Monday 1 February 2010

Film Opening General Research - Film Noir Revised 10/10/10

Maltese Falcon by John Huston 1941 [LINK]
  • Typically this genre involves mature adults so If I were to include this genre I would need adults not teenagers.
  • This film makes good use of establishing short takes of iconic landmarks.
  • We fade between each take to gradually reduce closer to the setting of the first scene.
  • We then see a tilting shot inside looking outside towards the landmarks.
  • We see the central protagonist first and we see stereotypes of a rough detective and an innocent maid.
  • Although this scene contains only shot reverse shot it creates variety with pans and the 30 degree rule.

Clerks by Kevin Smith 1994 [LINK]
  • This is a more modern black and white film.
  • As we see the Miramax logo we hear the background sound of the action to create narrative enigma.
  • Their is a sans typography title to anchor the meaning and signify that this is documentary style.
  • Their is an audio bridge before the first shot.
  • This is 1 minute in of film logo's I will have to make mine much shorter.
  • They have then dressed the set to signify the protagonists character with clothes everywhere, he is on the floor, he is next to his bed, he is half in a cupboard and the room is small all which signify he is lazy, drunk, poor and messy.
  • The first shot is a long take of this and unusually behind the bed to signify the small size of the room I may use this.
  • Their is a cutaway shot of a dog to create humour.
  • The music is then added it is pacy and speeds up the editing to be more elliptical.
  • Their is a lot of close up shots to create anchorage.
  • Their see a point of view shot as he looks in the car bonnet from the car.
  • We are hinted the disequilibrium although as we finish this scene we enter the disequilibrium.

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