Film title-crossed/reload
Synopsis
The film is about a young man that has just started up in the drugs industry selling cannabis. He is double crossed whilst going to ‘reload’ (buy more drugs). The story then develops with the protagonist trying to find out who double crossed him; including dirty cops, rival gangs, femme fetals and friends worse than enemy’s.
The story concludes with our protagonist finding out he was double crossed by his best friend.
First 3 minutes
In the first 3 minutes my protagonist is walking down a street at night (monologue). He reaches the meeting point and notices a police helicopter; but dismisses it. When his dealer shows he is acting shifty which raises his suspicions. Then 2 men show up and a scuffle breaks out; with our main character having his reload robbed and being K.O’d. He gets up in a daze and notices a wallet, it is one of the men that robbed him; the man is a police officer.
My film will have a gritty dark look; to in keep with the noir genre. It will include monologues, rain dark quiet settings but within an urbanised area. In my film I am aiming for a cross between the noir genre and a newer more youth focused film such as kidulthood.
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Review of Sin City
Sin City
We were asked to watch a contemporary Noir film, I chose to watch Sin city. I chose this film not only because it is an excellent example of contemporary noir but also because it is a very popular film.
The most striking example of noir characteristics in sin city is the lack of colour in the film, there are only two actual colours in the film; red and yellow, the rest of the film is in black and white. This is done so the examples of colour are striking and stand out, for example blood.
The characters are also typical of a film noir; Marv played by Mickey Rourke is a tough guy that’s been set up to Jackie, a crooked cop that beats his girlfriend. Due to the fact that the characters are so typically Noir the storylines that they bring with them are also typical of the genre.
The movie is split up into three separate storylines Hartigan; a detective on his last day. Marv; a man on a revenge mission for a girl killed right next to him and Dwight; a man that accidently kills a police officer. These storylines are about murder, set ups and revenge making them extremely Noir. Also it isn’t made obvious about time and date so even though Hartigans story is shown first it could be the very last thing that happened chronologically, this helps to add to the confusion of the film and the twists and turns typical of the genre.
We were asked to watch a contemporary Noir film, I chose to watch Sin city. I chose this film not only because it is an excellent example of contemporary noir but also because it is a very popular film.
The most striking example of noir characteristics in sin city is the lack of colour in the film, there are only two actual colours in the film; red and yellow, the rest of the film is in black and white. This is done so the examples of colour are striking and stand out, for example blood.
The characters are also typical of a film noir; Marv played by Mickey Rourke is a tough guy that’s been set up to Jackie, a crooked cop that beats his girlfriend. Due to the fact that the characters are so typically Noir the storylines that they bring with them are also typical of the genre.
The movie is split up into three separate storylines Hartigan; a detective on his last day. Marv; a man on a revenge mission for a girl killed right next to him and Dwight; a man that accidently kills a police officer. These storylines are about murder, set ups and revenge making them extremely Noir. Also it isn’t made obvious about time and date so even though Hartigans story is shown first it could be the very last thing that happened chronologically, this helps to add to the confusion of the film and the twists and turns typical of the genre.
The films sound track is mostly made up off jazz music, which has been given a modern twist to bring it up to date; there are also monologues involving key characters, so that you get a bit of background story between the action. These examples of sound are defiantly noir.
The camera and editing in Sin city also add to the extremely noir feel to the film, using a spiralling effect when a character gets knocked out and shadows being used throughout.
The camera and editing in Sin city also add to the extremely noir feel to the film, using a spiralling effect when a character gets knocked out and shadows being used throughout.
Contemporary Noir
To continue my Study of the Noir genre, we started looking at contemporary Noir films; films in the stlye of the Noir genre but made after 1980. To begin with i researched three of the most popular contemporary Noir films.
The Spirit
Murdered policeman Denny Colt comes back from the grave as the spirit, a hero is in a constant battle with the film’s villain the Octopus. The octopus’s mission is to wipe out central city which is stopped by the spirit.
The film features femme fetals, dark locations, double crossing, henchmen and murder; all features of the film noir genre.
Director-Frank Miller
January 2009
Blade runner
Set In the future humankind has created replicants; robots that look like humans. Deckard is a Blade runner, whose job it is to hunt down these replicants. Blade runner is the story of Deckard hunting down 4 replicants that escaped and are trying to hunt down their creator.
Blade runner is a film set in a dystopian future filled with dark rainy locations, mystery and murder.
Director-Ridley Scott9th September (UK)
Reservoir Dogs
Mr. White, a career criminal; Mr. Orange, a young newcomer; Mr. Blonde, a trigger-happy maniac ; Mr. Pink, a paranoid neurotic; Mr. Brown; and Mr. Blue are 7 men hired to pull of a bank robbery. When they fail they realise 1 of them is a police informant. But who?
Reservoir dogs is a story of double crossing murder and money.
Director-Quentin Tarintino
15th January 1993 (UK)
The Spirit
Murdered policeman Denny Colt comes back from the grave as the spirit, a hero is in a constant battle with the film’s villain the Octopus. The octopus’s mission is to wipe out central city which is stopped by the spirit.
The film features femme fetals, dark locations, double crossing, henchmen and murder; all features of the film noir genre.
Director-Frank Miller
January 2009
Blade runner
Set In the future humankind has created replicants; robots that look like humans. Deckard is a Blade runner, whose job it is to hunt down these replicants. Blade runner is the story of Deckard hunting down 4 replicants that escaped and are trying to hunt down their creator.
Blade runner is a film set in a dystopian future filled with dark rainy locations, mystery and murder.
Director-Ridley Scott9th September (UK)
Reservoir Dogs
Mr. White, a career criminal; Mr. Orange, a young newcomer; Mr. Blonde, a trigger-happy maniac ; Mr. Pink, a paranoid neurotic; Mr. Brown; and Mr. Blue are 7 men hired to pull of a bank robbery. When they fail they realise 1 of them is a police informant. But who?
Reservoir dogs is a story of double crossing murder and money.
Director-Quentin Tarintino
15th January 1993 (UK)
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