Started the week off with a camera workshop, our lecturer took us through the basics of recording on a video camera and the class was provided with Canon XF100s to work on. Apart from the delay the fire alarm caused, they were a few things I needed familiarise myself with. They were; the term "Iris" instead of aperture, "ND" in ND filter stands for neutral density and "Blown Out' means when an image is totally overexposed.
I also watched Casablanca, which I really enjoyed. The conventions of Film Noirs always impress me, however I disagree that this films fulfils the needs to be a complete film noir. The narrative does tend to twist up audience when Rick shows his true colours once his real lover is revealed, however I cannot name a noir that 'allows' their lover to run of with someone else for the 'greater good' of the world (when I mention world I mean film world). Another missing convention is the hard-boiled detective. What is shown are corrupt law enforcers, however a detective to solve or follow a case is absent. This film is definitely a great choice to begin the comparison between the film noir genre.
Bibliography/Filmography:
Casablanca. (1942). [Film] Directed by Michael Curtiz
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