Since Riley and I have decided on the main character being a femme fatale (a film character of a seductive, mysterious, and disastrous woman), I decided to perform more research on these characters as well as their appearance in films.
Upon watching the opening sequence of the TV Show “Femme Fatales,” I noticed how grand the emphasis was on the appearance of the character. The show opening featured the femme fatale getting ready. For example, there was a close-up shot of the woman applying bright red lipstick which, according to Google images, is popular for this character.
The show opening also featured overlapping videos of crime-related objects, like caution tape, police cars, and guns. This is something Riley and I could focus on. When our main character is having flashbacks or even in the scenes in the interrogation room, we could add overlapping videos of the crime or other crime-related things.
As for the props for the main character, since we were planning on setting our movie in the 1900's (we were thinking the 1950's but we're not positive on this yet), we wanted to have the woman hold a cigarette as she's being interrogated. Since we're not going to actually be smoking and it's difficult to fake smoke, we wanted to buy a long cigarette holder (I found one for $3 on ebay) and have the main character hold the cigarette on that instead. This seems to be a very popular prop for the femme fatale, so we're definitely going to buy it.
As for the costume design, most femme fatales wear fancy and seductive clothing, usually red or black. They also usually wear heavier makeup, like bold red lipsticks and dark, prominent eyeliner. This makeup still fits into the color scheme of black and red. Again, since we're probably setting the movie in the 1900's, we will have to change the main character's hairstyle, eyebrows, clothing, etc. to fit into the trends of that time period.
We wanted to set our film in this time period, since that is when Hollywood's classical film noir period extended (the early 1940's to the late 1950's). Because our main character being a femme fatale is heavily inspired on films from the film noir genre, we felt it would be more appropriate to have the film set in this period. Hopefully, we will be able to portray this effectively!
Femme Fatale On Leather Couch stock photo. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.istockphoto.com/dk/photos/femme-fatale
Productions, A. (2011, September 14). Femme Fatales Opening Title Sequence.
Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2WSnSYFgQM
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