With my short film, I am focusing on two main objectives. The first is the use of non-diegetic voice over. In addition to film making, I am also aiming towards voice acting so combining the two helps expand these skills. As a result, more than half the film is told through a narration that is played over the footage. I touched on this in my last page, but 'Sin City' was the first film I watched since coming to Plymouth which is my it was fresh in my mind when we were assigned the task. While it is less common in the classic noir age, that the likes of John Alton were around, to use voice over, 'Sin City' made it very apparent with the abundance of voice over from all three protagonists. So outside influence as well as aspiration led to my choice of voice over focus.
I am also aiming to challenge myself and create characters and a narrative within the running time we have been assigned. I personally feel that a good film can be defined by its characters and narrative in addition to how it is presented. With this mindset, I have set out to make the characters diverse and appealing, hence why I'm giving the protagonist a specific voice that I manufactured. As the script is finished now, it will be more of a challenge in editing to narrow what I have planned down to the time limit and, as I feel editing is my weakest area, it will be good practice that will hopefully allow me to develop my editing skills as opposed to focusing on the 'on-set' production.
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