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The document discusses the genre of film noir and conventions used in films of that genre. It analyzes conventions like the voiceover narration, villains portrayed as femme fatales who seduce and kill men, victims who are attracted to these dangerous women, and crimes involving guns and murder. The document also discusses how these conventions could be used or developed in an opening sequence for a film noir genre film, with examples from films like Sunset Boulevard.
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- 1. Assignment #9 getting into groups Luar kauan chantell a a e
- 2. GENRE Genre? Genre of : Film Noir Subgenre of : Suspense. REASONS Original Previous opening sequence that we have seen. Interesting Different from what is usually seen these days Luara&Kauana Good stories To Learn more about the genre. Personal interests The use of femme fatale. The themes used. The suspense used.
- 3. CONVENTIONS conventions Use/develop/challenge Purpose/Description Examples of films Voice over USE He tells how he got In sunset boulevard, the Telling the story killed, and does it by narrator is the character Usually a man doing a flashback and telling his own story. Strong voice saying, ‘well lets go Normally predicted to six months before Effective Person telling their own story. DEVELOP Having a foreign accent Luara&Kauana
- 4. CONVENTIONS Luara&Kauana conventions Use/develop/challenge Purpose/ Examples of films Description villain USE Sunset Femme fatale Men Boulevard Dominant Woman Desmond is Protagonist Attractive the villain Seductive Murderer and looks Stands out dominant DEVELOP and Sunset Boulevard Mrs Don’t stand out Dominated attractive Desmond, the villain. Not attractive CHALLENGE Antagonist Looks vulnerable Looks normal
- 5. conventions conventions use/develop/challenge Purpose/ Examples of films description victim USE In sunset Male Desperate boulevard, Good looking Young Norma Falls for the femme fatale Desmond, kills Joe Murdered Gillis after DEVELOP he leaves Not attractive Woman her. In sunset boulevard, Norma Mature Strong Desmond, kills Joe Gillis Went against the after he leaves her. dominant woman. CHALLENGE Murderer Villain Luara&Kauana
- 6. conventions conventions use/develop/challenge Examples of films crimes USE Sin city Men murdered Tragically Obsession Usually with guns Paranoia from villain Femme fatal Love Women murdered tales usually involved. Suspicious DEVELOP The murderer looked normal death scenes If in the crimes the man was more dominating. CHALLENGE Very young person involved Luara&Kauana
- 7. conventions conventions use/develop/challenge Purpose/ Examples of films description Femme fatale Use In sunset Dominant Attractive boulevard Leads men into danger she smoked Interesting and looked Flirtatious very Mysterious Elegant demanding Gorgeous Unloving Manipulative The scene Serious Smoking. specifically Develop shows her The scene specifically shows Mature Romantic being her being dominant. Less attractive dominant. Vulnerable Challenge Luara&Kauana Homme Fatale.
- 8. conventions conventions Use/develop/challenge Purpose/ Examples of films Description Detective. Use The •Long coat detective in •Men double •Mysterious indemnity •Intelligent looking like •Mature a typical •Good looking detective •Neat Develop •Dopy •Young •Bad looking Challenge •Messy •women Luara&Kauana
- 9. How are we using the conventions in out opening sequence? conventions Use/develop/Develop purpose/decription Femme Fatale Use In our movie we are • Dominant using the convention • Attractive of femme fatale: • Leads men into danger • because our main • Flirtatious character is a femme • Mysterious fatale, and she seduces • Elegant men , and kills them • Manipulative after. • Serious • the makeup is also of a • Smoking femme fatale, which is a eyeliner on the eye on the top , and red lips.
- 10. How are we using the conventions in out opening sequence? conventions Use/develop/challenge Purpose/Description detective Use In our opening sequence •Long coat we are using the •Men convention of Detective. •Mysterious Because in the story the •Intelligent detective will be interrogating •Mature the femme fatale, he will be a •Good looking very typical detective wearing •Neat a long coat , with a neat hair to the side.
- 11. How are we using the conventions in out opening sequence? conventions Use/develop/challenge Purpose/description crimes USE In our opening sequence we • Men murdered. are using crimes because: • Tragically. • She kills the men • Obsession. • It is suspicious because we don’t • Paranoia from villain. know what happens • Femme fatal. We are developing it : • Suspicious . because: DEVELOP • the murderer looks very normal • The murderer looked so Valentina is pretty normal , normal . and doesn’t look as if she does • death scenes. any of the things she does.
- 12. How are we using the conventions in out opening sequence? conventions Use/develop/challenge Description/Purpose villain USE In our opening • Femme fatale sequence we are using • Murderer villain: • Protagonist The femme fatale (villain) • Seductive kills the victims after she • Woman goes to bed with them. • Attractive.
- 13. Sunset boulevard Murdering men Past obsessions Tragedy Death Criminal Guns BY :Luara Anger No consequence
- 14. DOUBLE IDEMNITY The use of detective Investigation Talked into a murder Falling for the person not allowed. By:Luara
- 15. Inspirational Scenes • Scenes from Basic Instinct: A scene of the seductive women, getting the knife while having sex with the partner to kill him. Showing the women, being sexy towards the investigator while being interrogated. Showing her being interrogated by some police officers. By:Kauana
- 16. Theme sadness loss danger harm evil passing anger scared Tragedy Past/future criminals accident desperate Luara&Kauana guns knifes
- 17. Luara&Kauana Theme paranoia flashbacks rage victims arguments villains disgust Revenge Betrayal Out of control hatred Act without love thinking
- 18. Luara&Kauana concept IVESTIGATION POLICE BLOOD CRIME Murder GUN EVIL KNIFE
- 19. The story. Luara&Kauana
- 20. FILM STORY Luara&Kauana 1. Valentina is left at the altar , never forgetting that situation , she wants revenge. 2. She starts going out to pubs and clubs, to look for men, in order to fulfil her emptiness. 3. After going to bed with them, she kills them without remorse or regret. These men are being looked for and so a private investigator takes on the case. 4. By investigating the case he finds out what Valentina has been doing , and interrogates her. 5. After finding out everything, by her telling him. As normal she seduces him with her femme fatale way of being, as she knew he was a threat. After sleeping together she kills him continuing with no consequences. And so her life goes on.
- 21. Opening sequence 1.Starting with pictures of the missing men 2.With an over shoulder shot, there will an in interrogation between Valentina and the investigator Smith. 3.Valetina without remorse starts to tell the story. There comes a flashback. 4.Shows a scene of her meeting her friend Kimberly and going inside a club. Then straight after a scene of valentina coming out of the doors , with a man. With a straight cut the scene of her, opening the door and pushing the man into bed. Without showing what happens after. 5. After, it goes back to the scene of her and the investigator and her going towards him seducing him , the scenes fades out , and the title ‘ Valentina’ comes up. Luara&Kauana
- 22. Target Audience • Hobbies: Cinema, fashion, antique. • Age: 30-40 • Gender: Mostly Female, but some older men. • Lifestyle: Traditional, cultural, used to having technology but still likening the old versions of films. • Location: People that live in the city. • Target audience would be involved with this movie because it covers all there interest as the idea of the Opening Sequence covers most of the conventions. No. Yes. Yes. BY:KAUANA
- 23. By: Luara Opinions on film . Name: Andre. Name: Ana Name: Yolanda. Age:33 Age:48 Age:19 Gender : female Gender : Female Gender : Male • Liked the style of film • Reminds her of when she • Didn’t like the style of was young noir. movie. • Like the story. • Liked the way its black and • Think its too old. white • Don’t like black and white • thought it was original. • Liked the story and though movies. it was interesting.
- 24. Main girl : Valetina By :Luara Way of being : Sexy dominant, dangerous, Flirtatious seductive. Costumes: A Black dress Black stilettos Skin coloured tights Props: A small purse Studs Cigarette Hair & Makeup pinup ( eyeliner ) Red lips kauana Very clear face curled
- 25. One of the victims - By :Luara no name given. Way of being : womaniser business man self confident macho. INSPIRATION: Shirt. Black trousers and shoes. George Clooney’s hair Luara in oceans 11.
- 26. Victim . Trousers: Waistcoat: Fake £30 £20 cigarette : - next - next £1.85 -e-bay shirt : £15 -next By :Luara Costumes Props Hair A black trousers cigarette Neat White shirt car keys To the side Black shoes. FULL BODY.
- 29. Location • The desk for investigation • This location will always be available. • Its at one of the group members house, its in Harlesden its very close to the school so it will be easy to have access at any time to this place. • You can just walk from school to the house. About 7mins walk. • There are no health and safety concerns as it is situated at a safe house. By:Kauana
- 30. Creating enigma? • Not showing the full scenes. • Showing her open the door, but not showing what happens at the end. • Leaving the audience to think why is she admitting that she has killed them • Where do the men go, you see them go in but not coming out. • The narration is creating enigma, because at the end the narration is of the start of the poem Salome. It gets the audience to think. Luara&Kauana
- 31. Narrativ e linear 1st – Her with the detective present 2nd – Flashback of her with the men past 3rd – it goes back to her and the detective, at the same time. Although the contents of the story is nonlinear (flashback) Luara&Kauana . The telling of the story is linear, from scene to scene.
- 32. Film Theory? • We are using the theory of Vladimir Propp who came up with stereotyped characters• Valetina(main girl) : will be the typical villain The men( one of the men) :will be the typical victim Mr Smith (investigator) :typical victim/helper. Luara&Kauana
- 33. Film Theory? • We are using the theory of Tvzetan Todorov , who came up with the theory of the narrative structure. Equilibrium she is killing all the men , and no one has found out. Disequilibrium the investigator finds out everything she had done, and becomes a threat to her . She also kills the investigator. New equilibrium there is no consequences to her acts.
- 34. Film Theory? • We are using the Claude Levi-Strauss theory of the narrative conflict • 1.Femme fatale ( villain ) vs. Victim • 2.Past vs. future – flashback , and what she will do to the investigator.
- 35. Film distributing company. Paramount Pictures UK. Reasons : • One of the oldest film distributers • Distributed the most film noirs ** such as : Sunset Boulevard • Distributed the most amount of film noirs. • Serves film worldwide • Good finance , they have make $300 million in 2011.
- 36. Film Distributing Company • Columbia Pictures. Reasons - Partner ship with Paramount pictures - It is within the 5 distributing companies that has distributed more then 499 film noirs. - Distributed world wide - Has distributed new film noir. - Has made a budget of $200 million in 2011.
- 37. Film distributing company Twentieth century fox • Reasons : - Distributes a lot o suspense - Such as planet of the apes. - 2011 budget : $250 million - Has stared Femme Fatales such as Marylyn Monroe. - Distributes Worldwide. - Distributes a lot of films with suspense genre.
- 38. Inspirations . Titles&Credits The postman Always Lady in the Sunset Boulevard rings twice. lake. •Blocks • White •Well separated • Big size •Black background. •Shows seriousness.
- 39. Target Audience • Hobbies: Cinema, fashion, antique. • Age: 30-40 • Gender: Mostly Female, but some older men. • Ethinicity: English/ American/ German. • Lifestyle: Traditional, cultural, used to having technology but still likening the old versions of films. Likes women power, feels proud about their sex. Location: People that live in the city. • Target Audience will be interested because our opening sequence shows enigma, culture, fashionable and very feminist. • They way our film is edited creates a lot of enigma, we use extreme close up shots to emphasize important things. We also use zoom in and zoom out to show different places and times. Flash backs are also used to show scenes of the past to make the present scene more clear.
- 40. Target Audience Questionnaire • Do you think film noir is suitable for this generation? No, because this generation is more used to modern movies and style of life. • Are you interested in movies in which tragedy and evilness occurs? Yes, because it makes it more realistic as we have tragedy and evil in our world today. • Do you agree that murder should be involved in our story? Yes as murder is an essential thing for film noir movies. • Are the characters representation suitable for the story? Yes they are because they are the typical characters used in film noir, the woman being very sexual and attractive. The male being good looking but being taking over by the woman, the investigator being serious. • Do you think of using urban areas such as Harlesden in London make the movie more inspirational and real to the viewers? Yes it does because people might have gone by those streets already. Amanda Oliveira.
- 41. Target Audience Questionnaire • Do you think film noir is suitable for this generation? • Are you interested in movies in which tragedy and evilness occurs? • Do you agree that murder should be involved in our story? • Are the characters representation suitable for the story? • Do you think of using urban areas such as Harlesden in London make the movie more inspirational and real to the viewers?
- 42. Target Audience Questionnaire • Do you think film noir is suitable for this generation? • Are you interested in movies in which tragedy and evilness occurs? • Do you agree that murder should be involved in our story? • Are the characters representation suitable for the story? • Do you think of using urban areas such as Harlesden in London make the movie more inspirational and real to the viewers?