VISUAL INTERPRETATION
Film noir always use harsh lighting, the contrast between black and white, smoke and mainly the shadow.
From the picture above we can clearly see the lines thats visible to her face and her expression seems like she being hold into something and she couldn't express how she feel ..
We tried to create the similar effect in our scenes.
In our "running for you lifescenes, you can see high contrast between black and white. But we shoot this during day time when we're suppose to shoot this during night time.
We found this awesome setting when we were searching for our shooting place and we decided to put our climax scene here.
We also decided to shoot shaky ground and patting sound in order to create more pressure for the viewer during this scene where our main character know someone is following her but she couldn't see it when she's running for her life.
In this scene, where our main character is running for her life without knowing that someone is watching every move and she just run straight her own grave.
A nice shoot of the unisquare where people serve as the example. Other that, the contrast between the black and white square really create noir film effect.
IDEA VARIATION
We're going to use this hallway as the running scene as this setting have a nice curve that create more space. This setting also have nice perspective.
And that walkway connect to this walkway which also have the nice curve and nice lighting at the end of the hallway, this hallway create natural effect of noir.
We use this room for our meeting room where the cult constantly watching our main character through the CCTV from the screen provided in this room .
Take note that there will always be CCTV around in every scenes.
NARRATIVE SEQUENCE
We split our work which each of us got few drawing which we have to sketch and we combined all of the pictures and create an awesome storyboard.
Since each of us have different scenes, here are the pictures that I sketched.
The reporter trying to find information about the missing artifacts at her office. Where she come come across a blog which contain so many information about the missing artifact.
The reporter first meeting at the rooftop with the blogger.
This is when the reporter found out that shes only being used by the cults and she got freak out.
Cult meeting : Decoding
The reporter got killed in a tunnel where she's trapped.
Here's our storyboard.
SCENES
Scene 1 : Stolen piece .
- A person comes to the gallery and hold a piece carefully. He's noticeable yet no alarm goes on. He gently lift the piece and put it in a briefcase.
Scene 2 : Handling over
- The person walk away with the briefcase and and passed it to 2 silhouette which have been waiting around the corner of the gallery.
Scene 3 : Office
- Its early in the morning and with frown on her face. She slam her notebook on the table and scribble in her notebook while her boss scream at the other side of the room. She grabbed a newspaper on her table and furiously swift from one paper to another. Her eyes stop at one small articles at the upper side of the newspaper. She scan through the articles and snatch her coat from her chair before she walked out.
Scene 4 : Questioning.
- The journalist walked inside the gallery and ask the curator about the missing piece. The curator does not show any interest in answering the journalist question. The currator also stutter and switch topics suspiciously. The journalist notice something fishy and continue her own investigation about the missing artifact.
Scene 5 : Researching
- The journalist start collecting articles about the missing piece from newspaper and web when she came across an interesting blog which seem to know endless information about artifacts. She wrote an email trying to set a meeting with the blogger.
Scene 6: Notice
- In cult meeting room, the leader was pissed when he realized someone pick up their trace and he feel like they are in trouble. They have to find a way to settle this. But before they did, they realize something, they realize that the journalist is going to be useful for their latest code breaking.
Scene 7: 1st Meeting
- The Journalist went to the rooftop as promise, and what she saw surprised her. The blogger is actually a girl and she also notice that this blogger is a little bit weird. Like the curator, she also tell her information and stop halfway.
Scene 8: Abduction
Journalist leaves and enters the lift. Shes still thinking about what the blogger told her. The lift stop halfway and 2 girls with formal wear come in. She move to the side to let the girls stand behind her. Without her realizing it, the lift goes 4 floor below the lobby. As she walks out without her realizing it, the 2 girls from her back ambushed her and cover her face with black cloth before she goes unconscious.
Scene 9: Interrogation
Cloth is taken off Journalist's head as she wakes up. She is bounded to a chair in a dark room, with bright lights shining in her face. The people in the shadows question about her harshly, but is stopped by a person that represents them. She unleashes and apologizes. The Representative introduces herself. Explains that they belong to a cult that believes that there is divine knowledge, and is keen to unlock the secrets from that artifact to obtain it. Representative states that the Journalist is pretty intelligent, with all the excellent qualifications and results from the past, and that it is a shame that she works merely as a Journalist. Representative invites her to join them.
Scene 10: Decoding
Days pass as the Journalist decodes sections and parts for the cult, but writes the story undercover, believes that she is a spy to tell the world about this cult and what they might do with such amount of knowledge, as she suspects that they are not doing for a good deed. She receives orders secretly, at enclosed spaces such as the stairs or just folded paper from library books. She shares her obtained information with Blogger. Without being able to pry more, she gets frustrated.
Scene 11: Realisation
At the rooftop, Journalist and Blogger discuss more about the cult. Blogger shares an information obtained, and realises the cult's manifesto, and that they might be trying to brainwash everyone using knowledge, and all this time they had only been using the Journalist's intelligence to help them. They panic and indicate that they must leave, for the continuation of it will cause doom to everything. Both run.
Scene 12: Run
Halfway escaping when the Blogger and Journalist realises that they must obtain the information that could be the key to unlocking the secret, and destroy it. Blogger agrees to fetch it herself, as she also needs to hack into the cult's system and shut down all the information regarding it. Blogger shouts for the Journalist to escape first, and that they'll meet soon. Journalist runs. She reaches the tunnel that leads to her car, but before she could get to the other side, she is blinded by the lights on the end of the tunnel. She hears noises behind her and she knows that she is surrounded. She backs off slowly, turning around and stating that everything was a mistake when she was shot right in the head with a gun. She falls dead. Representative's voice is heard as she states the rest to start mapping out the codes and clues.
Scene 13: Life goes on
Journalist (voice) narrates that life continues as if nothing happened, only few noticed that the Journalist's cubicle is empty but doesn't bother to care more. The Cult continues to do more research, apparently the blogger's attempt was a failure. Scenes of everyday life is shown.
Scene 14: Unlock
Cult members in a meeting room as the Representative states that they have finally achieved it. As she was about to say what they are going to do with it, the door opens. A person enters, and stands at the end of the table. Everyone turns to look. The Blogger stands there, and stares at the Representative. She takes out a gun, places and slides the gun across the table. The Representative catches it, and smiles. "So," The Blogger smirks, and asks, "What did I miss?"
Lots of Love
Lisa Viour
