Editing 3

We have changed the order of our titles because although the titles I have put on the blog below are how they would have been done in the 1940s-50s and we are doing a neo noir which is typical of this time we are not infact making our film in the 1940s so therefore we have adjusted them to be more like those in a new film. On the software we have used scrolling text so that the titles all roll up the screen against the dark shadow on the wall, all except the name of the producer and director whos names are in slightly larger american typewriter font than the rest and the are cross dissolved in and out in the middle of the page. This is typical of noirs as well as modern films to have the producer and directors names stand out as they are the most important. This can be seen in Chinatown 1974 which is a well known old noir.          

Reason why we got rid off the secretary

During the shooting day, we've realized that there were already alot to film and the secretary just seemed to be kind of an extra of the film and as well as we wanted to focus on the relation between the detective(Steven) and the killer (Dayana)therefore the secretary wasn't needed anymore in our opening sequence of the thriller.

Story Board

Finding Our Props

The typewriter is very suitable for our opening sequence of the thriller, not only the sound it produces loud and clear it is also a working typewriter and therefore we can use it to write our title with. The typewriter is an important feature at the end of our thriller as our plan is to zoom up on the words that the detective previously wrote after he is shot by the femme fatal and she walks away.

The desk is key to indicating that the set is a detective office, it will be in the centre of the set and our detective will sit at it typing on the typewriter and making panicked telephone calls.

All of these props are old fashioned and look like the furniture/typewriter you would expect to see in a 1940s noir.

Pictures taken during the shooting day

 

The desk with the typewriter, light and telephone for the detective office.

All of us adding the final touches to our set and sorting out the lighting.

Laying down the tracks for our tricking shots.

Filming our actor Stephen Paxton through the window from the tracks.

Giorgio pushes me along the tracks while I control the camera.

Beginning Of Editing

We've started to edit our thriller and so far we have made a rough body of our opening sequence for our thriller on a professioanl editing/cutting programme called Final Cut Pro, putting together the successful cuts that were filmed on Tuesday and making them all run together smoothly. Now we are experimenting with effects and filters to make in black and white, adjusting the contrast where needed. Once this is done we will look at the sequence more critically and smooth out every detail correcting any mistakes and looking at ways to make the film look as good as possible.

Sketch of our set design

This is mainly taken from the photograph below and is the way we would like our set to look in our thriller. Its very typical of a 1940s detective office. I have labelled most the props in the design so that we know what we will need when we come to building it. For exapmle before we build it we will look at the list at the bottom and it will tell us we will need blinds with a light behind it to creat that stripped shadow lighting effect.