I have selected a number of certain type's of images for my Film Noir assignment from the research that i have done. We had to research firstly about Film Noir posters or Film Noir games/DVD covers and have 5 examples to choose from, we then have to write about how we would recreate the images, where we would shoot them, whether it be in the studio, at home or other locations etc. After that we have to choose some of the images to recreate (4) and get everything ready for the week we start to create our new Film Noir covers.
Here is a picture of one of the Film Noir covers that i will recreating:
1ST AND 2ND SHOOT:
For my first and second pictures I picked this not because its a DVD case and has 2 sides to it but for Film Noir the pictures are normally unsaturated or whole black and white. This image is nearly fully unsaturated and we know this because the jacket, gun and background have almost no life in them but its not totally unsaturated because if you look at his face/ hand you can see there's colour there. I'm thinking they maybe just had the yellow and red colours brightened and all the other colours right down to zero which is what i would have to do. I would have someone stand in the studio with me while i take this picture, i would also have to use a red light and maybe a reflector to get the right lighting, take lots of pictures as test shots just so i can get the right picture and in the background it looks like a city skyline at night or a street so i would then have to go right to the top of the car park at the back of the college and take a picture of the buildings at night or take a picture late at night on a street and hope it gets foggy soon, put them into Photoshop and add a blur, black and white and darken effect to the image while blending it in so it looks professional. i would also then add a rain effect/template to the picture that i can find online and place it where needed after brightening and darkening certain places of the photo by playing around with the colour saturation, brightness and "curves" affects on Photoshop. After the initial cover is done id add some text, a bar code, company logos etc to make it look like a DVD case and then also take pictures for the back of the DVD case to look like it has scenes etc. The second picture that you see doesn't match the sin city first picture as the back of the game cover but I'm going to use my creativity and imagination and put my own spin on the images so they look more film noir and sin city like and these pictures will be used for the back of my DVD case.
3RD AND 4TH:
For my third and fourth pictures i chose to do posters instead of DVD covers, here are the ones i chosen to do:
The first poster i chose is because its dark and literally states "Film Noir" in the title and the second one i chose was because it is olden day with the hat and the candle etc. I would make the first one in the studio by having my friend sit there in the dark with only the side of his face lit by one light source (red head) and then Photoshop a girl in class's face onto the wall next to the shadow. My friend would also have to hold a cigarette just in front of him and pose with it then in Photoshop i would use the burn tool, the curves tool and the saturation and brightness tool to get the picture right. The last picture would be simple to make as i would just place a candle and a hat on a windowsill and take the picture at night then use an affect in Photoshop to make it that way.
So i have 4 pictures. I have the sin city front DVD cover where ill take 2 pictures, one in the studio and one outside, i then have the back of the DVD cover where ill take 2 more pictures of cigarettes, Jack Daniels and a wallet and a man in a coat smoking a cigarette which will also be done at home.
The second picture will be done all in the studio and the third picture will be done at home on a windowsill but ill have to buy props like a hat and candles etc.
SHOOTING SCHEDULE:
For all my shooting on my camera I need to take a lot of things into account, i need to make sure that where I'm shooting isn't too light and not too dark, people will be a problem also as i might need a certain place to shoot and they're blocking the way, i need to time it correctly and make sure there's the least amount of people there possible so its best not to take my pictures at break etc, i also need to produce at least 20 test shots (10 per shot) i need to think about the equipment and what sort of equipment I'm going to use. I'm probably going to use the red lights and the college tripod and cameras. I've already booked the studio out. I also need to do a Health and safety check-list
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