DEVELOPMENT OF IDEAS:

A CINEMATIC NOIR (MODERN):

• Professional hitman gets caught up with the KGB during the Cold War.

• Reason: Weapon/Data File goes missing.

• Location is set in an old-fashioned building.

• Action narrative similar to 'The Raid'.

• The professional must make his way down through the building and stay alive.

• Fights through the waves of units, different scenario on every floor; always a new problem/challenge.

• Ending: Makes it in time to catch his date. - A twist.

Characteristics:

• Perhaps not in B&W, a more Sepia (Old-fashionished look) - Mixture of browns, blacks, greys.

• A moving camera, extreme cinematic shots - smoothed with gimbal.

• Professional Characteristics: Cocky, Humourous, Stylish, Good, Brilliant at what he does.

Ideas:

• After-effects= gun shots/bullet impacts/blood

• Sci-fi touch with motion tracking for grenades etc.

• Timed long shots with gimbal movemen

• Location: Short building, a main stairway, nicely decorated (carpets, lighting).

• Night time

Contextual Points:

• History, Crime, Action, Comedy

• Espionage, Spy

• Inspired by Guy Ritchie

• Michael Mann and his 'Public Enemies'.

• Film Movement: Cold War - Noir type format

• Different idea: Bank Robbers - Depression Era

• Cinematic Playstyle: Similar to those seen in 'Mafia 2' - Video game

CRIME WITHOUT PASSION:

Documentation:

CHANGE OF PLOT:

EDITING:

ACTORS/EQUIPMENT:

Frank Martins (Main Character)

Characteristics: 

- Slim, Foreign, Dark Face, Medium Height

- Needs to be able to portray emotional feelings and opinions visually

- Quick on feet (needs to be quick and mobile in many scenes)

Actor: Joaquin Del Fierro

Lloyd Witmer (Secondary Character)

Characteristics:

- Bold figure, Strong build, Iconic face

- Stocky build to provide boss-like feeling

- Recognised easily as there will be shots involving dark and light pockets of light

Actor: Danny Park

Debbie Cousins (Main Female Character)

Characteristics:

- Charismatic, Pretty, Femme Fatale-like look, Old fashioned

- Needs to be able to persuade (brainwash with looks) as this is an important turning point regarding the plot

Actor:

Michael Donelly (Male Character)

Characteristics: 

- Striking face, Tall

- Not many requirements regarding this role

- Least amount of screen time (shows up at the last scene needed for the final plot twist)

Actor:

Equipment List (Cinematography/Noir related) - Reasoning: 

- LED Lights (2/3x) - Simple focused lighting, initially going to use this as an attempt of creating soft light on characters faces, provide a certain appeal and atmospheric feeling relating to a noir convention.

- Halogen Light - Essential when creating shots with shadows, e.g. A door shot focusing on the shadow on the floor rather than the character at the door. Very common noir convention, especially when focusing on a cinematic noir.

- Slider - Not exactly a common convention regarding dynamic shots in a Film Noir but since we're going for a cinematic masterpiece style film, this is essential for appealing shots.

ON-SET DOCUMENTATION:

Set - Living Room (Coffee Table area)

Before: 

After: 

TITLE SEQUENCE (POST-PROD):

Regarding the Title Sequence, we were looking for something similar to "Double Indemnity" and "On Dangerous Ground".

I managed to pull together a couple designs with different compositions (shape, size, angle).

     Original Composition: 2400x1800 - Not Fitting Letterbox Format                New Composition: 1900x1200 (Wide Screen) - Still not fitting