Friday 15th - Filming Eye of The Stranger

Today, our group began filming our Film Noir style film 'Eye of The Stranger.' Claire will be playing the character of Victoria Hastings, Holly will be in charge of lighting and filming and i will be playing the role of Detective Montgomery. For our film we have decided to create a mysterious and creepy mood and we will achieve this by shooting our film from the stalker/stranger's point of view hence the name 'The Eye of The Stranger.' As well as never showing too much of the detectives face, therefore never giving away much of the Detectives identity. This will give the character of the Detective a suspicious vibe and create a sense of mystery and superstitiousness for the audience. Today we filmed the first few scenes of our film, we filmed our office scene where detective Montgomery and Victoria sit down and talk about Victoria's suspicions. For lighting we have positioned our light throughout this scene above the characters when filming close ups to create shadowing across the characters face and from the ground looking up to the character to create the same affect.

Shot List - Eye of The Stranger

Props List - Eye of The Stranger

Reflection on Stylistic Devices – Used in double identity

·     Lighting: comment on how it has been used to create atmosphere

-      Dark lighting and use of shadows on the  characters face and how he is   always turned away from the camera creates a sense of mystery about the man

-      Used lighting to direct us to the subject (car, sign)

-      Use of lighting makes the woman the focus point of the shot, how she is standing in front of bright lighting whilst shadowing is falling behind her and used to highlight the character

·     Characters:

-      Character ignores the road stop sign when driving in car which shows a sense of urgency and that the character might be in a rush or may not care about the law, which suggests he could be a criminal.

-      Character never uses left hand or arm which suggests something has happened to it

·     Narrative conventions:

-      Mysterious/suspicious man arrives at an old building and is sweating and appears injured as he never uses his right arm which suggests he has been shot.

-      The man admit to a murder and begins to tell a story to the audience

·     Other observations:

-      Intense/suspenseful music creates suspicion and mystery

-      Use of voice overs to show the audience what the character is thinking and explaining

Film Noir Task - The Eye of The Stranger

This term in media we have been assigned a task where we are to film a film noir style film. Below is our idea for our film:

Our story will focus on a woman who is feeling as if she is being followed/stalked everywhere she goes and constantly watched by a stranger. She eventually starts to receive threatening and black mailing letters. So in an attempt to try and protect herself she goes to visit one of her friends, who happens to be a detective, and explains her situation and asks him to help her out. She thinks she is getting help from the detective but little does she know that he is actually the one who has been stalking her because he wants to kill her. When she is telling the detective about being stalked and all the harrasing letters she has received, they are all going to be filmed as if they are flashbacks. She tells the detective that she has found a small button outside her house, obviously missing from the strangers coat. As she explains that she doesn't own any coats with those types of buttons. When she eventually walks out of the detectives office to return home, she walks away and the camera will be filmed to show a shot of the detectives jacket. Which will be missing a button. Revealing that he has been the mysterious stranger the whole time.

Names of the characters:

• Victoria Hastings
• Detective Montgomery/Stranger