For our groups film project ,consisting of Ky Underhill, James Clements and Deanna Quirke. We looked at various genres that we would like to replicate and film. One of the first being the action genre. After researching this genre, watching films like Mission Impossible and Transporter we found that it would be difficult to film with the resources we have and a film opening would be difficult to film correctly and suit the genre. We also thought of parkour and free running films such as 'District 13' and also the free running section in the James Bond film 'Casino Royale'. But once again this would be difficult to film as it requires a lot of skill from the actors to the stunts of the film and isn't particularly safe although it doesn't require a lot of props or specialist costumes.
Finally, our group decided on the genre of Film Noir. We decided this could be a lot easier to film rather than action or crime films. Although it requires specialist costumes and props, the lighting and the effects for the film are easy to achieve. Also the locations could be filmed in school meaning we could re-film at any time, despite needing the props and costumes. Researching film noir, we looked at films like Sin City, which is more of a modern adaptation of film noir ,neo film noir, and Double Indemnity which is considered a classic of the Film noir genre.
Sin City, directed by Robert Rodriguez, is an action/thriller based around the themes of crime and also on the graphic novel witten by Frank Miller. These themes are helkd strong as a multitude of shots in the film resemble the comic strip from the graphic novel. Our group have decided to use this as a guide to our film, it also persuaded us to use a narrative/voice over for piece.
Double Indemnity, directed by Billy Wilder, is a 1944 classic Film noir thriller that follows an insurance broker that is led into a murder/insurance fraud scheme by a clien'ts seductive wife. It follows the conventions of film noir, by having the main character stumble through events that cause him pain and suffering. We have looked at this film as we believe it is one of the best examples of classic Film Noir
Memento, directed by Chris Nolan, is a 2000 mystery/thriller that depicts the struggle of the main character suffering from amnesia, using notes and tattoos to track down who he thinks killed his wife. The flashback scenes are depicted in black and white as he suffers from amnesia. Classic conventions of Film Noir.
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