Characters.
In our opening sequence there are three main characters in total.

Helena who plays one of the suspects of the murder is a bar maid. For this she wears a floaty 1940's skirt with her hair neatly pined up.  We wanted to show the contrast and class difference between Helena and myself who plays a fem fatal. 














Next there is myself, who as I've already mentioned plays the female fem fatal. My character, like Helena's is sly, suspicious and also a suspect of the murder of Eddie Gum who is played by actor Harry. For this part I had to also neatly pin my hair up, wear a 1940's pencil skirt with a neck scarf and red lipstick. 

Finally we have Harry who played the main character, the detective. His characters personality was sly, curious and very deceiving. For his costume we decided to use smart black trousers and black shoes with a white shirt which we customized with fake blood.

Location.
For our sequence we had many ideas as to where we were going to base it. We then came to the decision of basing the majority of the film in a bar. Then outside the bar we are thinking of using mysterious types of places such as alleyways and dark corners. The pictures below show some sorts of ideas as to what we mean.

The Pitch.
For our pitch we gave a 5-10minute presentation off powerpoint explaining and showing the rest of our group what our opening sequence was about and what ideas we had for it. The powerpoint included the following.
1. Film ideas
2. What the films about
3. Costume/prop ideas
4. Story and mood board
5. Conventions of a crime film
6. Genre
7. How to develop and challenge the conventions.

After we did this we got feedback from every other group with two things they liked about our film and one thing we could improve on. Most people said that our ideas were different and imaginative however we could improve by organising the presentation a bit better. The constructive criticism worked well as it will help us to improve and achieve the best we can.

Prop Ideas.
Most of the props we need for our opening sequence are props relating to death. Things such as knifes and guns are all weapons which could possibly be used. However the red lipstick would be for the femme fetale. Not only would it be a prop to suit her character but the red also symbolises danger and death. Then finally we have the poison which we believe will be used by one of the suspects as they are planning to kill the detective.

Costume Ideas.
For our film noir we have a wide range of thoughts and ideas as to what sort of costume our actors are going to be wearing. As it was set in the 1940's we understand that costume is vital in order for our film to work successfully. Below are some images of our ideas for our film.

Script.
Throughout our intire script the dialogue only consists of our main character narrating all the way through our opening sequence. He is telling the audience his story aswell as describing the other characters.We felt this would be a more effective way of letting the audience know what sort of character he is, if it's making them feel sympathy for him or the complete opposite it still brings a more personal relationship between the audience and characters.
As we decided to base our theme as film noir our main speaker also tends to talk in riddles. Given this we thought it would make the audience more kean to watch more as the dialogue will be as complicated as it can be leaving the audience guessing.

Script
Eddie Gum: There are many reasons as to why im lieng here now (pause) some Im aware of.
 It all began five weeks back, the seventh of november 1945.
And now I will tell you my story and how it came to an end.
The city has many faces. A close source of mine brought me here to suss out some dodgy deals.
They were closer to me than i'd imagined.
It was those words she spoke so softly that lured me into this mess.
Only time will tell who it is I can trust around these towns.
 How many things this sky has seen is beyond me.
A voice of an angel was pulling me over (pause) but I will not be fooled again.
 I thought I could trust her but the other one with those red lips (pause) she was dangerous.
She held many secrets of her own but some girls you can't help but fall for they just lure you in and you know instantly, your a dead man.
I was in too deep, thought I got the better of them seems that the tables had already turned. Who was I to trust? (pause) the people who I trusted were they on my side?
But Im getting ahead of myself (pause) let me start again.

Storyboard.
For part of our task to become complete we had to produce a story board which contained every single shot during our sequence. We have used a variety of shots including extreme close up's, medium close up's, over the head shots and so on.
Doing this gave us a positive over view of what we were planning to achieve from our sequence.

1. The first image on our story board is showing the close up of the detectives eyes as the camera slowly zooms out.
2. The next drawing shows a wide shot of the detective lying down dead as the camera slowly fades into another shot.
3. We then have a shot of the detective walking into the bar where we then meet the two other characters.
4.The next shot shows the man in the bar where he's about to meet one of the female characters.
5. Shot 5 shows the two characters meeting in the bar as the detective tries to sweet talk the waitress.
6.We now have the shot of the singer in the bar as the detective lays eyes on her.
7. A foot shot of the singer slowly rising up to her face.
8. A wide shot of the singer and the crowd below her.
9. A close up of the detectives face.
10. The detective sitting at the bar whilst the waitess is behind the bar working.
11. A quick shot of the waitress polishing a knife while her eyes are sharply set on the detective.
12. The detective and waitress walking out together and the singer watches from behind.