Our Own Film Noir Film

My group of Benoit, Jamie, Ashley, Aayush and I are making a short film in  the style of film noir. This group is made up of those whom in our media class chose the short-film brief. That way we do not have a conflict of interests of what we want to get out of the production/ what form it should take. Also we can reflect on our understanding of the film-making style of 'Film Noir' and then share with others in our group, in order to help develop our knowledge and understanding .

We have planned and come up with a story starring a briefcase. We filmed test shots first to try out lighting/ camera equipment/ locations. In order to demonstrate our understanding of the film-making style of 'Film Noir' ; our media class has been assigned the task to produce a clip inspired by the brief we have chosen to execute for our coursework.

In order to complete this task, we were assigned 5 days to plan and shoot our clip. , which made the narrative of the clip relatively simple. We began by conceptualising a simple plot; we all agreed we wanted in to share the same world as the film "Gilda" as our story centers around the idea of a dealing taking place whilst a performance is going on.

During the production of our film noir, we encountered many different results in terms of the lighting of our media product. As we attempted to execute our vision, many obstacles such as the the complexity of the shot. This led to us figuring a way to simplify our initial idea but yet having an effective and satisfying end result. This also offered our group the opportunity to develop our communication skills as well as our ability to work together. As a result of this, this issue not only benefited the project but us as individual film-makers as we have gained a more collaborative relationship with our fellow team members.

Overall this task was intriguing as it offered us the chance to try a different approach to visually telling a story through lighting. These are skills I will bring towards developing my coursework.