DOUBLE INDEMNITY
HNC CREATIVE MEDIA PRODUCTION
Westminster Kingsway College
Soho Centre
Peter Street
London
GONTEXTUAL STUDIES
LECTURER David Jenkins
FILM REVIEW OF DOUBLE INDEMITY
The term double indemnity means
The film double indemnity is a
The film double indemnity is a 1944 is typical form of the film noir movie. Depicting “Femme fatale. “ . this is French for This is French for a stereotypical individual who has the ability to seduce and hypnotise others into carrying out her desires. [1]
The film is predominantly typical of a black or dark film. [2] The film is shot in black and white setting . in a block and white soillloette. It opens with a fame fatale, character played by, Barbara Stanwyck, who plays Phyllis Dietrichson. Phylis is the a seductive female who have the power to charm her victims to carry out her demands.. [3]
How dose the cinematography of The film reflect the life of a middle class suburban couple,
HOW DOES THE FILM FIT WITH THE PATTER OF SOCIETY AND WITH FOLLYWOOD FILMS IN GENERAL
DOES IT FOLLOW THE USUAL PATTERN OF BOY MEET GIRL
WHAT ARE THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE MAIN ACTORS PERFORMACE, DOE EACH ACTOR PLAY A SUITABLE ROLE IN THE FILM
WHAT IS THE MOTIVATION OF PHYLIS IS IT MONEY OR LOVE
DESCRIBE THE PLOTAND THE STORY LINE
DESCRIBE THE BEHAVIOUR OF ALL THE ACORSS AND SAY IF THIR ROLE ARE SUITABLE
WHAT ABOUT THE VOICE OVER WAS IT GOOD OR BAD HOW COULD IT BE DONE DIFFERNTLY
The cinematography
camera
The lighting
Much of the lighting for the film double indemnity is typical to that of film nior. Using low key lights to higlithe the main subject, casting the rest of the inm in shadow and darkness, this stek if kugtgbubg us jiw as cgaurisciyre,. This style manipulates the lighting to create shadows creating the appearance of a a painting. [4] The camera settings which is likely to gives off this type of effect which is know as the Toy Camera effect. This effect utilize the camera effect is of
The term double indemnity means
The film double indemnity is a
The film double indemnity is a 1944 is typical form of the film noir movie. Depicting “Femme fatale. “ . this is French for This is French for a stereotypical individual who has the ability to seduce and hypnotise others into carrying out her desires. [1]
The film is predominantly typical of a black or dark film. [2] The film is shot in black and white setting . in a block and white soillloette. It opens with a fame fatale, character played by, Barbara Stanwyck, who plays Phyllis Dietrichson. Phylis is the a seductive female who have the power to charm her victims to carry out her demands.. [3]
How dose the cinematography of The film reflect the life of a middle class suburban couple,
HOW DOES THE FILM FIT WITH THE PATTER OF SOCIETY AND WITH FOLLYWOOD FILMS IN GENERAL
DOES IT FOLLOW THE USUAL PATTERN OF BOY MEET GIRL
WHAT ARE THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE MAIN ACTORS PERFORMACE, DOE EACH ACTOR PLAY A SUITABLE ROLE IN THE FILM
WHAT IS THE MOTIVATION OF PHYLIS IS IT MONEY OR LOVE
DESCRIBE THE PLOTAND THE STORY LINE
DESCRIBE THE BEHAVIOUR OF ALL THE ACORSS AND SAY IF THIR ROLE ARE SUITABLE
WHAT ABOUT THE VOICE OVER WAS IT GOOD OR BAD HOW COULD IT BE DONE DIFFERNTLY
The cinematography
camera
The lighting
Much of the lighting for the film double indemnity is typical to that of film nior. Using low key lights to higlithe the main subject, casting the rest of the inm in shadow and darkness, this stek if kugtgbubg us jiw as cgaurisciyre,. This style manipulates the lighting to create shadows creating the appearance of a a painting. [4] The camera settings which is likely to gives off this type of effect which is know as the Toy Camera effect. This effect utilize the camera effect is of
It adds softness and
Sound
The microphone
- [1] Femme Fatale/ Scaraffia, Femme Fatale, Firenze, Vallecchi, 2009.
[2] Film noir/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_noir/20/10/2016
[3] Famme fatale/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femme_fatale/20/10/16
[4] Chiroscuro/http://filmmakeriq.com/lessons/the-basics-of-lighting-for-film-noir/23 Oct, 2016
Sound
- [1] Femme Fatale/ Scaraffia, Femme Fatale, Firenze, Vallecchi, 2009.
[2] Film noir/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_noir/20/10/2016
[3] Famme fatale/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femme_fatale/20/10/16
[4] Chiroscuro/http://filmmakeriq.com/lessons/the-basics-of-lighting-for-film-noir/23 Oct, 2016
https://blog.cinemaautopsy.com/2008/10/09/notes-on-film-double-indemnity/ 0CTOBER 13 2016
The term double indemnity is
In looking at the way film portray society through its narrative, as well as cinematic. Light and sound can best be understood by looking at
The term double indemnity means
The film double indemnity is a
The film double indemnity is a 1944 is typical form of the film noir movie. Depicting “Femme fatale. “ . this is French for This is French for a stereotypical individual who has the ability to seduce and hypnotise others into carrying out her desires. [1]
The film is predominantly typical of a black or dark film. [2] The film is shot in black and white setting . in a block and white soillloette. It opens with a fame fatale, character played by, Barbara Stanwyck, who plays Phyllis Dietrichson. Phylis is the a seductive female who have the power to charm her victims to carry out her demands.. [3]
How dose the cinematography of The film reflect the life of a middle class suburban couple,
HOW DOES THE FILM FIT WITH THE PATTER OF SOCIETY AND WITH FOLLYWOOD FILMS IN GENERAL
DOES IT FOLLOW THE USUAL PATTERN OF BOY MEET GIRL
WHAT ARE THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE MAIN ACTORS PERFORMACE, DOE EACH ACTOR PLAY A SUITABLE ROLE IN THE FILM
WHAT IS THE MOTIVATION OF PHYLIS IS IT MONEY OR LOVE
DESCRIBE THE PLOTAND THE STORY LINE
DESCRIBE THE BEHAVIOUR OF ALL THE ACORSS AND SAY IF THIR ROLE ARE SUITABLE
WHAT ABOUT THE VOICE OVER WAS IT GOOD OR BAD HOW COULD IT BE DONE DIFFERNTLY
The cinematography
camera
The lighting
Much of the lighting for the film double indemnity is typical to that of film nior. Using low key lights to higlithe the main subject, casting the rest of the inm in shadow and darkness, this stek if kugtgbubg us jiw as cgaurisciyre,. This style manipulates the lighting to create shadows creating the appearance of a a painting. [4] The camera settings which is likely to gives off this type of effect which is know as the Toy Camera effect. This effect utilize the camera effect is of
It adds softness and
Sound
The microphone
- [1] Femme Fatale/ Scaraffia, Femme Fatale, Firenze, Vallecchi, 2009.
[2] Film noir/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_noir/20/10/2016
[3] Famme fatale/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femme_fatale/20/10/16
[4] Chiroscuro/http://filmmakeriq.com/lessons/the-basics-of-lighting-for-film-noir/23 Oct, 2016
It is hardly surprising that Double Indemnity is filled with some of the best examples of hardboiled language as two legends of hardboiled fiction contributed to the script. James M. Cain wrote the original novel, from which the film was adapted, and Raymond Chandler did the co-adaptation. Cain also wrote the novel The Postman Always Rings Twice, which was adapted for the screen several times but most notably for director Tay Garnett’s 1946 film. Chandler’s contribution to the detective genre cannot be overstated and all his novels have been adapted for the screen, most notably the 1946 version of The Big Sleep, directed by Howard Hawks.
It is not easy to define film noir. Some regard it as a genre that adheres to particular stylistic and narrative devices while others argue that it is a stylistic movement that defines 1940s and 1950s America. The actual term film noir was not known to many American filmmakers of the time as the term originated from French critics who were the first to recognise the trend in Hollywood for making what translates literally into English as “black film”. This label referred to the low-key lighting that is arguably the most defining feature of film noir and it is a key element of Double Indemnity‘s cinematography. Double Indemnity is an incredibly dark film with characters emerging from darkness, shadows obscuring the faces of the characters and a strong prevalence of Venetian blinds casting striped shadows over everything in shot. In Double Indemnity, and many other film noir, this use of shadows portrays the environment that the characters live in as dangerous and full of corruption, mystery and violence, inhabited by people with dubious motives and ambiguous morals.
The dramatic lighting style that characterises film noir can be traced back to the German Expressionist films of the late 1910s to the early 1930s as many filmmakers who had been working in the German film industry came to Hollywood when the Nazis came to power. Double Indemnity director Billy Wilder, an Austrian born scriptwriter with Jewish ancestry, was one of these filmmakers. Double Indemnity was not Wilder’s first film as director but it was the one that established his career and he is still regarded today as one of the all time great directors. He later directed another defining film noir, Sunset Blvd. (1950), plus other classics including the comedy Some Like It Hot (1959).
[1]www.thefreedictionary.com/double+indemnity. 15/10/2016
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