Creating this continuity task was an ideal way to find out how we would cope when filming our actual productions, seeing what our strengths and weaknesses are. As I feature in this piece, I could not experiment with filming/directing so much, but was able to give some direction whilst 'acting'. We used a variety of lighting to try and recreate the classical film noir effect, using LEDs and lamps etc. This was quite difficult in some ways, as the faces of the characters/their actions were sometimes unclear. Holding the lights steady was also quite a trial. This has persuaded me to try and create more of a modern piece for our production, as we struggled a tad with keeping to conventions such as lighting. Some of the camera work is a bit shakey, so we will need to work on how to hold the camera, and move it fluently. We stuck to most conventions of noir, having subtitles, a femme fatale and such. I am quite influenced by modern films, so I think that we will try to create a neo-noir. It would be interesting to play with conventions and try to create something different from everyone else. I don't like that the female character in noirs is always seemingly evil and used as an object of the males affection, so I would like to turn this around. Create a strong and independant character, free of male objection.
Storyboard of Continuity:
(clearer when full screen)
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