Short Film Conventions

Below is a video that explains the conventions of short films.

Networked VS Noirs

This blog post has been created to show how well the group understands noir conventions. We have unintentionally recreated shots from other famous noirs and neo-noirs. Different methods of presentation have been used, like videos, images and audio.

This video shows a video of the shot similarities that we have with other film noirs. The comparing film is called Killer Joe, a neo-noir from 2011. We were shocked to see such similar shots in the film's trailer.



The one below shows shots from brick's trailer, in comparison with shots from Networked. For this, individual screenshots have been used to add some variety to the blogs presentation.

Research and Surveys

My group decided that we would carry out three types of surveys, one online digital survey, one video recorded survey and a printed form survey. The recorded survey can be seen below.

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We also had a paper form, which we handed out.

This is the form that was published online for people to fill out. From this online form users can enter in data which can be put into graphs , which can be seen on the 'Survey Results' blog post.

Foley Sound

Our films audio track is 100% artificial. All of the voice overs, ambients, music and speech we added in post production. All audio that was originally shot has been removed. For the film we were unable to aquire an external boom microphone with a wind muff, and due to poor wind a lot of the shots were contaminated with sound peaking, which is not very professional. I have made an image which shows how the audio would look if it was 'peaking'. The audio in the red area will sound crackly.

Below the video shows us recording a dragging sound effect, which will be used in the Industrial Estate scene, when Joe White is being dragged along the road. For this we used a RØDE microphone, which was connected using panasonic camera and MIDI cables. The video's thumbnail shows the set up.

Editing - Visuals

Visuals

So that the time lapse is not too long, at 1:42 in the video it shows the editing process after the colour correction. We had 3 stages of visual editing. Stage one we put all of the clips together in sequential order, in stage two we colour correcter (see here) and stage three was final composition adjustments and sound editing, over the corrected footage.

Filming: Day Three

Behind The Scenes



Footage

Ancillary Task: Film Poster

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First Attempt

Poster Annotation

The Final Poster

Networked Colour Correction

The video below shows the colour correction process and how we edited the footage to make it look like an authentic neo noir. The typical film-like green/blue style colour scheme (cool colours) keeps the theme in a negative light. This connotes what is happening in the film, as Joe White is having a negative experience during the film.

Ancillary Task: Film Review

Speedart of Design Proccess

The video below shows a fastened video of my film reviews design. I used another online, web-based review site to aid my ancillary task, this website can be seen here. The vehicle of the review is a younger audience, who subscribe to online movie review websites aimed at teens.

Film Review Text

The Circus returns and so does Grimes with her award nominating performance in this months newest Neo-Noir, Networked. Spectrum Pictures have released another prestige film which will be coming to cinemas on March 30 2014. 

The outstanding lead role performance from James Tucker will put you on the edge of your seat.  Networked uses his voice narration to tell the story of Joe White’s misfortune, as he is held hostage by the Circus. Always one step behind Ivy, the Circus are on the move; trying to track down her every move. But one question remains, will Joe survive his abduction? 

The Review 

If the font seems to be too small, please click on the image to enlarge it.

The Review Analysed (Please click to enlarge)

Networked Credits

The title and credits were designed in After Effects with a plugin called Plexus. In this plugin particles can be connected using lines and even triangles, using noise to increase the dispersion.

Below the screenshot shows the programmes interface, with Plexus loaded on it. This screenshot is of the title which says networked in capital letters. The lines connote actual networks, as the connections between each particle are constantly changing.

This screenshot below shows the credits, and shows the connections have been broken, which is what happens in our film noir (Joe White's connection with his family is broken).

Filming: Day Four

Behind The Scenes



Footage