7. • Anti-hero obsessed with femme fatale
• Villain creates a false pretence of riches and
seeks femme fatale to give him status and
power
• Femme fatale sees through the villain’s act
and becomes uninterested, which obsesses
the villain
9. Conventional 1940s
camera, traditional
film noir fedora,
traditional simple
black suit with white
shirt and black tie.
Femme fatale dress:
revealing, below the
knee, seductive
12. Film noir conventional
rural setting due to
river and trees.
Dystopian with dark
lighting and shadows.
Isolated alleyway. Urban
setting due to
streetlamp and road.
Cobblestones
conventional to
1940/50s style – old
fashioned roads.
13. Traditional dramatic death of
femme fatale presented by lots
of long walking shots using
various angles, low lit and
isolated urban alleyway, and
dramatic spin before being shot.
• Sultry smoky eye make-up
• Dark wine coloured lipstick
• Strong, arched brows
• Sharp, defined cheekbones
• Seductive lace gloves with
rings for glamour
• Curled hair for glamour
• Low cut dress and heels for
seductiveness
• Empowered, confident
walk and high posture:
high status
14. Uses film noir conventional
pistol. Holds femme fatale
to overpower her. Shoots
her in the heart -
passionate death.
“I can’t rely on the cops to make
her killer pay, they don’t know her
like I do.”
Similar to L.A. Confidential with
the narrative of anti-heroes taking
the law into their own hands.
Creased shirt, unshaven, and
messy hair creates his unstable
image – presenting him as a
conventional film noir flawed
anti-hero. Unstable presentation
due to montage of femme fatale
photos – obsessive.