26/11/2023 – Reshoot clips in my house, and outside the office building.
Still need to do running outside shots.
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Filters
Outline for Portfolio
| Production Role 1 | Production Role 2 | Production Role 3 – Complete Film | |||
| ROLE | Editing | Sound | Screenwriting | ||
| GENRE (SUBGENRE) | Horror | Thriller/drama | Comedy | Film Noir | |
| MOVEMENT INFLUENCE(S) | German Expressionism | French New Wave | (Visuals is film noir) | Film Noir | |
| PRACTITIONER INFLUENCE (S) | Babadook?? Psycho??? | Need to research-Breathless? | Hans Zimmer (Dunkirk), Foley | Edgar Wright (John Williams?- leitmotif?) | Double Indemnity- Billy Wilder |
| TARGET AUDIENCE | Horror fans | ||||
| PRODUCTION SCALE | 1 character | 1 or 2 characters | 2 characters | Around 3 characters | |
| KEY THEMES/ISSUES | Mental? | ||||
Production Meeting
8/11/2023
Present: Poppy, Tate, Maria, Nikolai
We filmed the majority of interior shots for our film, at my house.
On 19/11/2023 – Tate, Maria and Nikolai plan to film the exterior montage shots.
Also, we need to film exterior of his work – outside office building in town, with office outfit.
We need to reshoot some of the interior shots that we could see our reflections in (maybe in a different room), and get some establishing shots.
Portfolio 3 minute film
| Chosen Role | Screenwriting |
| Influences (practitioner/ filmmaker) | Film Noir – eg. Double Indemnity (and other Billy Wilder?) – Neo-Noirs? (Like Brick) (Edgar Wright if make comedy of??) |
| Specific techniques | Voice over, formal dialogue, anti-hero protagonist, femme-fatale, (plot twist?), narrative structure (structure type needed). (flashback) |
| Genre | Noir (With element of comedy) |
| Story Outline | A fugitive on the run (for something strange?) is finally caught (by femme-fatale?) |
| Location | St Ouen (areas around my house- Les Mielle?), (Phone box?) |
| Kit required | Camera, Sound recorder, (Tripod/Steadicam)(lights?) |
| Additional Crew | Sound recorder? |
| Cast | Fugitive (maybe younger cousin for flashback?), femme fatale, news reader (or interviewer), (police?) |
TA introduction
I have chosen Ana Lily Amirpour’s 2014 western-horror film, “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night” for my textual analysis. The film is set during the time of its production (2014) in the fictional Iranian location, Bad City. It follows Arash, a young man with a drug addicted father, who encounters “The Girl”, a vampire who hunts men that treat women badly. I have selected the section of the film between 21:28 – 26:28, which is the inciting incident, during the end of the first act. In this scene, The Girl follows the drug-dealing pimp Saeed home, after witnessing him hit the prostitute Atti. She then enacts her revenge by biting off his finger and killing him, revealing to the audience that she is a vampire. To analyse this section, I am focusing on mise-en-scene, cinematography, and the filmmaker’s influences, intentions and vision. The context examined focuses on social and political factors connected to the film around the time of its production.
TA scene
A girl walks home alone at night:
When the girl bites off Saeed’s finger- 21:28-26:28
Micro elements: Mise-en-scene, Cinematography
Macro elements/context: Social and Political context
Filmmaker’s influences, intentions and vision (Including Auteur theory)
A girl walks home alone at night first response
Rating: 7/10
Memorable scene: When Arash meets the vampire for the first time/ when she scares off the boy.
Bonnie & Clyde first response
Rating: 6/10
Memorable Scene: When they meet with Bonnie’s mother/ when they kidnapped a couple and ate food with them.
Children of Men
Rating: 8/10
Memorable scene: when Theo was trying to find Kee, whilst he avoided the shooting, as they used a long take with no cuts.
Collaborative Project: Group Meeting 2
Maybe thriller/horror
Possible actors: Maria, James Edey, Mia, Peter Fairlie, Nic Rolland
Possible location: Five mile road (twilight),