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Cassia, Beth, Lib and Emily
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OUR FILM NOIR OUR FILM NOIR IDEASIDEAS
PremisePremiseOur film follows the story of a young teenage girl who develops an obsession for her female teacher. The teacher realises she can use this obsession to her advantage and uses her seductive personality to manipulates the innocent student into committing a crime.
Possible Film Names•Black Mail•The Lost Soul• The Lady in Red•A Red Letter• A Diary Entrance
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Story LineStory LineOur story follows a smart 18 year old who is currently on
her last year of 6th form. She begins to fall behind when she develops a strange obsession for her English teacher Scarlett Reed. Protagonist Charlie confesses all of her
feelings into her diary. Her obsession develops as she follows her teachers every
move. Scarlett catches on and soon finds Charlie’s diary and realises she can use it to her advantage. She manipulates and blackmails Charlie ,she tells Charlie that her husband Richard Reed is violent and abusive in their relationship
which results into Charlie making the biggest mistake of her life.
Charlie then discovers Scarlett’s secrets as the story hits media headlines.
CHARACTERSCHARACTERS
Anti-HeroAnti-HeroHollie Elizabeth plays Charlie Moss
6th form student (18 years old)
Petite Blonde introverted student.
Wears plain lighter coloured clothes throughout with a feminine twist to connote her innocence and youth.
Hair down shows she’s more playful. Her blonde hair contrasts with Scarlett's dark brunette hair.
Name is unisex to foreshadow her sexuality.
Natural looking make-up to further emphasise her innocence.
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Cassia Lima plays Scarlett Reed.
Teacher (30 years old)
Sixth form teacher, very attractive.
Uses her sexuality to manipulate pupil.
Hair up to show her neck- makes her more seductive.
Wearing glasses to make her appear more intelligent.
Dressed in a tight black dress, black heels and glasses.
Wears purple lipstick
She is wearing black as it has a semiotic meaning of death, mystery and evil, therefore foreshadowing what is to happen in the film.
She will also have hints of red for example the cardigan or red nails as this connotes the theme of love, danger and blood.
Femme-FataleFemme-Fatale
Josh Volpe plays Richard Reed.
Business man (46 years old)
Scruffy looking older man.
Married to Scarlett.
He would be dressed in a suit to make him look more professional.
He would be wearing glasses to make him look older.
He would also be in a red tie, as red is a semiotic for blood, danger and death.
His appearance mirrors Scarlett’s appearance to show they are similar in personality.
The Victim The Victim
LOCATIONSLOCATIONS
SchoolSchool HitchinHitchin•Old looking building• Film noir 1950’s era
café rougejolly brown
•Alley ways•Cobbled streets•Lamp posts• Conforms to usual codes and conventions of film noir • Crowded
CLASSROOM -•Old building•Big windows• Blinds • Sets the scene for the story• Subverts typical film noir• Circular windows can create stylistic features•OFFICE-• Vertical blinds • Natural lighting • Professional atmosphere
CONVENTIONSCONVENTIONSOF OF
FILM NOIRFILM NOIRThese are some typical codes and conventions of
film noir that we would like to use in our film
SMOKING LAMP POST
MURDER MYSTERY
BLINDS
ATRACTIVE MANIPULATIVE FEMALE
(femme-fatale)ENIGMA
URBAN SETTINGS
LOW KEY LIGHTING
VOICE OVER
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