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Narrative- Being fooled, Deception, theme of carrying out crimes

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Narrative- Being fooled, Deception, theme of carrying out crimes

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The themes in identity such as theft, crime, murder and money theft are common films used in film noir films.

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Guns are a common prop used in film noirs and we used a gun to show the killing of Poppy. However to make this shot look as realstic as possible we only showed the gun being placed and not going off.

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The Tube stations in London had many great lights that we got in our shots to add spot lighting and highlighting to our shots. This adds a brightness to our low key lighting scenes.

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In the studio we created a dark and shadowed setting in which followed film noir lighting conventions. The black background makes the husband appear as the only silhoutte.

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Cliff hangers are not a prediomant convention of Film Noir's however the enigma code almost always features in Film Noir in which the audience is placed in the state of not knowing what is going on or who someone is. This certainly is a strong feature in our film and re occurs at the end as the blinking eye makes the audience wonder if she is actually dead!

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End credits are a convention used at the end of Film noirs and sombre, sad, piano music often features in Film Noirs.

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Violence, murder and death is a common theme in Film Noir and is the way we decided to end our film. We think this ending is satisfying for an audience as Blake/Mia doesn't get away with her vicious crimes. Often in Film Noir films although the femme fatale character manipulates the male throughout the majority of the film in the ending the male character often gets his revenge.

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Reflections/ Distorted image/Cafe  window reflection- it's effect

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Reflections/ Distorted image/Cafe  window reflection- it's effect

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This shot contains many conventions of film noir and is very stylised. We used the cafe to film but thought it would be interesting to film through the glass creating the idea she is being looked in on. The reflections on the window create a distorted image and experiment with depth of field. The shot is quite complex.

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We used the toilets in London Kings Cross to get this shot and we love how it presents her as a very seduative character. We used framing and iconography to place the crack in the mirror in the center of her face and the composition which has a visual meaning of her being split into two people (which she is!)

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This shot shows the high contrast lighting that we created through filming and our black and white. High key lighting with high contrast is a convention of film noir as is reflections. We love how this shot shows Blake/Mia as three people; This grows on our theme of her having an alter ego and stealing peoples identities.

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We used a lot of reflections in our shot types to distort images. After seing in many film noirs mirrors and other reflective objects used to mirror the character we thought this would be a great way to present Blake/Mia hiding her identity. These shots are very effective, interesting and use our setting very well!

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Shot types- Modern take on the film noir venetian blind convention

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Shot types- Modern take on the film noir venetian blind convention

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We wanted to use the convention of the venetian blinds however we wanted to do this in a modern way. So when we arrived on set we instatnly knew this would be a great shot, amazing framing and really use the convention in a new and modern way. Also uses the convenition of creating silhoutes with the use of high and low key lighting.

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Shot types- Birds eye view shots are often seen in Film Noir

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Shot types- Birds eye view shots are often seen in Film Noir

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By using a house next to this walkway we were able to get a birds eye shot which zooms in on the dead Blake. This makes the audience sympathetic & could suggest how her death is insignificant as she looks small and helpless in this shot.

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Shot types- High, abstract angles are often seen in Film Noirs

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Shot types- High, abstract angles are often seen in Film Noirs

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Making the most of our extravgent setting we also used high angle shots to reveal the setting and to vary our shot types used.

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Shot types- Establishing, landscape, setting shot

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Shot types- Establishing, landscape, setting shot

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Film noirs offten open their films with a establishing shot of the setting the film will take place. We have used this convention in our opening as it sets the scene. Pan camera movement is conventionally used to show this.

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Film Noir Characters- The Private Investigator Character-Film noir archetype

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Film Noir Characters- The Private Investigator Character-Film noir archetype

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A private investigator character is a common character seen in film noirs. In Props character theory they are 'The helper' in which help feed the narrative plot and drive it forward like Alex does in our film. Serious, formal and always dressed in a suit.

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Film Noir Characters - Anti-Hero- Deceived husband, kills femme fatale

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Film Noir Characters - Anti-Hero- Deceived husband, kills femme fatale

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Initially an audience feel sympathy towards the husband as she seems generally concerned towards his wife being missing. However after the shocking ending we realize he is a nasty character who maybe didn't really love his wife. He is an anti-hero which feels sorry for himself like many Film noir male characters. His retrospective narration over clips is also a strong convention of film noir films.

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Blake/Mia is a strong femme fatale character. In many shots she is shown looking guilty, seductive and often looking scared. These shots give the idea she knows she is being followed yet still try's to run away from her past. She manipulates her husband and steals all of his money whilst leaving him with no explanation.