.e. through glass objects, curved windows, vases etc. Shots of reflections in glass, mirrors or shiny objects.
Tone or mood: Disillusionment, disenchantment, melancholy Bleakness or pessimism Desperation Alienation Ambiguity Moral Corruption, Evil Guilt	Additional Conventions: Often set in an urban jungle or sprawling city. Bars, Lounges and illegal gambling dens. Climactic scene in a visually complex or industrial setting Commonly set at night or in a rainy (depressing) city

Introduction to Film Noir

'Introduction to Film Noir'

Film Noir (literally "black film" in French) is a genre of stylish crime dramas, difficult to define, but the 1940s and 1950s were the classic period. Whether works since then can be accurately classed as Noir is a subject of much debate among film critics. Common plots of noir films include murder investigations, heists, con-games and (mostly) innocent men or women wrongly accused of crime. The double-cross and cigarette smoking are mandatory. Complicated plots are further convoluted by flashbacks and flash forwards — the narration tying everything together.

Typical Characters:

-Femme Fatale
-Alcoholic
-Detective
-Anti-hero
-Anti-villan

The Silent Place

“The Silent Place”

Over the holiday i watched a film called ‘The Silent Place’, and i really enjoyed this film as horror is by far my favourite genre, however this was not a typical horror film. This film had very little sound all through the film, therefore the actors had to be very expressive to tell the story. Every time they make a sound, big or small, you would cringe inside, waiting upon something bad to happen, this caused a great deal of tension.

I really liked the way that they emphasised something so common and taken for granted, being sound, and turn it into something so deadly, and something to fear. The overall lighting for the film was very dark, as most of the film was during the night. They also used framing to show just how decimated and alone this family was during their fight for survival. The director was able to capture the great landscapes and this added to the loneliness, as no one was there except them.

This image from the movie emphasises the loneliness, and how week people are compared to the force of nature around them.

This image shows the way of life this family has come to adapt to as they must be silent in order to survive. At the dinner table seems to be a time they can all come together and reflect on the day. Also it is a time to be thankful for living through another day.