Location shots

As a group, we decided to look at possible location settings for our film noir. We decided as a group to do a neo-noir which means that whilst still keeping some typical conventions of film noir, we would need to also modernise certain things in order to bring it into a modern world. As we are doing a neo-noir, we decided it would be best to use actors in which were roughly our age. We felt that this particular setting would work well for the school fight scene between our main protagonist, Jake and the femme fatales boyfriend. The lockers were a key feature for us as we felt they would be a good place in which the boyfriend could push Jake up against them yet having an exit at the end adds an element of safety to the scene.

The use of the centered long shot in which we took the top photograph at also creates a sense of disorientation within the viewers as the corridor narrows as it reaches the exit.





For other possible scenes in which may include violence, we thought toilets and a bike shed may work well as they both portray the idea of being trapped and cornered in.

This is an establishing shot of a section of the school in which we felt could work quite well due to the lighting above and the wide area that surrounds the central building.

As a group we decided that the Orange Tree pub in our local town, Baldock would be a great location for a number of scenes in which we have planned. The pub itself portrays lots of areas of low key lighting, old fashioned traditional pub attire and designs as can be seen in the photographs to the right. As myself and Rosy work at the pub, it also works in our favour as we have been allowed permission to film inside and outside of the pub when we wish to.

In most neo-noirs, such as 'Pulp Fiction' and 'LA Confidential' they use cafe and/or pubs as locations in certain scenes hence why we thought it would be a highly appropriate location to use.

When watching and studying the film 'Brick', one of the main scenes that stuck in our minds as a group was the tunnel scene in which the body of Emily is discovered. When searching for possible locations, we came across this narrow long tunnel in a nearby field. We decided that we could try and use this location in a few scenes and try to perhaps recreate the scene in Brick in our own unique way. We could also experiment with high and low contrast settings on the camera as the tunnel shadows at the opposing end which may create a nice effect if we were to     

have a canted angle of a person the other side of the tunnel dark at night.

Around the area surrounding the tunnel we also found an industrial area in which we noticed lots of harsh metal barbed wire surrounding it which we felt could possibly work well in a close up as it reflects the idea of danger and also could perhaps create a nice shadowed effect on a characters face/body from the pattern of the fence if we were to use the right lighting.

Leading away from the tunnel, we also found many long treacherous path ways in which we felt could work really well if we were to use deep shots within our piece. The use of the shadowing of the trees and beams of light shining through would also create a nice effect if reflected on characters in the same way the barbed wire would be. We feel this effect will create a sense of unease within the viewers also.

The final location idea that we had was Rosy's house. We felt that her house in particular would work perfectly due to the use of the venetian blinds that sit directly in the bay window- a key convention of film noir. Also the use of the winding steps leading to her front create the idea of levels; a possible location in which we could clearly show the difference in social classes of the characters against one another in our film.