Equipment List for my short film

Production Details: Filming

Producer(s): Ciaran Davis

Equipment required

Canon EOS 550D

Star 62 Tripod

Philips 70W ES NR80 Spotlight Bulb

Wilko Desk Lamp Black

Risk Assessments for my Short Film

Producer: Ciaran Davis

Production Details: Filming a Film Noir (Which will require a lot of lighting.)

Types of Risk: Personal Injury / Health & Safety / Damage to equipment / Halting Production

Risk Type	Details of Risk	Ways to minimise risk	Person(s) Responsible
Tripping on any loose wires.	The lights are likely to require wires rather than being battery powered, so there is a danger of tripped on them.	Taping the wires to the floor, preferably with a brightly coloured tape to warn people.	Ciaran
Damage to Filming/Lighting Equipment.	The filming and lighting equipment is expensive and at risk of being damaged.	Checking the Equipment regularly and not allowing anybody to touch it without my permission.	Ciaran
Lights being left on.	The lights will be used quite frequently, and may cause them to become very hot. If someone were to touch them they may get burned, as well as their being the risk of a fire hazard.	Warn people that the lights can get very hot, and always turn off the lights when they’re not in use.	Ciaran
A certain persons medical condition.	The cast and crew may suffer from medical conditions, i.e. asthma, diabetes etc.	Make sure that anybody with a medical condition has sufficient medication, and knows how to take it.	Ciaran

Proposal for my Short Film

Producer(s): Ciaran Davis

Production Title: The Huge Snooze

Brief: To make a short film that contains typical conventions of my chosen genre, in this case Film Noir.

Aim: To create a short film parodying the conventions of Film Noir, called ‘The Huge Snooze’.

Description of your intentions: The film will try to involve as many conventions of film noir, and parodies of iconic film noir shots, as can possibly be done in the small duration of the film. I plan to use strong lighting to make the contrast between black and white so clear, and to cast shadows as shadows and silhouettes will add mystery to the film. Much of the dialogue will be a non-diegetic narration, which is very common in Film Noir films. By choosing appropriate locations, as well as period costumes and props, I plan to set the film in either the 1930’s or the 1940’s, when films of the Film Noir genre was most commonly made.

Target Audience: My target audience will be fans of comedy and film noir due to its comical tone and parody of many of the conventions that can easily help an audience to identify a film as being Film Noir. The film would be similar to the 1982 movie, ‘Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid’ which also parodied the conventions of Film Noir. Fans of this movie are likely to enjoy my movie as the comedy will be of a very similar tone.

Similar Products: The film that inspired me to made this short film was the Steve Martin film, ‘Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid’ as everything about it was made to look as if it was created in the 30’s-40’s, yet it was made in 1982.

Analysis of Film Noir Movie Poster

Research into a Film Noir Director

Research into the Genre of Film Noir

Script for "The Huge Snooze"

Short Film Festivals

The Top 5 Must-Submits

• Sundance Film Festival (USA)
• Cannes Film Festival (France)
• Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films (USA)
• Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (France)
• Aspen Shortsfest (USA)

USA

•AFI Fest

• Los Angeles Film Festival

• Tribeca Film Festival

• SXSW: South By Southwest Film Festival

• Telluride Film Festival

• Seattle International Film Festival

• San Francisco International Film Festival

• Slamdance Film Festival

• Chicago International Film Festival

• Austin Film Festival

• St. Louis International Film Festival

• Cinequest Film Festival

• Atlanta Film Festival

• Santa Barbara International Film Festival

• Rhode Island International Film Festival

• Florida Film Festival

• Nashville Film Festival

• Hamptons International Film Festival

• USA Film Festival
• Los Angeles International Short Film Festival

• Chicago International Children’s Film Festival

• Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival

• Ann Arbor Film Festival

• Athens International Film Festival

• Black Maria Film Festival

• New Directors/New Films Festival

• Gen Art Film Festival
• Heartland Film Festival

• Starz Denver International Film Festival

• Mill Valley Film Festival

• Woodstock Film Festival

• Hawaii International Film Festival

• San Diego Film Festival

• Cleveland International Film Festival

• Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival

• Philadelphia Film Festival

• New Orleans Film Festival

• Stony Brook Film Festival

• CineVegas International Film Festival 
• Bumbershoot 1 Reel Film Festival

Canada

• Toronto International Film Festival
• Montreal World Film Festival

• Montreal International Festival of New Cinema
• Canadian Film Centre’s Worldwide Short Film Festival

• Vancouver International Film Festival
• Edmonton International Film Festival

• Calgary International Film Festival

Australia

• Flickerfest International Short Film Festival

• Melbourne International Film Festival

• Sydney Film Festival

Brazil

• Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival

• Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival

• Sao Paulo International Film Festival

Argentina

• Mar del Plata International Film Festival

Chile

• Santiago Chilean International Short Film Festival

Colombia

• Cartagena International Film Festival

Bermuda

• Bermuda International Film Festival

Japan

• Short Shorts Film Festival

South Africa

• Durban International Film Festival

• Cape Town World Cinema Film Festival

UK

• Raindance Film Festival

• London Short Film Festival
• Edinburgh International Film Festival

• London Short Film Festival

• Manchester International Film Festival

• Encounters International Short Film Festival
• Leeds International Film Festival

Ireland

• Foyle Film Festival

• Cork International Film Festival

Germany

• Berlin International Film Festival

• Oberhausen International Short Film Festival

• Oldenburg Film Festival

• Interfilm Berlin Short Film Festival

• Filmfest Dresden

• Hamburg International Short Film Festival

Spain

• Huesca International Film Festival

• Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films

• Gijon International Film Festival for Young People

• Valladolid International Film Festival

Italy

• Venice International Film Festival

• Turin International Film Festival of Young Cinema

Switzerland

• Locarno Film Festival

France

• Angers First Film Festival

Greece

• Drama International Short Film Festival

Bosnia-Herzegovina

• Sarajevo Film Festival

Poland

• Cracow International Documentary and Short Film Festival

Czech Republic

• Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Belgium

• Brussels International Short Film Festival

• Ghent Flanders International Film Festival

• Leuven International Short Film Festival

Denmark

• Odense International Film Festival

• AFIA Film Festival, Aarhus

The Netherlands

• Rotterdam International Film Festival

Sweden

• Uppsala International Short Film Festival

• Stockholm International Film Festival

• Gothenberg International Film Festival

Finland

• Tampere International Short Film Festival

Norway

• Grimstad Norwegian Short Film Festival

Production Log: 12/07/13

In today's lesson, I was watching former students short film from previous years, and it dawned on me that none of them seemed to concentrate much on the lighting of their films; just the camera shots and the editing techniques. This means that my choice of trying to replicate Film Noir may either be a great idea in terms of creating a unique video amongst my peers, or it's too risky to attempt as it is such a specific look that it will either look tacky and amateur, or it'll look very stylized. I am willing to take a risk rather than play it safe as if I can replicate the style well enough than I reckon this film will look very professional.

I am a fan of a film called "Dead Men Dont Wear Plaid" staring Steve Martin, which came out in 1982 but looks as if it came out in the 1940's due to director Carl Reiner's use of old school film techniques, as well as using actual cut away's from real Film Noir films, to create a film that seems so accurate to the style that it is incredibly difficult to distinguish the shots filmed in the 80's to the shots films in the 30's and 40's:

Obviously all of my footage will be original footage, but I want to replicate the style so that my short film actually looks as if it was filmed in the 30's or the 40's. I will research into Film Noir filming, lighting and editing techniques as well as purchasing or borrowing any costumes and props I need to make sure that my film looks as genuine as I can possibly make it on a low budget. 

Evidence of a Short Film You Admire

Batman: Dead End

 

This short film is entitles Batman: Dead End. This is a fan film made by Sandy Collora that premiered July 19, 2003 at the San Diego Comic-Con, and on the internet shortly there after.

As well as the unexpected destination of this short film fascinating me, I especially like it's Film Noir-esque use of lighting, shadows and smoke to give the illusion of mysteriousness. I am planning to use these aspects for my own movie for the same reasons as Collora has used in her short film.

As a huge fan of Blade Runner, I have always appreciated lighting effects and personally feel that the majority of films lack interesting lighting techniques. Therefore, I set out to create a short film that incorporated these, so I thought that Film Noir would be a perfect genre to try to replicate; as it is rich with lighting techniques used to create very stylized shots.