1. 1. How did my opening title sequence break or conform to the conventions of film noir? By Ruby Millard
2. 2. COSTUMES AND PROPS This part of the project was run by my partner Holli Clark
3. 3. COSTUMES AND PROPS Typical Conventions in our OTS Suits Guns Whisky Cigarettes Untypical conventions in our OTS Pocket - watches are a typically English prop and film noir films are typically set in America. Flat Caps Also a prop which has an English theme to it. Often worn by hunters.
4. 4. Location We knew that we wanted a dark and gloomy look for our OTS. My house has old fashioned wood furniture which we thought would look quite authentic when in black and white. I removed all personal and modern items from the room ready for filming. As its a terries house we have ally's around the side and back of the building. I thought that this would work well for the shooting as when in black and white can look isolated and suspicious; which is perfect for a murder scene. Before After I worked on this part of the project
5. 5. Casting My partner and I used friends with the right look for the era that we were aiming for. We felt that we should stick with an all male cast when writing out our story board. Film Noir as a genre is very masculine and we wanted to strongly highlight this. We worked together on the selection of actors as we thought it was important to make the decision as partners rather than independently planning and working. Ethan Rundle Oliver Harman Howes
6. 6. Audio Music For the music I wanted to record a song that was on vinyl on a turn table. I wanted to do this because of the crackling sound before the and during the record. I thought that it would add an aged feel to the footage. At first I looked at Arctic Monkeys cover of the Nick Cave song Red Right Hand because the original came up in research. I liked the loud bold sound in parts but I felt that it was to close to my research material. I then chose to test watching the footage with a song called Dogmeat by the band Drenge. Its loud and masculine so I thought that it suited the feel of the OTS well. We used this as an alternative to the Jazz and blues which is usually in film noir. It makes our OTS more of a neo noir. I worked on the sound for our footage
7. 7. Titles I was in charge of choosing and styling all of the text for the OTS. For our ident I created a mechanical sound to go with the cogs of the animation which my partner created. It reminded me slightly of the sound of a type writer which is why I chose this style of font. I then chose a bold masculine font to use for the actual titles of the OTS. I then chose the placement of them within the frames. This is more of a modern way of putting titles and would not really be seen in traditional film noir.