Film Noir Rough Edit Notes

Media Film Notes- (Film 2 was ours) 

Film 1 (Nicky...)

Story Line:

•   It's too horror

•   Hard to understand why the killer kidnapped the girl

Mise-en-scene:

•   The settings are good - fit what was happening

•   The costumes fit how the characters are

•   Not that much dark lighting

Acting:

•   Believable

Cinematography:

•   The shots in the locker room are really good

Film 3 (Charlie...)

Story Line:

•   Resembles film noir

Mise-en-scene:

•   Needs more dark lighting

•   The ally and office setting fits the theme and the action

•   The costumes fit the characters

Acting:

•   The acting style fits the characters they are portraying

Cinematography:

•   Angles including the overhead shots are done very nicely

•   Framing is good

Film 4 (Milly...)

Story Line:

•   Was easy to follow

•   Resembles film noir

•   The walking at the start was a little long and not needed

Mise-en-scene:

•   The shadows used were creative and well done

•   The last scene had too many edits when it should have been one continuous shot

•   The settings fit what the story intended

Acting:

•   Showed what the characters were suppose to be like

Cinematography:

•   The overhead shots and the canted angles of the girl walking were really good and made good shadows

Film 5 (Ilona...)

Story Line:

•   The storyline is clear and resembles film noir

•   Some of the walking at the start can be cut a little

Mise-en-scene:

•   The lighting when the detective is questioning the other girl is good

•   Maybe needed some more lighting to avoid the black dots that appear when the cameras sensitivity goes all weird

Acting:

•   They all stayed is character

•   Acting styles fit there characters

Cinematography:

•   Had low exposure

•   The angles used were good