Pre-production- Revised Production Schedule

Production Schedule

Roles, Cast and Crew

Director                                 Tom Leatherbarrow

Producer                               Jonjo Murphy

Editors                                   Tom Leatherbarrow and Jack Newman

Lighting                                 Tom Leatherbarrow and Jack Newman

Camera operators                Jack Newman and Jonjo Murphy

Costume/Set Design            Jonjo Murphy, Nicky Murphy, Tom Leatherbarrow and Jack Newman

Music and Sound FX            Tom Leatherbarrow and Jonjo Murphy

Hair and Makeup                 Darcy Murphy

DVD Menu Design                Jack Newman

Actors                  

-          Hunter Phoenix                  Jamie Leatherbarrow

-          Detective Riley                  Paul Kime

-          Esmeé A-L                          Hope Murphy

Contact                                                                                             Required Equipment

Jack        07865670186                                                                      Cameras              2

Tom       07792927550                                                                       Tripods                2

Jonjo     07837913686                                                                        Clips                    2

Jamie    07891102681                                                                        Lighting Kit          1

Hope     07739360838

Paul      07540555394

Filming Date-    Sunday 27^th March 2011                               

Filming Schedule            

• Crew to arrive on location at 10:00          
• Actors to arrive on location at 13:00                                                                                                        
• Filming commences at 13:30                                                                                      
• Filming ends at approx 16:00

Required Costume                                                                        Required Props

Hunter                                                                                                

-          Smart white shirt                                                           Books

-          Smart dark trousers                                                       Typewriter

-          Brogues                                                                         Cigarettes

-          Black socks                                                                    Whisky bottle + glasses

-          Tweed jacket                                                                 Cigarette case, lighter

-          Glasses                                                                          Coffee, mugs

Riley

-          Hat                                                                                 Police badge

-          Smart white shirt                                                           Notepad and pen

-          Braces                                                                                  

-          Smart trousers

-          Trench coat

-          Smart black shoes

Esmeé

-          An elegant red dress                                                      Gun

-          Silver jewellery                                                                                  

Other props

-          Rug

-          Pictures on wall

-          Newspaper cuttings

-          Draft pages

-          Pens and pencils

-          General clutter

-          Ashtray

Pre-production- Rescheduled Film Date

We have had to reschedule the film date to the following day, Sunday 27^th due to availability of actors. We shall be issuing the three actors with revised production schedules and I shall upload the revised production schedule shortly.

Pre-production- Production Schedule

Production Schedule

Roles, Cast and Crew

Director            Tom Leatherbarrow

Producer           Jonjo Murphy

Editor                Jack Newman

Lighting            Jonjo Murphy

Camera             Jack Newman

Actors                  

-          Hunter Phoenix                   Jamie Leatherbarrow

-          Detective Riley                   Paul Kime

-          Esmeé A-L                           Hope Murphy

Contact                                                                                             Required Equipment

Jack        07865670186                                                                     Cameras                   2

Tom       07792927550                                                                      Tripods                     2

Jonjo     07837913686                                                                       Clips                         2

Jamie    07891102681                                                                       Lighting Kit               1

Hope     07739360838

Paul      

Filming Date-    Saturday 26^th March 2011                            

Filming Schedule            

• Crew to arrive on location at 13:00
• Actors to arrive on location at 16:00                                                                                                     
• Filming commences at 17:30                                                                                      
• Filming ends at approx 21:00

Required Costume                                                                          Required Props

Hunter                                                                                                

-          Smart white shirt                                                                 Books

-          Smart dark trousers                                                             Typewriter

-          Brogues                                                                               Cigarettes

-          Black socks                                                                          Whisky bottle + glasses

-          Tweed jacket                                                                       Cigarette case, lighter

-          Glasses                                                                                Coffee, mugs

Riley

-          Hat                                                                                       Police badge

-          Smart white shirt                                                                 Notepad and pen

-          Braces                                                                                  

-          Smart trousers

-          Trench coat

-          Smart black shoes

Esmeé

-          An elegant red dress                                                      Gun

-          Silver jewellery                                                                                  

Other props

-          Rug

-          Pictures on wall

-          Newspaper cuttings

-          Draft pages

-          Pens and pencils

-          General clutter

-          Ashtray

Pre-production- Film Date

We have set the film date for Saturday 26^th February, and we have booked 2 cameras, 2 tripods and the lighting kit out for this day. However, as this weekend is in half term, we will have to pick up the lighting kit up during half term, as the movie making group need it for the first half of the week.

Conventions We Have Met

Conventions we have met thus far...

Script and Story

-          The narrative and story involve a murder, a detective, a writer, police corruption, our hero as an outcast in the city, themes of deception, corruption, lies, sex, and violence, and the script raises some of these themes.

-          The opening scene features such misé-en-scene and visual conventions as cigarettes, alcohol, an office setting, guns, beautiful women, a detective.

-          Americanisms

Character Profiles

Hunter Phoenix: our Film Noir hero

-  A writer, which is not overly conventional in Film Noir, but has been done quite a lot, e.g. Sunset Boulevard, The Third Man

-  He is a guarded character, showing little or no interest in women or leisure pursuits, e.g. Philip Marlowe in The Big Sleep.

- He is morally ambiguous, wanting to find the truth at almost any cost, and taking on an almost detective role, even though he is not a detective, e.g. Leonard in Memento.

- He is pessimistic and depressive, having a blinkered, cynical outlook on life, e.g. Sam Spade in Maltese Falcon.

- Also, as the plot moves on he becomes increasingly unpopular in New York, especially with the police- he is an outsider and almost an outcast in the city he lives in, e.g. Allen in I Am a Fugitive from a Chain gang

Detective John Reilly: Film Noir villain-esque detective

 - A detective, probably the most conventional and common Film Noir character e.g. Philip Marlowe in The Big Sleep

- He is involved in police corruption, a fairly conventional theme in Film Noir e.g. Touch of Evil

-Cynical, unassuming, serious, pessimistic, hard-boiled e.g. Mark McPherson in Laura

Detective Donovan is much the same as Reilly. It could be argued that it is slightly unconventional to have a detective who is a villain, but there are quite a few films which centre around police corruption.

Esmeé Amé-Libre: debatable Femme Fatale

-  A beautiful, glamorous woman, much like nearly every woman in Film Noir e.g. Vivian Rutledge

- She is abused, alone and vulnerable, driving her to drastic action, e.g. Elsa Bannister, the Lady from Shanghai

Pre-production- Finalised Character Profiles

Here are the finished character profiles, which we will be distributing out to the actors, with the script and production schedule once we have finished it.

Hunter Phoenix- James W. Leatherbarrow

Hunter Phoenix is an English writer from Hanger Lane, London. He is 29, tall, brown haired, bearded, and wears glasses. He moved to New York in April, 1950 after becoming interested in the case of Esmeé Amé-Libre. He is relatively well known in London, but unheard of in New York. He is a fairly guarded character, and he shows a general indifference to emotional and sexual relationships. He often dresses in typically British attire- tweed jackets, loosely worn cravat, braces, brogues and always button up shirts. He is Oxford educated, and has a degree in Philosophy.

Detective John Reilly- Paul Kime

Detective John Reilly is a fifty year old detective, born and bred in the Bronx, New York. He is of average height and build, with brown, greying hair. He rose to the rank of detective at the age of 38, and is from a relatively poor, working class background. He now deals with the most notorious cases in the city. He is well respected amongst colleagues and the public, and is known for getting fast results. He is married, with two daughters.

Esmeé Amé-Libre- Hope L. Cunningham-Murphy

Esmeé Amé-Libre is a beautiful 27 year old that has become infamous for the murder of Jack Manning, the Mayor of New York. She has blonde hair, and is of average height. She suffered years of mental and physical abuse at the hands of Manning, blackmailed and coerced into a secret affair. She escaped on the scene of the murder, unintentionally leaving the black maid, Angela Watson to be framed. She is still on the run, but until the arrival of Phoenix, she is in relatively little danger of being caught.

Jack Manning

Jack Manning was the most popular and beloved Mayor New York had ever had. After his murder, there was a memorial built in his honour. He was loved in the public eye, but in his private life he was a narcissistic, obsessive, sexually violent and manipulative ego maniac. He led a double life. He had a perfectly normal, wholesome marriage with his doting, and loyal wife Cherie, and a gritty, seedy, sadistic world of intimidation with Esmeé.  He is not in the opening

Angela Watson

Angela Watson is the black maid who worked for Jack Manning. She was framed by the corrupt police force, led by Donovan and Reilly, who failed to catch the real Esmeé, who ignored evidence of witnesses in order to get results. They used the anger and outrage at Manning’s death, and racial hatred to frame the maid. Watson had no family, as they had all either died fighting in WW2, or had died previously. She moved to New York from Birmingham, Alabama , and had only been working for Manning for 3 weeks when the murder was committed. Only her picture is in the opening

Jessica Reilly

Daughter of the corrupt detective John Reilly, Jessica knows the truth- of Angela’s real identity, after doing some detective work herself in her father’s files. She is 21, brunette, beautiful, mysterious and intelligent. She becomes the film’s femme fatale; intrigued by Phoenix, she is conflicted between the truth and loyalty to her father. She therefore feeds Phoenix cryptic clues and gives him enough information to work out the case for himself. There is no reference to her in the opening scene. 

Cherie Manning

Wife of Mayor Jack Manning- she moved out of New York out after the murder. She had no idea about Esmeé, as she was away, as a public figurehead in the lifting of the Berlin Blockade in Berlin, in May 1949. She had been away for a month, and so never saw Angela Watson. The knowledge of his affair drove her to near madness, and she now lives in Paris. There is no reference to her in the opening scene

Detective Dwight Donovan

Detective Dwight Donovan is a 55 year old detective, who was transferred to New York specifically for the Amé-Libre case, from Detroit, Michigan. Having been a senior detective in Detroit for almost twenty years, Donovan is regarded as one of the top investigators in the US. He is not married, and has no children. He is slightly taller than Reilly, and is fat. He is severely bald. There is no reference to him in the opening scene

Pre-production- Actors Assigned

We have assigned actors of Paul Kime as Detective John Reilly, Jamie Leatherbarrow as Hunter Phoenix and Hope Cunningham-Murphy as Esmeé Ame-Libre. Will add finished character profiles shortly and we will be setting a film date soon hopefully, dependent on actor’s time schedules and equipment hire from the school.