Shoe Done It

This is close to the final edit of my short film, i may make some small changes over the next few weeks, and perhaps add some music to the film.

Femme Fatale

One of the main characters in our film is a 'Female Fatale.'

A femme fatale is a mysterious and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers in bonds of irresistible desire, often leading them into compromising, dangerous, and deadly situations.

During the film noir era of the 1940s and 1950s, the femme fatale flourished in American cinema. Examples include the overly possessive and narcissistic wife Ellen Brent Harland, portrayed by Gene Tierney, in Leave Her to Heaven which was released in 1945, who will stop at nothing to

keep her husband's affections.

A more modern example of a female fatale can be seen in the movie 'Basic Instinct.' The film centers on police detective Nick Curran, who is investigating the brutal murder of a wealthy rock star. During the investigation Curran becomes involved in a torrid and intense relationship with the prime suspect, the beautiful, mysterious Catherine Tramell who is the female fatale of this film.

However my personal favorite, and in my opinion the most stereotypical femme fatale has to be 'Jessica' from who framed Rodger rabbit.
Jessica Rabbit is without doubt the most lush and the femme fatale of the cartoons female characters. The wife of Roger Rabbit noted for her wide hips, his gait and his voluptuous white heat.
Jessica is considered the sexiest female character in the history of animation, ahead of Betty Boop.


Her figure is based on previous femmes fatales of cinema: Veronica Late, Rita Hayworth and Lauren Bacall. Considered a landmark in the world of animation and an erotic myth for many, Jessica simply says: "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way"

Film Noir

Today we pitched our ideas to the group, my original idea was based around a girl that had passed out in a local park in the early hours of the morning after a night out in the city, the girl would them have her own version of events that she would tell people to avoid embarrasment of what really happened. however we decided to go with another member of our groups idea.

This plot that we decided to go with was based around a diamond robbery.

For this project we have decided to do a modern take on Film noir, Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations. Hollywood's classic film noir period is generally regarded as extending from the early 1940s to the late 1950s.

We will be using the Panasonic 151 Film camera through out this project.

Sound in Film.

In our film making project we were all given different roles, i chose to be in charge of sound, this ment it was down to me to make sure that the sound was of the best quality and there were no interference, it was also down to me to consider which locations might not be viable due to background noise, for instance if we were doing a film set in the 1920's, we couldn't film next to a road with modern cars going past. 

Although many people consider film to be a essentially visual experience, we really cannot afford to underestimate the importance of film sound. A meaningful sound track is often as complicated as the

image on the screen. The entire sound track is comprised of three essential ingredients: 

• the human voice 
• sound effects 
• music 

Final Animation

This is my final animation, i am very pleased how it turned out, considering i have never used After Effects before in my life.
This is my third video, i had produced 2 videos before this both 30 seconds long. after creating two 30 second videos i decided i would create my final animation, this ended up turning out a lot better then my previous two, such as this one has a background that when moving, gives the impression that the subjects are moving, or flying in this case.
I have also used the scale, rotation and blur tools in this animation to help create movement and depth.