Research - Representation of character

Quote: Film Noir is

 “a new cinematic technique that made use of dark or dim lighting effects, dreary settings, filtered lights and generally dark themes and characterizations. Noir scenes are made from interesting camera angles and with dramatic close-ups and shadowed lighting. Frequently the stories use of smoke-filled rooms, views of light filtered through venetian blinds, seedy downtown areas with neon lights, dark wet streets to heighten the noir effect. “

Resources 
- the worksheets you were given, cameras and props

Q:\Art & Media Faculty\media\KS5\AS\MAIN PRODUCTION UNIT FILM NOIR\genre style and links\FilmNoirIllustrations_files

Q:\Art & Media Faculty\media\KS5\AS\MAIN PRODUCTION UNIT FILM NOIR\genre style and links

http://www.lafterhall.com/

Driving Question & Focus:

Representation is about combining images, styles and symbols to creative meaning for an audience. Film makers do this through actors, lighting props, locations, pose and expression. Your challenge is to stage, create and capture a variety of still images that evoke the Film Noir era: work creatively in teams to take and edit images that meet the conventions of the genre Film Noir showing an understanding of how representations are constructed

Step 1 - classwork: take a familiar Fairy tale, myth or nursery rhythm and storyboard it using Film Noir genre style conventions - focus on character

Step 2 - using the worksheet as support: organising a photoshoot: using cameras to create moody, melodramatic portraits in a film noire style – you can work in the studio or around the school. Use the majority of the lesson and free time to experiment with lighting, pose and props. We are in WG11 where we have the studio and the darkroom as well as the main classroom. Try to capture at least 30 images (but the differences can be subtle – variations in expression / camera angles etc). Get them uploaded asap. Then use photoshop to edit the images until they look like the fit the Film Noir Genre.

step 3. -Contextual understanding and comparison of representation: Aim - to show understanding of representation using comparing existing stills/ / photographs with you own original/created still images.  
Reminder:

Representation is about combining images, styles and symbols to creative meaning for an audience. Film makers do this through actors, lighting props, locations, pose and expression.

Your challenge was to stage, create and capture a variety of still images that evoke the Film Noir era.

Construction task:  creating representations create moody, melodramatic portraits in a film noire style

First: 

Edit simply – use adjustments such as saturation, exposure and curves plus simple crop methods

Try to create a range of images that are effective representations of

Male

• Hero (Protagonist)
• Villain (Antagonist)
• Antihero (Transforms form the Antagonist to the Protagonist)
• Sidekick (Police/ Moral Majority)
• Extras (Side plots/Workers/Crowds)

Female

• Femme Fatale - Sexuality, Danger, Risk, Antagonist, Forbidden.
• Girl Next door (Redemptive Woman) - Salvation, Honour, Sacrifice, Courage, Redemption

Second 

Create a PowerPoint or multi-media presentation where you effectively compare and contrast your own work against representations from existing Film Noir texts. Use Media Language and images. Then upload it to your blog