Film Critique

My role in the film was the director and the main actor. I played the character who wants to take back what was stolen from him. My Character is a good person who is in business and makes a lot of money. It's not in the film but his father just passed away and he wants to design his will. Its turns into a confrontation with my characters own flesh and blood. My characters quest to take back what he lost turns deadly for him. I designed the entire film, but the shooting didn't go according to plan. We had to disobey our location diagrams to make the picture because the diagrams didn't provide the greatest of shots for the film. We looked at them and tried to work with them but they unfortunately worked against us. The shots we improvised were a lot better than what I had planned out. This shot right here was an improvised shot. Along with this one.

The overall project is not what I had counted on because some of the lighting is not right and the blocking could have been more precise. The acting from Dan could have been more articulate and the death scene of Austins character, Austin could have been more limp and not as tense.
Overall the project was ok and hopefully we can make a better project next semester.We pulled through this project although the production process killed us. The preproduction process was discussed, and debated and it was a lot of trouble. The film was still a lot of fun to do, yet stressful but we got it done and we were relieved.
The locations were pretty good in terms of setting and it really brought the story to life.
This shot here establishes the act of spying, secrecy and a sinister act. The script was hard to write because we had to show our intentions in the film without using much dialogue.
We managed to make the script the way we wanted and the actors did a great job. The shots really.

The film relates to Film Noir in a number of ways. The music really relates to film noir because it sounds very dark and sinister. It matches the genre very well and the final sound effect is great but wrong. My characters neck is snapped the cracking sound effect was the best sound effect we ever got. The ending music of a low Female choir expressed a very dark sense of death in the film and that's my personal favorite music track. The lighting overall especially in the beginning could have been different but we didn't have the materials to manipulate the light to what we really needed. My character in the final scene was perfect in terms of light but Dans character was the exact opposite. That was the down side of the lighting but it is pretty good overall. The acting was very Noir like in terms of attitude and expression. The actors including me fell into their character and brought the story to life.

Script Analysis

1. How does the film start at s dramatic moment in the middle of the drama?
I don't know if the opening scene is dramatic but it takes us into the mystery of the film with the main character speaking so secretly of the case and the second character being dragged away.

2. What terrific scene will open and what memorable scene will end the film?
The terrific scene is when a will is being put together and the case is introduced. The memorable closing scene consists of the main character being killed in his efforts to get the case back for the perpetrator.

3. What's my characters attitude and position in the events?
My characters attitude is calm, laid back and determined to get the case back. In the will his father left him the case and he doesn't want his brother to get his hands on the case. If the brother were to get his hands on the case then the main character believes bad things will happen.

4. How do I introduce my character? If my character isn't central to the action, what do the witness that is?
I introduce my character in the beginning scene with the will being put together and my character is central to all the events that happen in the film.

5. How can I help the audience discover what is happening, rather than just telling them everything.
I don't reveal the precious item or items that are in the case which adds to the mystery of the film. I don't reveal the perpetrators plan or motive for getting the case but I do reveal a piece of his actions through dialogue.

6. How can I reduce things to a minimum, but still have an impact?
I'm not sure how I can reduce things even further. I feel that if I tried to reduce, the film would not be so interesting.

Film Noir Treatment

A private room in a restaurant with two people sitting at an Oil Lamp lit table. Matt and his business partner Daniel, talk about business. While they are talking, Matt asks about their business manager. Daniel shows a photo of their leader Marion (Hayley) and speaks about her loyalty to the company.

Matt gets up to take care of personal business but leaves a mysterious case on the table. Dan picks up the case after Matt has left then is about to see what is inside when a figure hits him on the head and is dragged away.

Matt returns to find the case and Dan gone. He walks around looking for the case. Then he hears a sound behind a door, he opens the door and finds Dan tied up and with a cloth over his mouth. Matt pulls down the cloth and obtains as much as he can from Dan. To make things seem like nothing has happened, he puts the cloth back over Dans mouth and closes the door.

Matt walks outside towards a street light and finds the case on the ground. He picks up the case, opens it, but the cargo is not there. However, Matt finds a piece of paper in the case that give a certain location. Matt looks into the distance and walks to the location.

Matt arrives at the location (but no one is there. He hears a voice in the shadows and a figure reveals itself. Matt identifies the figure to be his younger brother Tim. The precious valuable in the case is revealed to be a family ring. They speak about the ring and Tims plot while Tim reveals his wife Marion. Marion reveals her true colors to Matt and has a henchman hold Matt.

Matt gets out of his grip and punches the henchman then punches his brother and gets the ring. Then Matt is caught off guard when his brother chokes him and kills him. Matt is killed and Tim got the ring he wanted.

I personally think I didn't do a good job on my part of the presentation. On the spread sheet, my group wasn't highlighted in purple so I thought we were not going to get called when we did. We weren't prepared to present because of the spread sheet. Dan's and Rami's presentations were considerably better because they had time to prepare what they were going to say while I didn't because I went first. I don't believe I went deep enough into the scenes to give a through analysis to the class. I think if we were more prepared for the presentation things would have been way better.

ChinaTown

The movie does not have a narrator. The story is about an investigator name Jake Gittes who is trying to solve a mystery behind the water department of LA county. One of the head people (Hollis Mullwray) is murdered and now he is looking for the person who murdered him. Hollis's wife Evelyn Mullwray, works with him but she is hiding something from him. Throughout the movie, Jake displays he the type of character who doesnt go down without a fight. Evelyn then packs her stuff and is ready to leave when Jake starts asking her questions she could barely answer. During this time, Evelyn reveals her secret that her father Noah Cross raped her and the mystery girls Jake knows about is Evelyns sister/daughter Katherine. When Jake hears this, all the pieces of the puzzle came together instantly. He then tries to book Noah for what his paln and for what he has done but the police have turned to his side and wont arrest him. The movie ends sadly as Evelyn is killed when trying to escape with Katherine, and Noah gets away with Katherine. In Film Noir, usually the villan gets what he wants and the heroes get nothing.

This film is a very realistic film. Most of the characters only care about themselves and try to get what they want by any means necessary. During the days of Film Noir, having affairs or sexual relationships was very popular.

Deadliest Catch

Story Analysis:

The person who is telling the story is Mike Rowe. This is a voice over narration TV show on Discovery Channel. Mike was chosen to narrate this show because his voice is very low and powerful which adds suspension to the show. Well the show does tell itself in a way but Mike explains what is really going on and not the obvious. The genre of this show is documentary and reality. Time is subject through real time and flashbacks. If a subject speaks of an event in the past, the show cuts to the event he was talking about( if they have the footage of that event). This is a realistic show and is filmed without a script and in the moment. Its an awesome show and is found on the Discovery Channel.