Our media product didn’t really challenge the generic forms and conventions seen within the genre that we were aiming to create in this film opening, it more stuck to them, to help really create the feel of a noir movie. The most obvious convention we stuck to was the use of colour, and mainly the lack of it.
1) (Setting / Location) If we wanted to make this a true, recognisable noir film, this had to be the first step. This change from the colours on the spectrum, to a black and white filter meant we really had to consider how our scenes were composed, as well as the lighting that we may need / not need when filming specific scenes. It also meant that when considering mise en scene, colour wasn’t really an option to turn to when trying to portray specific ideas, emotions and intentions of the things in the scene, instead we had to rely on sound and representation through scene order and composition of the set. An example of when this really became apparent would be where the knife was stabbed in to the poster, more specifically, on to the words overlord. We done this so that the character is presented to hate the current state of the government in this alternate reality, where the government here is very fascist, and everything a person does here is monitored, apart from the corrupt officials that work for them. The character’s intentions are slightly hinted at when the camera pans from the television to the desk, revealing a wall of famous leaders and revolutionaries, which may suggest he wants to take inspiration from then, and begin a revolution within this civilisation.
2) (Title of the film) We analysed some Noir film titles which have the same sort of genres and sub-genres that we would want to have in our full feature length film. We came up with the name as it is just a singular word, but describes what the film is about and whereabouts the film will be set (in a metropolis). Some film titles had just hinted at what events may happen in the film boldly, or hinted at the type of place which the film was set in.
3) (Titles font and style) We chose the font style so it wouldn’t look out of place in a generic Noir movie as well, so to get this effect, I looked at some posters of noir films before choosing. The font was also chosen because it looked formal, but also fit in with the scenes in the credit running order. In this case, we used conventions of this particular genre to help present the genre of our own production.
4) (Genre and how the opening sets it up) The opening as a whole is very inspired by the generic conventions shown within the noir genre. We mainly planned to have the whole story of our film be based off the generic conventions within the noir genre as well, which includes but are not limited to characters, setting and lighting, as well as props and costume.
5) (Story and how the opening sets it up) The opening sets up the story because a lot of the opening uses the generic conventions of the mystery genre and noir films. In some movies that we analysed from this genre we realised that the main character doesn’t really get revealed, but it’s the intentions of the character through the use of mise en scene, that really grab the audience, and really help with whatever the forthcoming scenes have to offer, in this case, it will be the murder of government official shown in the photo within the case file
6) (Costume and props) A lot of consideration went in to the consideration of props and costume, mainly because we had to take in to consideration of how our character’s intentions are presented through the use of mise en scene as stated in the previous points. In some sense, having good mise en scene through the use of costume and props was one of our most primary concerns, and this ended up being a good thing because this is (in my opinion) one of our strongest aspects within our opening sequences.
7) (Camera Work and editing) The consideration of the camera work within our opening sequence allowed us to create a scene which really presents nearly all of the generic conventions within a noir film opening within our own opening. Consideration of editing also allowed us to change whatever mistakes we made on the day. One of these main realisations was the blood dripping from the character’s finger, on to the picture. It looked too light to be blood, so post production, we added certain filters and effects whilst editing to make it look realistic. Good camera work also relies on good scene composition. The way we set up our scenes was really adapted to how to camera would move throughout the set. An example of this was when we panned over from the TV to the desk. We made sure that both were roughly the same height, adapted to the cameras height, so they could both be easily visible within the same shot.
8) (How characters are introduced) We made sure our character is presented in a mysterious way, as that allowed for a whole story to unfold about this hidden identity as the film progresses. This is seen throughout all of our opening. The only thing visible about this character is his hands, but who is this character and what are his intentions? His intentions are shown through considerations of mise en scene, for example, through the case file, and through how the blood is presented to drip on to the picture.
In terms of relating our character, to another character, i would split our character up in to two catergories; one being style, and the other, personality and character
Style:
In terms of style, our character very much takes inspiration from generic representations of investigators and detectives. Seems as i analysed
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