2. The conventions of the film noir genre in this still are the 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. The convention of film noir in this still is the old fashioned 1940s mise-en-scene. The ashtray The clock We placed these props together in order to portray the character’s personality
4. The convention of film noir in this still is the fact that the murderer is washing the blood off of his hands. It is clear that we are using a typical film noir character, the murderer, as he is washing blood from his hands.
5. The convention of film noir in this still is the costume of our actress. The black off- the-shoulder dress is typical of the 1940s
6. The convention of film noir in this still shot is the slightly off camera angle. In most noir films there is an off camera angle. We chose to do ours of a stairwell because they look very typical of the 1940s era and we thought it looked effective.
7. The convention of this still frame is the font of the title. After looking at several movie posters of the old film noir genre, we decided to use the font ‘ Mona Lisa ’ because this best fits with the posters we looked at.
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 Katie would have curly hair as most femme fatales did, as well as high-heels that you cannot see in the picture of her that we have taken.
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.
