Nine Frame Analysis - Femme Fatal

Nine frame analysis - Femme Fatal

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Final Opening Sequence

Due to Youtube conversion the colour in the clip has turned more orange than the dark red we wanted. See clip on disc.

Making of Production Title

1. By going to File > Place... I used this to insert the background which i created earlier.

2.Then by using the options on the right I added a text layer named 'Blacklist Productions'. I think LiveType is very useful for the project because the titles can be animated and the maker has full control over the effects.

3. To add an additional effect I added some animated smoke, which i then blured and faded on the background. I did this to make the title more interesting and match the original film noir conventions which include dark colours and smoke.

4.Final Production Title

Making of Film Title

1.To make the film logo I had to start with a background which would suit our film as well as th general conventions. I picked a dark wall textured background. 

2.Next I added the film title in a distorted font, again to keep with the harsh and corrupt theme.

3.Lastly I included a layer of a shape which i thought looked lie a blood splat. I placed this behind the text layer.

4.Next I used 'Colour' mode in the blending options to blend the red layer to the background to make the layer fit onto the background.

5. Here is the final result.

Making of Film Sequence In Final Cut

1. I used the chroma key in Final Cut to recreate the sin city effect. The top part of the chroma key allows you to select the colours which are going to taken away. Other options allow to select a very specific range of the spectrum. When the colour is chosen the invert key swaps the selection and keep the colours which have been selected.

2. We also had to use the colour correction to make our footage black & white by reducing the saturation and increasing the saturation in the shots where colour is present.

3. To make the effect seen in this image i used the Luma key which works similarly to the chroma key. This allowed us to present our logo in our sequence in the shape of the moving smoke.

4. When working with the sounds I had to reduce the levels at point of narrative, this enhanced the narrative. I used cross fades so that the audience do not notice the transitions.

5. The timeline is where most of the editing happens; small thumbnails show the short clips of video, by placing them one after the other the video is made. Sometimes more than one track have to be used when using effects which overlay footage.

Opening Sequence (2)

We have realised that we need to improve the editing around 1.31 the blood fades before the camera, this has been taken into account and we are currently working to improve it. Other improvements would be at 1:02, Charlottes lips have not been edited to the same colour as previous scenes. We are currently working to improve this to make our film perfect.

Opening Sequence (1)

This is the first draft of our final cut for our opening sequence Femme Fatal.

Change in original idea

Some changes have been made to the original idea of our opening sequence. We have decided to add the narration of the femme fatale so more conventions are within the film. We also changed from a back alley location to a abandoned factory, this is because the factory was easier to film in as no background noise can be heard. The factory location has been added to the call sheet. We will use cut scenes of the femme fetale smoking as well as the faded black screens. The story line and plot have still stayed the same.

Femme Fatal Rough Cut

This is a rough cut of our Femme Fatal opening sequence. The clip contains all the shots and approximate timings. We will aim to keep the clip longer than 1:50 when it is finished.

Audience feedback.
(Rough Cut)
We gathered some feedback from our rough cut preview and some pointers were given.
It was made apparent that there was a soundtrack needed in our opening sequence, so that the sounds aren't so echoey.
We were given advice to make our transitions smoother to link the shots together better, however the shots are supposed to be quite jerky, canted and rough.
We also have to make sure it’s all in black and white as parts of our sequence have not been edited in black and white yet.
It has also been pointed out that the black transitions last too long and should be filled to help make the story line understandable and to give something more to look at in the sequence.
Finally, we were given some advice to make our sound effects a bit more realistic such as the gun shots.


Possible changes.
We will aim to make sure the whole sequence is in black and white and that the sounds are not echoey in and the sound effects are up to scratch. We will also be adding the femme fatale in to the black transitions and feeding the audience the plot and give more understanding to what is happening in the opening sequence.
We will aim to improve the points which have been raised in the audience feedback.

Femme Fatal Script

Opening script for Femme Fatal


Charlotte Pepper: [Take a smoke] They could never handle me. [She blows out the smoke] The two of them, both so alike in poise, but I could only love one.


I met him at a bar, he was lonely and I was working, I’d see him once or twice a week. I’d watch his eyes glance over at me, but this time was different. He held a long hard stare straight into my eyes. [Take a smoke, and blow out the smoke, shaking her head…]No matter how hard I tried I couldn’t pull my focus away.


I didn’t see him for a while, met this new guy. He was kinda cute, bit of a rogue. Totally in love with me. Lets just say, he pleased me well. [Short laugh, take a smoke etc] Poor bastard.


They both took this fling too seriously, they could never handle me. [Half smile]