Finished Film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc4BcJPRd4I

Audience Feedback Questionaire

Audience Feedback Questionnaire


What genre would you categorise my short sequence?

Comedy Drama Film Noir Thriller


Do you feel there was a wide use of camera shots/angles?

Yes No


How old are you and would you watch this out of choice?

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Do you think the sequence is convincing as a real film text?

Yes No


Do you think the voice over narration worked well in the sequence if yes why?

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What would you rate this film out of 10?


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Do you think the black and white (high contrast) works well with the Mise en scène? Why?

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Editing Continued....

After finishing editing all my clips together i needed to add a title sequence. I was influenced by the title sequence to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, 1960.

Here is a clip, hopefully you can see how i have used this style in my title sequence.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tek8QmKRODw


Compare the Psycho title sequence to these images of mine:

Editing

When editing my film i have stuck to the conventions of Film Noir, using various dissolves, voice over, reflected shots through mirrors and also the use of low key lighting.

In additon to this i have used jump cuts. Looking at the film Breatless, 1959, Jean Luc Goddard. I watched this and im using it as a reference when evaluating my process. The use of these jump cuts disorientate the narrative.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KUVwKp6MDI&feature=related

This scene has a series of jump cuts and makes the audience feel disorientated and not connected from one scene to another.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHQ2Q-_bl8k&feature=related

The first scene when both characters are in the bathroom there is a series of jump cuts.

Both these scenes influenced me greatly as i know that conventionally jump cuts portray a feeling of unease and link well to my narrative.

Editing My Film

Today i will be editing my short film with the use of Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5

Sound Progress

As i have finally finished editing my film. I have been looking at what type of sound i could use for the beginning of my short film. Looking at the conventions, themes and stylistics of Film Noir. I began listening to some jazz artists and found some that i will put with my film and compare which works best with the mood and tone of the film.

First:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq5CZjJutrc]


Second:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td3SE3zEVP0


Third:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j_TDoOPnIA

Double Indemnity Scene 6

This scene from Double Indemnity is a big influene to my film. It gave me an insight into the interior of my film and also the dialouge which creates tension between the two characters and how they interact with each other. In addition to this 6.20 minutes in a dissolve edit that takes us into another scene where the character Walter Neff speaks through a Dictaphone as a voice over narration, which links to the films diegesis as the whole film is a flashback narrated by Walter Neff. By using the dissolve edit throughout the film it shows the passing of time and links to the