This research has helped me understand more about sound to do with film and listening to it in detail. This will give me a better idea for my film, understanding diegetic and non diegetic sound.
Point 28: Breakdown analysis on sound of researched opening film
Point 26: Relating the Propp Narrative to my Film
Odeon Cinema was founded in 1928 by Oscar Deutsch. Today Odeon is in a group called UCI Cinemas where as it hardly resembles the ocean chain. It operates in the United Kingdom and Ireland, this makes me feel more loyal to the brand already. I want this to exhibit our film because it is cheaper to show the film in Britain and not for the film to go multinational.
Columbia Pictures Industries is an american distribution studio of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, which is a sony pictures entertainment. The company was founded in 1918 by Jack and Harry Cohn and Jack Cohn’s best friend Joe Brandt. The name ‘Columbia’ came from the state Columbia in the United States which is used in the logo. I think that Columbia distribution studios will benefit my film with them having lots of experience with starting earlier than a lot of companies. With Columbia pictures the owner of the company wealth will also be beneficial.
Universal Studios is an American film studio that was founded in 1912 by the German Carl Laemmle. Some film noir films that universal have made are for example – “The Killers”, “The Big Clock”, “Touch of Evil” and “The Naked City” etc. I would be happy for this production company to produce our film because I trust them with their previous films that have been made by them. I’d also want them to be a part of our film because they are very successful with film.
These companies have made me realise how long the film process is for the publishing of the final product. With this information I now know the importance each stage is for my final product.
Point 21: Produce, Distribute and Exhibited companies
GAP: General Audience Profile – short group of people
This graph shows the age of the audience, gender and ABC1 is upper class and C2DE is working class.
C2DE goes to the cinema more than ABC1 with them having more money to spend on entertainment needs. This is more the stereotypical manner of thought that is shown bellow with the obvious wealthier people that spend more on things they don’t need. Our film is aimed to any class, no matter how much income they gain.
The age percentage shows the that more elderly people go to the cinema to watch what they are interested in. This might be because the elderly aren’t quite as busy as the younger generation so they go to the cinema to fill their time. This is under the universal bar which is different to the GAP on with the younger group of people involved. This is maybe because the film was more aimed at a younger audience. Our film is friendly with both young and elderly category going from 15 – 24 and elderly 55+ years of age. This is because the film is more action which might attract teenagers and it’s also film noir that might attract older people.
The graph also shows that more female go to the cinema than male do. This perhaps doesn’t fit to our target audience because we welcome both genders to see our film. 
Point 20: Categories of audiences + comparing to our film
Perfect Audience Member
This is the perfect audience member to film noir. This is because he is dressed formal, as most men dressed during the 1950’s. This includes a hat, suit with a tie and jacket. He sits calmly all the time with whiskey, pointing out the fact that the decade was different to ours present.
The food that the person would eat is usually meats, which is ate from a diner. This is the stereotypical food for a male to eat preferably in america during the 1950’s. Eating steaks, burgers and other fattening foods.
The music that a perfect film noir audience member would listen to is a slow beat jazz. This is because this category of music was played everywhere, so people got into it quickly.
Point 19: Includes their clothes, music and food
We picked this audience member because older generations tend to watch the older film noir movies. The example of the person sitting in a rocking chair is a stereotypical way of seeing an elderly individual relaxing, also sitting with a drink show a sign of stress and other emotions in thought. The person tends to be indoors most of the time without much movement perhaps because of natural age causes.
GAP: General Audience Profile – short group of people
This graph shows the age of the audience, gender and ABC1 is upper class and C2DE is working class.
C2DE goes to the cinema more than ABC1 with them having more money to spend on entertainment needs. This is more the stereotypical manner of thought that is shown below with the obvious wealthier people that spend more on things they don’t need. Our film is aimed to any class, no matter how much income they gain.
The age percentage shows the that more elderly people go to the cinema to watch what they are interested in. This might be because elderly aren’t quite as busy as the younger generation, so they go to the cinema to fill their time. This is under the universal bar which is different to the GAP on with the younger group of people involved. This is maybe because the film was more aimed at a younger audience. Our film is friendly with both young and elderly category going from 15 – 24 and elderly 55+ years of age. This is because the film is more action which might attract teenagers and it’s also film noir that might attract older people.
The graph also shows that more females go to the cinema than males do. This perhaps doesn’t fit to our target audience because we welcome both genders to see our film.
Point 18 – Description on research for opening scenes (present)
This is a key shot because it is the first glimpse of the film. It represents where the opening of the film is set and a rough explanation of reason to why there is a tower in the centre of the shot. This in an inspirational shot because it gives a sense of hierarchy with the height of the tower and he audience looking up towards it.
This shot is key because it titles the production company for the whole film. This makes the audience loyal to the companies films for the near future if the film “Brute Force” is successful. This shot is an inspiration because the title “Mark Hellinger”Productions” is a two part classic film noir company which people enjoyed watching.
This shot is an important glance at the time the opening scene is taken. The shot shows a clock with concrete surrounding it, which shows that it is in an area which is perhaps not so wealthy. The dull colour from the screen shot also backs this up with the shot looking poor. The inspiration gives off the dull image of black and white giving age to the film.
This shot represents prison cells with high roofs and stairs escalating to the ceilings. This shot is key because it gives a wide view of the main area to the movie. It’s also important because it gives an idea to how serious the prison is, giving an idea to what the prisoners have done to cause the sentences. This give a sense of inspiration showing how big a set was back in 1947, and how films today show lots of wide angled shots.
This shot is important to the opening to “Brute Force” because it shows the scene to where a prisoner states the obvious that he’s always going to be in the cell till he dies, This is inspirational because he tells the guards by singing the statement in lyrics. This is very traditional for early film because lots of it contains singing or dancing.
This shot is including the prisoners looking at a rich looking car with a new prisoner that is yet to suffer in the cells. This is a key shot because it presents the prisoners over looking something that seems is a rare event that is interesting for them to spectate. This gives inspiration to viewers showing the interest that people in the cells had chose to look outside to see if there is something to perhaps enjoy or to get more information for their surroundings.
This shot shows reality of cells in the late 1940’s, with the cell mates sharing small stories of what they’ve experienced that has reminded them with relation to what is happening in the scene. The shot gives viewers an inside look to what prisons look like with reality characters and interior mise en scene. The shot is an inspiration towards the audience giving a usage of well done costume with one person topless and one in a cell outfit. This also shows how prisoners lived during this period of time.
This shot shows a car leaving the prison looking well shot, this is because the cinematography is angled centre with the opening doors giving a very long shot. This is key with the car leaving the prison, so this gives the audience that the car just dropped off the prisoner. This is inspirational showing that the camera is stable with the rain clattering in the background. Rain obviously doesn’t make a difference with the cameras being static focusing on moving objects.
This shot shows a prisoner looking out over the court yard entrance to the jail looking at what the earlier prisoners were looking at. This shot is key because the editing shows clearly that the two cells connect to show the two views of looking at the car in the entrance. This is inspirational because editing has improved over the time period from when this film was created.
Point 15 – Describing Key Shots and Inspirations
Cinematography:
The lighting to the opening scene of “Private Hell 36” was quite dull with the picture being black and white, it’s hard to see where it is shone. The lighting was minimal because the main object or character is filmed as a long shot to get a background image too. This sets an appropriate atmosphere to the scene making the it more crime themed.
Editing:
The editing was well done with the film being made in 1954. There were some faded transitions between some scenes to give the visual terms more mysterious for the viewer. This links really well with film being in black and white. The title sequences for the cast and title for the film weren’t the same font. This gave an obvious approach to what the titles message was giving to the audience. The titles also were edited to stand out, so then the writing was easy to read.
Sound:
The sound to this opening scene definitely outlines the theme of crime and mystery for each shoot. This is because the music goes with what is seen on the screen, for example when the murderer walks out of the lift the trumpet or tuba’s pitch goes higher showing that the event is bad. Sound is also used for a narrative speech to describe the mime of the actors movement and actions.
Mise en Scene:
The mis en scene is harder to find in black and white film compared to film we see today, i seen a brief case in which the murderer is holding as he leaves for the car. This gives a clue to the audience to the reason behind the death. The skyscrapers imply that the setting to the film is in a city, showing them at night giving another crime theme to the scene. The setting of the city seems peaceful, but secretly there has been a murder. The shop that the man walks past seems to sell fountains with the stores banner across the top of the shot. There is also a fountain looking object located at the centre of the viewing part to the front of the shop giving hints for late in the film.
Point 14 – Describing cinematography, mise en scene, editing and sound.
Point 13 – Graphic Break down
Double Indemnity:
This film is a 1944 American film noir, directed by Billy Wilder. The film stars of the film are Fred MacMurray as an insurance salesman, Barbara Stanwyck as a provocative housewife who wishes her husband were dead, and Edward G. Robinson as a claims adjuster whose job is to find weird claims. The term “double indemnity” refers to a clause in certain life insurance policies that doubles the payout. The traits to this film include all black and white shots, romance, crime and also key lighting from sources within the mise-en-scène for the classic film.
The Maltese Falcon:
The Maltese Falcon was published in 1941 and directed by John Huston. The cast are Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade, Mary Astor as his femme fatale client, Gladys George, Peter Lorre, and Sydney Green street. The story follows a San Francisco private detective and his dealings with three adventurers, all of which are competing to have a jewel. The film traits include a black and white picture, emotion from the girl, also involvement of cinematography with low key lighting and unusual camera angles for example a low shot to the ground and also mice en scene with key props vital to the film.
Out of Past
Out of past was released in the United kingdom in 1947, directed by Jacques Tourneur. The film stars Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas. The character in the film called Jeff Bailey works at a gas station in the mountains and one day a character called Joe pulls into the gas station and immediately wants to talk to Jeff about his semi existence and for him not to tell about his newly engaged girl. With the strong discomfort scenes Jeff begins a tale of treachery. The traits to the film include a black and white picture showing the age of the film, tension, romance, miss en scene, cinematography which pics out different shadows being shown purposely for the film.
These films give me an understanding of what film noir movies included and what I can include for my film. With them all being published in the 50’s, I’m going to do my best for our film to look like it was made in this decade. I am going to do this by putting a black and white filter over my shot clips.
Point 11 – Identifying traits
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