Original Inspiration.

This is the original inspiration for my group wanting to use animation in our Film Noir intro. Using animation breaks the normal conventions of a film noir however I think this will work as it will be a modern-day twist on film noir and help it stand out from the other films.

Possibilities...

The Gentleman's Guide to Villainy from Aidan McAteer on Vimeo.
While on my many searches across the internet I came across this short animation. This animation is in a similar style on how I would like to make the animation to go at the end of my groups film noir.

Film Noir OTS Concept board.

Concept Board For Our Film Noir OTS. on Prezi

Continuity task

Today I, along with bethany Bull, attempted to make our continuity task. We have made the film to all the criteria, but because we focused on this so much it is not very long or interesting, so therefore i attempted to make a second one. This one had the other effect. It is longer and more interesting than the first but is poorly constructed. I will attempt a third at a later date after viewing my classmates work and seeing how they have completed the task.

Work has started!

Tomorrow, my group; me, Matt Arms and Sam High, are going to the city to try to find a location where we could film our Film Noir. I will try to post tomorrow on the results.
UPDATE:
Me and Matty went to the city and have found a decent filming location. Paolo's restaurant  has the right sort of feel to it, however Sam has another location that we should check out.

This weeks homework...

This weeks homework entails reviewing a past blog that I like. I must comment on what I like about it and what I would use myself. I will update this post with the results.

UPDATE:
For my homework I have looked at Blaine Kenneally's A.S. Media blog. I have found that Blaine's blog starts with a simple yet effective picture which goes well with his dark background. This background works well with the text as Blaine has used brightly coloured text which stands out exceptionally well from the dark background making it easy to read. I do like how Blaine has used a large variety of different media in presenting his work on his blog. He has used Videos, Prezzis, and text. The text often uses hyper-links, which link either to past posts or his workmates blogs. I will most likely do this once I have started a major piece of filming work, for example, my opening tile sequence for a Film Noir. I would also like to replicate Blaine's idea for using multimedia for exhibiting my work.

Concept for Concept Board

Genre: Film Noir
Plot: Order/Structure
Narrative: Story
Storyboard
Cast - Character
        - Representation - Style
                                  - Props
                                  - Costume
                                  - Accents
                                  - Mannerisms
Set
Signifier/Icon (something with connotations bigger than the object.)

Connotation - suggestion/meaning/implied
Denotation - Emphasised/explicit/factual/stated

Mise-en-scene - Lighting
                        - Set
                        - Area

Sound - (non)diegetic
          - sound track
          - implied diegetic
          - Foley
          - (a)synchronous
          - Contrapuntal (juxtaposition - audio vs. action)

Camera - Shots
             - Pace
             - Angle
             - Transition

Target Audience - Demographics (Factual Data; age/gender/class)
                          - Projected/preferred
                          - Traditional
                          - Post-modern
                          - Hedonist
                          - Nishe
                          - mainstream
                          - pastishe

   Editing