Conventions
- 1. Conventions
- 2. Venetian Blinds We made sure that Jack interacted with the blinds to draw attention to them. As well as creating a suspicious atmosphere it also creates the illusion that he is looking for the person who has called him.
- 3. Old fashioned 1940s mise-en-scene The ashtray The clock We placed these props together in order to portray the character’s personality
- 4. Murderer washing blood off his hands It is clear that we are using a typical film noir character, the murderer, as he is unidentifiable and not visible to the audience. This creates an enigma which keeps the audience entertained
- 5. Costume of actress The black off- the-shoulder dress is typical of the 1940s era.
- 6. Slightly off camera angle During our research we noticed how in some noir films there was an off camera angle. We chose to use this effect in the stairwell because it makes Jack look out of balance and to some extent , almost irrational.
- 7. Font of the title After looking at several movie posters, we decided to use the font ‘ Mona Lisa ’ because it was very similar to the font used in the posters.
- 8. Keeping With The Film Noir Genre We decided to make our actress Katie Fox look as much like a typical femme fatale as possible. Therefore we dressed her in a tight black off-the-shoulder dress much like the picture shown above; we also decided that for filming, Kate would have curly hair as most femme fatales did, as well as high-heels.
- 9. Challenging The Film Noir Genre We decided to combine neo-noir with classical-noir so our actor Jack Harris, unlike the detective above, doesn ’ t wear the typical trilby hat and trench coat but still wears the conventional braces, making his appearance timeless. We thought that this would appeal to a wider audience.