Your full Film Noir Blog

Update on your Film Noir coursework preparation

Once we have watched some films, and looked at genre, narrative, character theory, audience and representation, you will work on:

1. The premise of your film - Title
2. the story outline
3. actors / props / costumes / locations
4. storyboard which needs to culminate in an animatic [see sheet given out]
5. then you need a script [see example sheet given out]
6. and finally you need a shooting schedule. [see sheet given out.]

In addition you should be thinking about:

1. your potential audience - this needs to be accompanied by audience research, facts and figures.
2. your production company logo
3. which production house/s you might partner with e.g. Twisted Pictures, and why
4. how / where you are going to distribute your film
5. how / where you are going to advertise your film.

Once you have filmed you are then in the post-production process - more on that to come.

In the meantime there are various posts which should be going on your blogs:

1. Analysis of 4 films
2. Research into Film Noir
3. Is Film Noir a genre
4. Aspects of film noir ie codes and conventions

And to follow:

1. Ongoing discussion of the Premise and the story
2. your actors / characters - choices made
3. costumes / props / locations - ideally with lots of preparation and behind the scenes photos.

Bear in mind too that there are two other tasks to complete - more on these in the new year -
the film poster and the magazine film review

FINALLY - put everything on your blog that you make decisions on and once you start filming you need to be evaluating the process as you go. Commenting on what worked and what didn't and why and what you'd do to change it.