Planning and story board

We decided on the name 'RELM Productions' which stands for Raya, Emilie, Luke and Matt (The names of the people in my group.) The name is taken from the word 'Realm' which is defined as:
1. A Kingdom
2. An area of interest 
We had several meetings to talk about our ideas and possible themes for the plot. Using these ideas we came up with a story board using all our ideas so that we had a visual template for all our ideas, making it easier for us to add to it.


Here is a picture of my group.
(Top; Luke Jones, Matthew Williams.) (Bottom; Raya Renney, Emilie Cherry.) 

After the meeting we ended up with a name for our Film Noir, 'Le Mortel Liaison' which translates into 'The Deadly Affair' and reflects the plot of our film, which is essentially a deadly affair. We decided on making the film in French because the concept of Film Noir was pinoeered by French critics. We also decided that our film would be located in Paris, due to the fact that several members of our group were visiting the city on a school trip which gave them the chance to collect shots of the city for us to use and give the impression that the whole film was set in France. The film will be set in black and white because this automatically fits into the codes and conventions of Film Noir.

We decided to follow the Narrative theroy, with 5 stages of the storys progression to give us a smooth story line that follows the conventions of Film Noir. 

These stages are as follows:

- Equilibrium

- Disruption

- Period of disequilibrium

- Resolution

- Restoration of equilibrium

  The brief outline of our plot is as follows:
- Barnaby Frisco returns to his job as a detective after a period of 'honarable leave' following the 'death' of his partner 'Bones Goodwin' who he 'killed' because of Bones's feelings for his wife. However no one is aware of this. He is summoned to a crime scene where he discovers a series of clues that reveal that his wife is missing. He then attempts to work out where his wife could be, finally working out her location. he travels there to find that Bones Goodwin is still alive. Frisco and Goodwin then have a fight which results in the death of Frisco. Bones Goodwin and Frisco's wife then leave together.