Treatment for Film Noir opening. (MES)
Location: As a group, we have decided to film at the college bridge at dusk – (preferably at the end of our college day so no students will be around) Reasons behind this was to set a classic noir dark and deserted scene. We also chose the college campus as a location as it establishes that the characters are from a college age group, the same as
our target audience.
Props: It will be an empty scene, so no furniture or additional props will be needed, again to give it a deserted feel. However, we will use two guns (one silver, one black) with a red laser that will one of our main focuses. Also, for the femme fatal we will use red shoes and red lipstick as this keeps up with the classic noir conventions.
Costume: As mentioned before the femme fatal will be wearing mainly red and the other two male characters will be in the classic noir style dark clothing, but perhaps with a modern twist. Costume will help establish the class of the characters – red usually portrays lust and desire, whereas dark clothing will represent “shady” looking characters.
Performance: We have agreed that we will only use close ups of character one, here we will see uncertainty and nervousness – reasons behind this is so as an audience, you can feel attached and care a little for this character, which will be important for future references throughout the opening.
For other characters, not a lot of close ups of the face will be used – mainly shots of feet and guns will be used here. This will hopefully create suspense to make the viewer want
to follow.
Lighting and colour: Soft college lighting will portray normality and we will use flood lights to create a more professional shot, and to elongate shadows – a typical noir convention. We will also use this to highlight key areas and objects.
The film will be transformed into black and white during editing, only the colour red will be apparent. This will make our film contemporary, original and show lust and danger.
Composition: The scene will begin symmetrical, and then will slowly turn asymmetrical to make the viewer feel uncomfortable and distorted.
(By art director Emily Stansfield)
Treatment (Cinematography)
Framing
The opening shot of a person walking down a corridor much like the opening of kill bill with just there feet in shot. Also when the dead body is in shot. The viewer will see it completely in shot maybe with a pool of blood. Also to let the viewer know that the character is dead.
Shot size
The majority of shots will be close ups to keep the viewer guessing. With a close up of the feet then a close up of a gun. Close up of a red dot on the second character’s chest then their facial expression. No wide shot as it is inside but a two shot of our femme fatale and second character walking a way.
Shot length
The fist shot of the persons feet walking down the corridor will be on of the longest as the open title and credit will be played in between each foot step. Then a series of quick shots of the gun also the red dot on the chest person with facial expression. Then a longer shot of our two main characters walking off then cu of the dead characters face with a long duration
Camera movement
There will be no pan for an establishing shot so no pan for setting the scene the viewer will be through in to the action. The biggest amount of camera movement will be the tracking of the feet at the start.
Camera angle
Both low and high camera angles will be used to show who is in control. Who the dominant force is. High angles to make the viewer feel powerful and low angle to feel weak.
Depth of field
A shallow depth of field will be used in one shot by getting the camera looking down the barrel of the gun. The end of the barrel will be in focus, but everything around the gun will be out of focus such as the hand and body. By cinematographer Seb Ashington
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