Research Time!

 Genre research was key in creating the foundation for Black, White, and Red.

Now that a theme has been indefinitely decided on, research was done, and is still being done.

One of the limitations of this project is the lack of sound. Originally, I thought voiceovers could be used over the filming of the actors. The issue with this was the end result: It would look horribly sloppy.

After some time, I decided to embrace the silence, and create a 1920’s-inspired silent film. It would work perfectly with the mystery-drama genres, and the rest of the team seemed to agree.

I knew the basics, these movies were old Hollywood creations, set in around the early 1900’s. And of course, the use of inaudible dialogue, was obvious. 

These movies used non-diegetic, and quite iconic, title-cards to ‘narrate’ what was going on and being said, as shown in the example below: 

‘Charles Chaplin in The Pawnshop’ (1916) was a silent film I watched, to get a better understanding of the silent movie concept. Because of the lack of  audible dialogue, events were overdramatized to keep the audience entertained. And of course, title cards played a role in narration.

I look forward to learning more about this style of film throughout our project. I also look forward to filming in this style, as well.