For our latest film project , we were asked to produce a film in the Noir style. In this project I am the director. As director, I try my best to come up with shots that, I feel will, will capture the essence of the scene and movie. This being a Noir style film means that it is dark in a sense and should use light and shadows to provide an added feel. As we rewrote our film into the script, I tried to incorporate some ideas in which I could relate to and also used my imagery, to in a way, give a dark feel to the film.  So far from our time working on this project I've learned that lighting is hard to get right, especially in a Noir style film. One can not jut, "through a light up" and just record.You have to be conscience of the mood you are trying to establish; does it require a lot of light? what type of light, shadows, where? These are but some of many questions that I have picked up as must know. Time and time again I have also learned that organization is key. I feel like my group lacks it. We do not stick to the set schedule and often find ourselves not all present. However, the few of us that do put in the effort, find our work satisfying. I did not except this to be a difficult project but I was proven wrong. Light is key to a a film Noir style film.    

http://deadline.com/2014/11/cbs-films-lionsgate-distribution-sales-partnership-1201283340/

The article I read is about Lionsgate and CBS films will become partners entering the new year. The partnership is more on the business side of thing and  expected to show great promise as the two companies already produce great revenues world-wide. The two companies had already partnered up in the past can released successful films and TV series.
I chose this article because two big name entertainment companies are going to be working together and it interested me to see what collaborating they would be doing. This article is important because when two big name companies decide to work together, there is always a reasons for this. I remember hearing that Lionsgate films did not produce as much profits as previous years, so this collaboration could be an attempt by Lionsgate to get some back by working with a successful company. As a student and filmmaker this shows me that even successful companies have to ask for help. As a consumer this shows me that two big name companies are going to be working together and kind of raises my expectations for the quality of the films. This article raises a few questions in my head, such why the sudden partnership? Could Lionsgates failure in the film department cause this partnership? Why would CBS agree if Lionsgate is having a slow year in the film department?

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-aereo-layoffs-20141106-story.html

The article I read is about Aereo Inc., which is a company that broadcasts TV signals, being accused by the Supreme Court  for breaking copyright law. The company, since, has announced that it will be laying off employees. The controversy started in when the Supreme Court found out that the company was streaming "local TV stations’ signals over the Internet via remote antennas, charging customers $8 to $12 a month for the antenna and a cloud-based digital recorder." According to the supreme Court this violated the Copyright Act. The company said that they laid off 43 workers.

This is important because is shows how  there are many laws and guidelines the entertainment industry/ companies must oblige to. This article caught my attention because it said that Aereo Inc. was laying off its employees and I thought, to myself, I wonder why? In my opinion I think the employees should not have been laid off. The fault was done by the company by illegally broadcasting local TV signals; the workers were just doing their jobs. This shows me that there is a dark side to the entertainment industry. You could be working for a company that is illegally doing something and you might not know about. However in this case it is unknown if the workers laid off knew about the illegal activity. As a consumer/ filmmaker it makes me wary of the  entertainment industry, I mean if you company was conducting illegal activity, who knows if other may be doing so too.