Here are a list of modern Film Noirs that I will use as my base research for our Film Noir film opening.
Sin City:
Sin City is a 2005 action/thriller which is noted as being one of the most popular Film Noir influenced films of recent years. It was adapted from a graphic novel, and this comes across very strongly in the film because every shot looks almost 'animated' as if it was straight out of a comic strip. The actual opening credits include stills of the main characters drawn out- exactly like the graphic novel. We have decided to use this as inspiration, and make the first few of our frames animated as it will be one of the conventions of the modern film noir genre. The main film features a heavy narrative, and we see glimmers of it in the opening scene- this has told us that we definately need to use a narrative in some shape or form within our project,
Brick:
Brick is a 2005 fim noir written by Rian Johnson. It is a gritty detective story set in suburbia which centres around the mysterious death of the protaganist's girlfriend friend, the opening scene consists entirely of flashbacks- which may make an interesting componant to our project. The flashback consists of the protagnist, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt looking at his dead girlfriend lying in a storm drain. Because film noir is known for it's refined style, there is no 'gore' shown, it is all suggested by close ups on each of the lifeless parts of her body. Violence towards young women is also a pronounced theme in our project. Also, it's low budget means that the film is something for us as a group to look up to- many of the special effects used in the film were shot cheaply using in camera effects.
Mulholland Drive:
Mulholland Drive is my third example of modern film noir, written in 2001 by David Lynch. The film tells the story of an aspiring actress named Betty Elms, newly arrived in Los Angeles who meets and befriends an amnesiac (again!) hiding in her aunt's apartment. The story includes several other seemingly unrelated vignettes that eventually connect in various ways, as well as some surreal scenes and images that relate to the cryptic narrative that leads to much speculation to how events transpire.
Sin City is a 2005 action/thriller which is noted as being one of the most popular Film Noir influenced films of recent years. It was adapted from a graphic novel, and this comes across very strongly in the film because every shot looks almost 'animated' as if it was straight out of a comic strip. The actual opening credits include stills of the main characters drawn out- exactly like the graphic novel. We have decided to use this as inspiration, and make the first few of our frames animated as it will be one of the conventions of the modern film noir genre. The main film features a heavy narrative, and we see glimmers of it in the opening scene- this has told us that we definately need to use a narrative in some shape or form within our project,
Brick:
Brick is a 2005 fim noir written by Rian Johnson. It is a gritty detective story set in suburbia which centres around the mysterious death of the protaganist's girlfriend friend, the opening scene consists entirely of flashbacks- which may make an interesting componant to our project. The flashback consists of the protagnist, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt looking at his dead girlfriend lying in a storm drain. Because film noir is known for it's refined style, there is no 'gore' shown, it is all suggested by close ups on each of the lifeless parts of her body. Violence towards young women is also a pronounced theme in our project. Also, it's low budget means that the film is something for us as a group to look up to- many of the special effects used in the film were shot cheaply using in camera effects.
Mulholland Drive:
Mulholland Drive is my third example of modern film noir, written in 2001 by David Lynch. The film tells the story of an aspiring actress named Betty Elms, newly arrived in Los Angeles who meets and befriends an amnesiac (again!) hiding in her aunt's apartment. The story includes several other seemingly unrelated vignettes that eventually connect in various ways, as well as some surreal scenes and images that relate to the cryptic narrative that leads to much speculation to how events transpire.
Momento:
Momento is a film noir made in 2000, written and directed by Christopher Nolan. It is the story of a man called Leonard with amnesia, who gained his condition after being attacked by an intruder who raped and murdered his wife. This already pure film noir, where revenge is always prominent and amnesia is the common cold of it's universe. It has unique running order, The film's events unfold in two separate, alternating narratives—one in color, and the other in black and white. The black and white sections are told in chronological order, showing Leonard conversing with an anonymous phone caller in a motel room. Leonard's investigation is depicted in color sequences that are in reverse chronological order.The film's events unfold in two separate, alternating narratives—one in color, and the other in black and white.
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