Powerpoint presentation of London to Brighton

Opening to The Black Dahlia

Dir Brian De Palma

Noir Conventions

• Voice over
• Smoking
• Chrome (look) Sepia colour
• Flash back
• Radio Commentary
• 1940s look
• Fighting
• Blinds
• Corrupted hero
• Language ( Local/Slang)
• Each scene has a different tone

Enigma

1. Why do they end up fighting
2. Why doesn't he want to fight
3. Why do police watch fight

Opening To L.A Confidental Notes

These notes were taken during lessons as we were watching the opening to LA Confidental. These notes give small detail on noir elements, key themes and why use LA. These are the things that I and fellow students in my class has noted during the opening.

Noir Elements
Black (Brown) & white start - [monocrome], Voice Over, smoking, Gun, Cheery music [Jazz], Smart clothes

Key Themes

• Corruption
• Bleak
• Crime
• Deception

Why use LA?

Bright, a cheerful place [Shocks Audience]

We ruin everything [corruption]

How does LA confadiental use and develop noir conventions

• Female- Femme Fatale, Intvitive, Seductive
• Moral Ambiguity
• Lighting
• Corruption- Decetive
• Flawed Heros

Opening To Sin City notes

These notes were taken during lessons as we were watching the opening to Sin City. These notes give small detail on the setting, lighting, sound/dialogue, costume/props and shot types/camera work. These are the things that I and fellow students in my class has noted during the opening.

How is sin city's opening scene film Noir

1. Female - Femme fatal
2. stylist - suits, slick hair
3. Monochrome
4. Iconic props - gun, cigarettes
5. Flaned hero
6. City Scape
7. Themes- Deception, isolation, Crime
8. Lighting
9. Voice over

Opening of Sin City

Setting/Lighting

• Contrast between shadow and light on faces implies hidden characteristics + deception
• Dominating colour is black
• Bright lights from party, balcony, dark shows isolation
• Cityscape large, makes character/crime look insignificant
• Colours for striking scene
• Establishing shot of city/ their significant

Shot types/ Camera

• Slow zoom on female face - emotions
• Close up of props - emphasising signifcance
• Close up on eyes- flirtation/intamate

Costume/ Props

• Dress (red)- Sparkly, backless,holter, 1920's
• Female Hair- Short - unrealistic
• Tuxedo -tie, dark suit
• Male hair - Gelled back - unrealistic
• Gun silencer
• Cigarette
• lighter
• Exaggerated gender roles
• Raining

V.O/ Dialogue/ Script

• Very focused dialogue- intensity
• Script adds layer of depth/emotion, complexity to character
• Emphasises female invulnerability

Opening of 'The Third Man' Notes

These notes were taken during lessons as we were watching the opening to The Third Man. These notes give small detail on the setting, lighting, sound/dialogue and shot types/camera work. These are the things that I and fellow students in my class has noted during the opening.

• Starts with voice over (narrator is English)
• Western music playing in background.
• Film Set- Vienna - Austria, war, black market

How does the sequence introduce ideas that are unsettling or to do with evil/morality?

War (vienna (metaphor) Criminal activity)-Voice over

Mise En Scene
Lighting
Colour
Set
Character
Props

Notes
Two Big Churches
Colours Dark/Light
'Vienna' late 40s audience
Classical (statues)
Ruff (Black Market)
Dead body floating (really Black) (dark evil)
(real news futage)
Bombed buildings
Naration - 'I was gonna tell ya'

How does the opening of the Third man establish the atmosphere/theme/mood and expctations?

Setting
-Gothic -architecture- dark/mysterious
-In Vienna-heavaly bombed
-Big Staircases- morality metaphor
-Graveyard
-Churches- Mortality/good and evil
-Spaced
-Winter- snow - Darkness

Shot types/camera work
- Flicks between different shots of vienna-Bustiling
-Documentary-Like wase news footage- Real and Relevant

Lighting
- White faces at funeral surrounded by darkness
-White vs Dark
-Dark and low intensity
-Dark city & light sky
-Floating body - death/ww2

Sound/Dialogue/V.O
-Lowers voice to discuss black market
-Cheerful music- Contrasts
-Conflicting Lauguage- isolation