Following Film Noir Conventions

In Fatal Motive

Men in Suits

All of the men in typical Film Noir are usually in suits. We conformed

with this to imply

status and to give

the film a more 40’s

to 50’s style.

Dark lighting and setting

Chiaroscuro is the experimentation between the contrast of light and

dark. Film noir uses

this a lot and

therefore, we used

dark lighting to set

the mood.

Black and White

As the technology didn’t allow full colour at the time, black and

white film was the

accepted standard,

we preferred the

look of black and

white so we used it.

Antihero

Usually, the main male character is a flawed protagonist that

seeks redemption

after getting

involved with the

Femme Fatale.

Femme Fatale

The Femme Fatale lures in the antihero with the intention of

manipulating him

for her own gain,

ours make him

kill for her.

Detective/Moral Majority

The voiceover is usually the detective and he is usually a strong

presence in

terms of

narrative, which

is what ours is.

Red LipstickThe Femme Fatale usually wears bright red lipstick as a continuation of her sexuality used

to manipulate

people, ours

wears red lipstick

for that reason.

Smoking

Smoking is a huge part of film noir iconography and this is used

rather heavily in

our film. This

gives a more

noir style to the

piece.

Music

The second music piece is heavily jazz inspired. The popular music style

at the time was jazz and

it therefore featured

heavily in the film

industry.

Mise-en-scene

The mise-en--scene was nearly all 50s furniture, which was current at the time of film noir’s popularity and this

gives the film

authenticity for a film

set in the 1950’s.

Enigma

Usually, the film’s title sequence sets some enigma. A film such as

double indemnity

explains the murder

happened, but draws

you in and you want to

know what happens.