Melbourne

noir

Mysterious, sexy, dangerous

Shady characters

Where does the truth lie?

The rough part of town

Her cheekbones were sharp enough to cut cheese

Your mission is to shoot some noir video on your mobile phone.

In small groups (3 people)

Shoot a couple of different shots:

For example, an establishing scene

Some short breathless dialogue

‘I heard a scream from over there..’

A little cursory acting

‘There were footsteps behind me, but when I looked no-one was there’

• Please record interviewees and actors inside. It is very noisy on the street.

• Establishing shots may be outside and silent.

• You can shoot street scenes without permission

• You need permission to shoot on private property (eg, inside a shop).

• Maximum 15 second shots

• Shoot in landscape (not portrait)• Rest your phone on a surface to

reduce wobble• Consider the lighting• Don’t try to do too much acting• The sound quality will be very poor,

so minimise dialogue• Maximum 15 second shots• If possible use a black and white filter

You have 60 minutes (including this presentation)

You don’t need to tell a story

Your video will be uploaded for editing later in the semester.

When you edit, everyone will share all the footage (and photos)

Any questions?

Hmmm, I wonder what

might look like?

The clock is ticking

creditsPhotos on flickr:

• ‘Noir city’ by Iko• ‘Post Noir’ by Aake Kinnunen• ‘Noir city skyline @ Vrooklyn Bridge Park, NYC’ by Axwl Taferner• ‘milano.noir.3’ by Giovanni Orlando• ‘Fikm noir’ by arbyreed• ‘noir et blanc/Bretagne(22)Binic’ by pier• ‘mom noir’ by ~BostonBill~• ‘Noir Address’ by Dan Wiedbrauk• ‘Film noir on the Street’ by Georgie Pauwels• ‘la peau/noir et blanc’ by pier• ‘Noir Prize’ Dan Wiedbrauk• ‘Film Noir’ by vk-red• ‘Film noir 2’ by Joost Assink• ‘A rainy noir'ish night in Bristo’l by TempusVolat