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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Femme-FataleFemme-FataleCassia 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 lipstickShe 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.

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