Actors

Establishing what actors we needed to use appeared as a complication to being with as there wasn't a male in our group and we needed someone to play the role of Ray, the silent character who follows his wife in the streets.
In our group Holly voulenteered to play the role of Scarlett, this was practical as she owned a red lace dress which was required for costume. Also, she is shorter than the people in the rest of the group which can make her appear even smaller than the daunting character Ray.
As mentioned earlier, Ray was difficult to find but one of Holly's friends, Tom Battell, offered to play the role. As he went to a different school, it was hard to outline a time that we could all film the production together, which resulted in a small time slot to film. In the end we did manage to get all thr required footage.

Thriller video - Rough cut

The rough cut displays that through the use of transitions we were able to make the production flow without being too fragmented, this was shown from 1:41 to 1:55.
I'm pleased with the amount of shot types, for example at 0:13, the angle allows the characters personality to be portrayed. and the tilt shots used at 1:20.
I believe the final piece should be in black and white due to some shots having bad lighting, this will allow this problem to be minimalized, and it will fit in more with the conventions of a film noir thriller.
I also think that the ending shot should be changed because it doesn't fit in with the music and the tension that surrounds the rest of the thriller.

Q7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

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Characters, Costumes and Props

Scarlett and Ray

Ray will be portrayed by: Tom Battell
Scarlett will be portrayed by: Holly Duffield

If thrillers were a tube map

The picture above represent key themes of conventions of film noir linking themes as a tube map. Providing the information this way allows the reader to pick out information easily and see which films have the same features. Examples above are; venetian blinds, detectives, voice over and femme fatale.

What features of film noir do we see in L.A. noire?

L.A. Noire, a video game released in 2011 set in Los Angeles during 1947, uses many features of film noir that can be seen in films such as 'LA confidential' and 'Chinatown'.

The player will become the role of detective Cole Phelps who works his way through different police departments such as, homicide, solving cases. A detective is seen as one of the main characters used throughout film noir, an example of this is in the 1941 'The Maltese Falcon'. He is easily distinguished as a detective by his outfit, Cole Phelps is seen to be wearing a suit and hat in dark colours, he and other characters are also seen to be smoking, this is major prop used by both male and female in film noir.


 L.A. Noire is set in an urban setting, these are more notorious for crime than rural areas, the city appears to be very dark with many elongated shadows, this adds enigma to the game and was also used in 'The Third Man'. While the character is driving around the city, film noir films are seen to be advertised on the outside of cinemas, this advertises to gamers the film noir style.
A voiceover is used to explain a scenario, character or location while this isn't being used, expressionist jazz music is being played, a voiceover is used in film noir as it is able to describe the situation a lot more effectively.

Once a case started more features were provided, the font appeared in an old style and at an angle, this fitted in with the time period of 1947. The landscape as mentioned above, appeared but at night time providing more shadows and the city appeared dirtier.
The detective and his companion are using a torch to look for clues on one of the scenes, this only reveals part of the scene, this was used in 'The Third Man'. The camera is always seen to always be moving and using a lot of different angles, this is typical of a film noir. An example can be seen on the right.