Possible outfits for the lead male and female

As a group we sat and discussed possibly styling ideas for our two main characters-Jake and the femme fatale. We decided that we wanted to keep the characters modern and up to date yet also include some traditional elements of film noir styling. We decided that we would dress the femme fatale in mainly red and black as we felt this best fitted her character-seductive yet destructive. We thought it would be best to keep the styling for Jake more simple and less dramatic so that it ran parallel with his shy and timide characterisation.

This outfit would be used in the scene in which we are shooting at the pub. She is wearing a tightly fitted, strapless red velvet dress with a black leather jacket. The red of her dress reveals the idea that she is dangerous and a very confident character, yet the use of the strapless element suggests that she is quite seductive and revealing also-a typical key feature of classic femme fatale styling. The use of the leather jacket brings the outfit to a modern era and also adds an edge to her outfit by making it more casual, as well as being used as a way of covering up her bare shoulders portraying the idea that her guard is up and she perhaps hiding a secret from Jake, as well as the audience.

For a second possible outfit for the femme fatale, we decided on this one. She is wearing a high necked overlapping strap design black blouse with a mid length maroon pencil skirt with black waistband. The use of the deep, earthy colours suggest the idea that she has a dark past and is very unconventional with the truth. The overlapping cross over design at the top of her blouse portrays the idea that she is a complicated character and her role within the film could go in any direction; good or bad. The mesh effect on her blouse once again represents the idea of the seductive and revealing side to her character. Yet this then contrasting to the sophisticated, mid length of her skirt as we see a more demure side to her character who is not showing too much flesh-perhaps portraying the idea that she is quite a reserved female.

This is the third and final styling idea that we had in mind for the femme fatale. She is wearing a floaty, one shouldered scarlet red pleated dress. We thought that this outfit could be used to show a more elegant and womanly side to her character.The diagonal neckline could represent the idea that her life is not as straight forward as it seems, as well as portraying the idea that her life is going downhill as we delve deeper into the film- the secret comes out and she has been caught out, a possible sign for a bad ending for her character? The red of the dress suggesting danger yet also an alluring approach to her personality. The style of the dress portrays the use of flapper fashion/dresses from the 1920's with its use of bold A-line pleats and straight fitted design; this therefore being used as a way of modernising a classic design as well as taking a typical convention of femme fatale styling but using it as a way of bringing it into a new era from a film noir to a neo-noir.

We have also decided that for the character of the femme fatale, she will be wearing red lipstick in the majority of her scenes as an almost trademark look of hers as well as linking it to a stereotypically enticing styling choice for the femme fatale.

For the role of Jake, we decided to keep his styling to a minimal in order to not give too much away about his character so that his actions take full control of what he does within the film and adding a shock factor to his actions also. For this outfit we thought it could be used for the school scene in which we see him being beaten up by the femme fatale's boyfriend. He is dressed very casually in an oversized grey jumper and black trousers. The grey of his jumper suggests the idea that he is used to blending in and fading into the background. Yet this contrasting to his role within the film as we see him as the main lead character who takes full control in solving the mystery of his dads death. The use of the black trousers suggest the idea of his dark past and possible troubled childhood due to the murder of his father.

For his second outfit, we decided to have him in a more formal yet still casual attire. We thought that this could be used in the pub scene in which shows himself and the femme fatale in an intimate situation. He will be wearing the same black trousers as in the previous picture yet this time with a checkered blue shirt. The use of the blue reveals the idea of him coming out of his shell and being more adventurous and endeering-either surrounding the idea of delving into the details of his fathers murder or simply due to his blossoming relationship with the femme fatale. The checkered pattern of his shirt also revealing the troubled past that he has had and how he seen to be in a complex role in trying to solve out the mystery, yet possibly he is unsure of which direction and lead he should take.