Finished Film

Below is our completed film 'Marilyn' We tried to keep to the codes and conventions of Film Noir to keep the realism of the film, this was acheived by costume, props, storyline, sound and camera.

Textual Analysis
Looking back at our film we as a group feel more time should have been spent planning and preparing our locations and set so that we were able to get the best out of our filming time and also we gave a more realistic approach to creating a 1940s time period. However the editing has made up for the lack of focus on set design and created a visually entertaining piece of cinema. If we were to do the project again we would assign fixed jobs to each of the members in the group so the work was done thoroughly and to a perfectionists standards. It would also allow more time to do anything that had been forgotten or put aside and avoid any last minute rushing around, that has been apparent this time around

Filming Pictures 2

Logo Development

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

Our film product uses the forms and conventions of real media products because we use the same idea as a lot of film noir detective films, where the detective is more of a lone detective, who is smart and knows a lot about being a detective, but somewhere has their own problems.  For example, Detective Sam Spade in 'The Maltese Falcon' would be considered as a lone detective after his partner Miles Archer is shot dead; Sam Spade would be considered to be a smart and well dressed detective, the same as our detective, but also he has his own problems, Sam's being with his love life with Bridget O'Shaunessy. We develop the idea of real media products by changing the idea of male dominance in Film Noir, detective films especially, where woman are dominated by men in the work place; in our film, the main detective is a female and her partner is male. We also develop the idea that the main detective saves the day, when in fact, in our film her partner saves the day. Finally we challenge the idea of a female being a detective and the main character in the film.

Issues

Our main issues with filming so far is locations, actors and times.

Locations- We have had a few issues when filming outside because of traffic, and as our film is set in the 50's, it wouldn't look right to see a brand new car in the background. We are resolving them by choosing different times to film and different streets, so its not too busy to film in.

Actors- At the start of our filming, we had big acting issues, as the actors couldn't film for us when we needed them to, due to their plans. We have resolved this by changing one actor for the film, who is more flexible with their time.

Times- Our film is set in both day and night, and because we are almost in winter, it gets darker a lot earlier now, so therefore we would have an issue with filming day time scenes after college, but there wouldn't be a problem with filming night scenes. We are resolving this problem by making a schedual more flexible for everyone to film, so we can get it done.

2nd day of filming

Yesterday we started our second day of filming. We only had one problem, which got resolved straight away, we had an actor issue of which someone couldn't act when we needed them, so we had to get a new actor. On the 2nd day we decided to film the detective interrogating Marylin about her husbands murder, we did this in our theatre of which we also got props for. E.g. chairs, sofas, costumes, walls and telephones. We made a massive improvement and progression on the film making, and we achieved everything we possibly could do, so overall a good filming session.

Filming Pictures

First Day Of Filming

On our first day of filming, we decided to film the very first bit of the film which is the murder of Marylins husband. We encounted a few problems with the filming because the street we were filming on was busy, so we had to sort of rush into the getting the filming done, also the battery life on the camera was very low, this also created problems. All together we was out filming for about an hour, but we aren't going to be using that much of the footage, so it is a slow start to the filming.

Filming timetable

We have put together a timetable so that we can plan when we are able to film, create our poster and blog. This will help orgainise the making of our film efficiently so that we dont fall behind when it comes down to editing.

Cast and Costumes

Tom (me) -

I will be the Camera man and Director, therefore I will not be needing any costume to wear, just casual clothing to make it easier to film with. I have already made mistake with I was wearing by wearing slim jeans, this made it harder to film as I couldn't freely move around.

Marilyn; Kirsty

Dressed in a black 1950's style dress, to match with the genre and era of the film. Also dressed in a fur coat, black heels and white pearls to show she is elegant and extremely wealthy. To symbolise she is a woman of passion we have added red lipstick to the costume, it is also symbolises the blood of her husband, whom she murders. Putting her in a black costume shows she is mounring for her husband after his death but also hides the fact she killed him herself, as the style of the dress emphasises elegance.

Policewoman; Sophie

Dressed in the stereotypical police uniform colours of black and white, to show she is a part of the profession. Casually dressed as they would have been in the 1950's, still need to create a badge and hat to make the costume more realistic to the audience. Hair is tyed back as she would have needed to blend in with the male workers.

Storyboard

This is the storyboard to our film, in the storyboard, it shows what the characters roughly look like, the shots we would like to use, the amount of time taken on the shots, and the edits we would like to use.

Film Noir Posters

This Poster is from the film 'The Blue Dahlia'. In this poster you can tell who the main character is and the protagonist is, it would have to be man in the middle, because he is the centre of attention and has the biggest proportion on the poster. You can also tell who the antagonist is, because of the man with the gun in the background and the negative expression, also he is in the shadows, which is a codes and conventions of being an evil character. The female character on the left looks to be the distractor of the film.

 In this poster, the female character in this film called 'Laura' is the dominant character, you know this because the film is her name, so she has to be of significance. Also the fact that there are two male characters looking at her, this could mean that she is a hard to get character. Also the fact the she is wearing red signifies sexual or love. The man looking down onto Laura would be another protagonist because he shows no sign of being a bad guy, and he has light on his face, and you wouldn't put too much light on a bad guy. The guy on the right with the gun is obviously the antagonist in the film because he also has a lot of shadowing on him.

Main Character

Marilyn Winters is the name of our main character in our short film. It will be played by Kirsty Rice. She is the murderer in our film, but it is unexpected because you are made to believe that she hasn't done anything and proven innocent by our detective whilst he interogates her. Throughout the short film, Marilyn will be wearing a black dress, which symbolises that she could be a bad person

Font Idea's

These are our font ideas. We chose the italic idea because it looks more feminine, and therefore more relivant to the film. The other idea looks like type writer text, this is also appropiate as well because computers were not invented in the later 40's/early 50's. Also, it is very common in Film Noir films to use type writers on screen to show

- Time

- Date

- Location

We have decided to go for the top left font because this font looks feminine and elegant, which is appealing and appropiate because the main character in our film 'Marilyn' is meant to be both feminine and elegant.

Film Pitch

Film noir pitch

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Lesson

In this lesson, we filmed our pitch which is around about 5 minutes long. We have thought about everything in our film. E.g. Distribution, production company, slogan, film text and more. Now that we have finished off our script and story board, we should be ready to start filming whenever, all we would need are costumes, props and of course the actors.

Problems With Theories

The public and religious groups are blaming manson for the columbine massacre.

His response is -
. Poster boy for fear (everyone is scared of him)
. President bombings/ foreign policy (no one blames someone like the president)
. People don't listen
. Conforming

'Keep everyone afraid and they'll consume'

However

Even though we consume television and other media technologies differently, the main way to watch television or reading the news are done majoritly the same. The only real difference the golden era and today, is film. You would have to go to the cinema to watch a new film, or wait till something comes onto the television. Today people will watch it wherever, t.v. interenet or at the cinema, because they are given so many options to do so

Dave Gauntelett

The video above is basically trying to say that in the golden era of film (1930-50's) everyone went to the cinema to watch one thing, and it didn't matter what it was, they just wanted to watch it. The media itself was like a God, and it was the most expensive and amazing thing in society. Watching one t.v. in the day with everyone and whatever is on, you would have to watch, until it turned off
Whereas today, it is the most important thing in society, because it blends into society, you watch whatever you want to watch, when you want to watch it, because it is always available. Going to the cinema as a social event, instead of actually just going because its a big thing. Today you can watch t.v. on your computer/laptop, on your phone, iPod

Audience Theories

Hypodermic Syringe Theory
Is a model of communications suggesting that an intended message is directly received and wholly accepted by the receiver. The model is rooted in 1930s behaviorism and is largely considered obsolete today.

The Cultivation Theory
Cultivation theory is a social theory which examined the long-term effects of television on American audiences of all ages.

Uses And Gratifications
1. Information
2. Personal Identity
3. Integration and Social Interaction
4. Entertainment

Reception Analysis
. No text has one simple meaning
. Instead, reception analysis suggests that the audience themselves help to create the meaning of the text
. We all decode the texts that we encounter in indiviual ways which may be a result of our upbringing, the mood that we are in, the place where we are at the time or in fact any combination of these and all kinds of other factors.
. Receptions analysis is all about trying to look at these kinds of differences and to understand them. What reception analysts have found is that factors such as a gender, our place inside society, and the context of the time we are living in can be enormously important when we make the meaning or a text

New Media Technology

Audience

Another word for audience is consumers.

Target Audience
In marketing and advertising, a target audience, is a specific group of people within the target market at which the marketing message is aimed (Kotler 2001).

Niche
A niche audience is a much smaller group of people. It tends to be aimed at a certain type of person/group with unique interests. For example independant films and social realist films tend to have a niche audience.

Mass
A mass audience is a much wider group of people, with much broader interests that apeal to a lot more. For example Hollywood produce all their films based on mass audiences.

Demographic
A demographic profile provides enough information about the typical member of this group to create a mental picture of this hypothetical aggregate. For example, a marketer might speak of the single, female, middle-class, age 18 to 24, college educated demographic.

Psychographic
Psychographic variables are any attributes relating to personality, values, attitudes, interests, or lifestyles