'Marilyn' storyboard

Here below is our storyboard that we created to show the key scenes from our script. Some may not be the camera shots and editing techniques we decide to use when it comes to filming, it is how we would like our film to look.

Film pitch

Film noir pitch from kirsty903

Our font ideas

As a group we all had different ideas in what our font should be so below is some of idea we had. We have decided to name our film based on the main character Marilyn who murders her husband for wealth. Some of our chosen font ideas are because of it being a film noir based genre we thought calligraphy writing would be appropriate to the time period.  

Media Theorists

Representation- is the meaning in which the way things are depicted.

The media have "The power to represent the world in certain ways. And because there are so many different and conflicting ways in which meaning about the world can be constructed, it matters profoundly what and who gets left out, and how things, people, events and relationships and represented".
(Stuart Hall 1986)

Richard Dyer argues that representation is a political tool:

On how social groups are treated in cultural representation is part of a parcel on how they are treated in everyday life. However he also highlights the complications in theories which focus on the negative representations of class, race and sexuality.

Our film

We’ve decided to create a short film in the genre of film noir detective. We already know the codes and conventions are similar to those of crime or detective fiction. We also decided on our setting and actors. We have titled our film as 'Marilyn' as it is common in film noir to name the film after the main character. Our plot is an independent female detective who takes on a crime that soon becomes a challenge that tests life and death to the ultimate level. Storyline starts off with the first scene of Marilyn ringing the police to say her husband has been murdered. What the audience don’t know is that she is in fact the killer of her husband. A quick cut to the police at her house, all that is visual is a chalk outline. The detective then begins to ask questions, interrogating Marilyn. He doesn't suspect her to be the murder. She then works out  that someone knows her secret, and kills them so it doesn’t get uncovered anymore. Clues are gradually then found by the detective which she then pieces together to show that Marilyn is in fact the murderer. When he arrives at her house to arrest her she attempts to kill him but before the knife is pulled out the detectives partner enters and kills her before she gets away with anymore murders.

Narrative Structure

 Narrative chain is the cause and effect, the plotlines in a story which are triggered by an action and enigma codes Propp and Todorov are the two theorists that show the typical structures to storylines in films and television.

Todorov

1)      Equilibrium

2)      Disruption

3)      Recognition of disruption

4)       Attempt to repair disruption

5)      A return or restoration of new equilibrium

Propp

1)      Preparation

2)      Complication

3)      Transference

4)      Struggle

5)      Return

6)      Recognition

Propp's  theory of the typical seven character types seen in most forms of narrative media. Hero, Villain, Helper, Mentor, Blocker, Prize, Dispatcher.

 

Hero- Is the central protagonist of the narrative that drives it forward. 

Villain-  He seeks rich and power and stops the hero succeeding.

Helper-  Accompanies the hero and helps them through the journey.

 Mentor-  Who gives the hero relevant information for their quest.

Blocker-  They try to prevent the hero going on their quest.

Prize-  A reward for the hero usually the princess(girl) of the story.

Dispatcher-  Sends the hero on his or her’s quest.

Narrative?

Plot - is the narrative as it seen or heard from the first to the last word which is the signifier, it is what the reader perceives.

Story- is the narrative in chronological order, of events as they follow each other. Which the reader conceives or understands.

(Tools for cultural studies, Macmillian, 1994)

Narrative is the way of organising spatial cause and effect the events with a beginning, middle and end which the judgement about the nature of  the events demonstrates how it’s possible to know the  to narrate, of the events.

(Narrative comprehension and film, Routledge, 1992)

My group below were given several pictures and out of them we had to interpret them in our own way, in which we had to show to the rest of the class the storyboard with everyone having a different interpretation of them.

Target audience

This mood board has pictures taken from different magazines, to show what we think girls of ages between 18-24 may be interested in.  We feel as a group that girls would be interested in the film genre Film noir as it includes romance and also shows murders happening between the 1950’s

This mood board has pictures taken from different magazines, to show what we think boys between the ages of 18-24 may be interested in. We feel as a group that boys would be interested in the film genre Film noir as they like the adrenaline rush of things and our film genre being male based we feel this gender would approach our film, interested to find out more about the genre.

Codes and conventions of film noir

Short films

A short film is considered to be around 40 minutes in runtime which includes all credits. Short films were initially popular in the 1920's and were made in black and white, and silent. American animation studio; Pixar, are also well known for making a short 10 minute cartoons before screening their big feature films in cinemas.