SECTION 1

Some things that I contributed to the final piece was the script and putting together the write up with the scenes selected. I also was the main actor in our film (The assassin)
and also contributed to the development of certain, unique shots such as, the mirror shot.

I contributed to the coat and pants for the assassin to fit the theme of a generic hitmen with a coat and dress pants, more of the 007 spy, but not really. Also the use of sunglasses which shows the assassin's fine taste of eye wear (even though it was dark outside ).

Sun glasses just make spies have that sense of mystery and I just needed to wear them. In reference to the sunglasses, since it was dark outside I really couldn't see at all, but it was a sacrifice for the assassin's personality trying to look good killing (what better way to say you don't care about others? put on sunglasses).
I also contributed to the creation of plot events where the Hitman turns out to be the brother and the suicide of the brother as the ultimate film noir ending.

Overall the Project was a collaboration between me and Devan each with our own ideas, incorporating them into the film.

SECTION 2

In the beginning of our film we chose parts for different people. Me, (Mark) the Hitman, Devan (the boss) and Aaron as ( the Brother). Originally we were conflicted because neither myself nor Devan wanted the "humiliation" of commiting suicide as the brother (I was criticized for it) so we got someone else who was really reliable and was the only person we could think of, Aaron to portray the part, (its the hair) anyways I did the main character because I was tall, apparently I have "A really scary face in light" stated by Devan and looked like a spy with a coat, slacks and a pair of icy sunglasses. Thus I played the assassin and I think I played well as one, giving the role a little bit of realism through acting and costume. All of our actors were able to convey their parts when required and were able the captivate the audience, from the opening scene to the suicide. We had a little speech, but that was to convey the assassin and his life style as "a man with few words" (we also wanted to keep the movie simple). All dialogue was chosen specifically for the characters mostly used to portray different situations of the main characters and brother. We also tried to attain quality over quantitiy by striving towards 100 percent at all times to make the personality and excitment constant. Also filming in consecutive days helped keep the roles and personality of characters "fresh" in the minds of the actors. The plot of the story brings you along with obscure, discreet, opening events, which gradually become clearer as the story unfolds. Eventually the plot leads to the death of the brother of the assassin, which has film noir characteristics and remains the theme throughout the entire film. Even the music has film noir characteristics involving mystery and ominous fortunes implied through the low monotone of the violin in the background. In the beginning of the film the music is played at normal volume and is faded throughout the rest of the film where the voices and key noises of actions are heard lucidly. This helps incorporate the background of our film as well, where we incorporated lights dimmed to influence the mood of our film as mysterious and all props and background is meant to be seen. Also the use of night for the kill, where night is connotated with ominous events and peril. However, we had one small screw up in the beginnig where we forgot to take down an, I love mom sign, when the asssassin is meeting with the mob boss, we just like to pretend the Mob boss loves his mom. We also incorporate closeups to important props and objects in each seen to making each clearly visible. Also the realism in the gun used by the assassin was a key prop in our film which made a very realistic cocking noise. In our film we excluded mics and unwanted shadows simply through the use of final cut pro. Through the use of final cut pro in our film we created a title scheme that captured the mood of our film, but did not hold the suspense and emotion that I wanted to start the audience off feeling. Overall the title was brief and short conveying the message desired, not detering from the film's visual content. Our camera angles all followed the 180 degree rule when characters were talking to one another. We also used dolly tracks to get the outfits and expressions of different characters in the film as well as zoom, to show objects of attention by characters. All camera moves work well with the film and seem flawless. However, audio was somewhat of a disaster. Since we recorded different lines on seperate cameras the words spoken by the characters and the actions start at different times and the exuberance of characters is off from the voice. All shots constitute logical placement in correspondence to events happening in the film. Shots are clear when switching to opposing views making the scenes congruous to others before it. Also the scene where Aaron is pulled up by the assassin looks pretty good in terms of shot transition. All scenes have enough information for the reader to grasp the idea of the shot.

SECTION 3

This film demonstrates the film noir genre with it's mysterious plot and characters, gloomy ending, this films embodies key aspects of film noir. In the beginning of our film we have a mysterious man who the reader know little about, eventually revealing a dark struggle between hitman and brother, Mafia and family. This assasssin brings the viewer into the dark struggles of society where things do not always have a happy ending. (Aaron's death/the brother's suicide)

Script analysis

1. Our film starts off with a gun shot in the climax of the drama with the suicide of the brother of the assassin.
2. The beginning scene will open with two gentlemen in a dim lit room walking towards each other connotating shady buisinesses. This leads to the Hit on the brother and the climatic conflict between brother and assassin.
3. The assassin "Joe" wants to let his brother go and find a way for him to escape and be free whereas the brother finds no other way and kills himself.
4. The Main character is introduced in the beginning walking into a dark lit room enamating shady buisiness and mystery surrounding the main characters job.
5. I am telling the audience everything by having clues such as the address and brief case as well as the suspicous actions of the Hitman to have the audience figure out "Joe's" job before the climax where all is revealed.
6. I am only adding in significant details that hint to important clues as well as excluding events that would need a more thorough explaining for the audience.

The Hit

Film Noir treatment
Producers: Devan Julian, Mark Luttrell

Genre:Film Noir

Title: The Hit

Log Line: An assassin is hired for a hit but experiences some conflicts with who he is trying to kill.

A dark room with a single ceiling lamp on. A man in a suit is sitting behind a desk and gets up nonchalantly. The mans face is in the shadows with a tint of light showing the mouth. Another man in a suit walks into the room with sunglasses on walking very haughtily. The man seems very gruff and dirty with a very serious look on his face he stops right in front of the the desk and stares at the man behind the desk. There is complete silence for a moment. The Man walks over slowly to the other man.

He greets the man with a very low monotone voice, with little emotion. Short syntax making conversation brief showing little relation with the man behind the desk and the main character. The man in the suit says, "hello". The man at the desk responds and calls him "Joe". The man at the desk goes into a safe in the desk and slides a folder across the desk. the gruff man opens the folder and slowly shifts through it looking at every sheet. The man at the desk then brings a large
leather briefcase from the closet and slides it across the table. The gruff man takes the case and opens it. the audience can not see what is in. The gruff man says "its been a pleasure" and leaves.

The gruff man is seen in his small apartment at his desk. He has a concentrated face and looks like he is working hard. He continues to search through the folder. He finds an address and sates it out loud.

The man is sneaking out on someone's porch. He peeks through the window to see the back of the man's he has been looking for. He is having an argument with his wife. They are screaming and yelling at each other. the women storms out. The man is left alone in his room and he sulks on the bed. The assassin then brakes in ready for his kill. The killer stops and realizes that the man is his brother. They argue and discuss why he is want dead. the target realizes there is nothing he can do to escape the mafia. He takes the killers gun and shoots himself in the head.

The body lays lifeless on the floor. His brother hanging over him. His phone rings. He answers it and says "its done".`

china town entrapment presentation reflection

Our research question of , How does entrapment characterize this film in the genre film noir? was thoroughly done allowing the main topic of our presentation to be the relationship of entrapment in film noir. This allows us to allude to examples in the movie, China Town as well as the characteristics of entrapment and the definition as a whole to our presentation. I do believe that our definition needed to be a little more centered on the topic of entrapments relationship to film noir, but overall the question was sufficient. Also our examples used to prove entrapment in the film noir piece, China Town could have been analyzed deeper with symbolism of the certain aspects involving walls or barriers to really show the presence of entrapment throughout the film. Also more examples, such as Mr. gitties at Mrs. Mulwray's house being boxed in by Noah cross or the scene where Gitties is driving through a farm being entraped by the rows of bushes while being chased around would help solidify our presentation. Then our connection to film noir was solid by creating slides to talk about the connection of entrapment as a whole to each individual example, excluding mine. Overall we were able to answer our question in each example towards the relation of film noir to entrapment. Finally the use of filmic language such as, mis en scene throughout our presentation as well as in our key terms was solid. We were able to describe the relation of key terms and filmic language in our examples providing a thorough understanding for the audience.

The design and presentation of our material was a little bland in the sense of color repetition and slide set up. However coloring the writing in a multitude of colors was sufficient enough to attract the audiences attention. Thus we succeeded in having the audience/classmates appreciate the data and interpretations over the background. Also speaking to our classmates would have been much easier with the help of notecards to prevent us from stumbling on some key ideas in our presentation. Overall My own concept of film noir in reference to China town has significantly improved, whether it be from my understanding of entrapment present in film noir to the filmic language, I have learned a considerable amount.

China town

The story is being told in the perspective of the detective, Mr. Getties. The narration is not a voice over and more of the first person perspective. Usually the narrator is the protagonist in the story, but in this story Mr. getties was on the edge/viewed as the antagonist. spectators allow suspense to the story as well as the feeling or way the main character is percieved throughout the story. Many times throughout the story we use information from our daily lives and from pictures shown to us in the movie, which imply ideas and thoughts. When Mr. Getties was telling the China town joke, the time period implied that china town was a lawless region, where social norms are no longer intact. Time is used throughout China town as a way to allow certain pieces of the mystery to come together, such as the dumping of water and the death of the chief enigineer. China town uses chronological order for events and fills in the narrative gaps using clues that are discovered during the movie. Definitely china town is the beginning of mystery films which are common today. China town shows the struggle between societies problem of knowledge can be dangerous as well as the boundaries of lawless zones and police conflicts. This story shows that sometimes humans desire to forget horrific events by simply walking away from them inorder to be free of the images.

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