Our characters - Miss Bonnie Kensington and Detective John Carter

Detective John Carter:
This is our main male character of our piece, this specific still shot of him is interesting because it has the conventions of a detective of the era (the hat, the suit, being clean shaven etc) however we have added the shadow of half of his face to show the mystery behind the character. He isn't just the straight police officer that he is shown to be at the beginning. We chose black and white to suit the period as we thought it would be more authentic, and slightly blurred it. This character falls in love with our femme fatale and on her word goes to a mob bosses house. Now the audience doesn't know whether it is through love he does this, or through revenge as it is mentioned at the beginning that Bobby actually killed his father. The outfit we have put him in is much like that of the character in the film double indemnity, we liked the typical conventions of it so the grey suit, white shirt, hat, black tie and over coat will also be used in the actual filming as well as it being in the still shots. We show him falling for Bonnie through the dinner scene as at we will show laughing and flirting and at the end will show a glimpse of a kiss between the pair from a far. Her influence is all he needs as a reason to go after Bobby.

Miss Bonnie Kensington:

This is our main female character, aka our femme fatale, the first picture shows her lying down, her eyes not directly on the camera and her hair flowing down towards it. It is an incredibly suggestive photograph. The dark lip colour, bold eyes and blond hair are very authentic conventions of film noir, almost all film i have seen the main female character wears red lipstick to show an essence of seduction around the character, this will be shown in our piece as Detective Carter starts lusting after her, and eventually she manages to seduce him enough to get exactly what she wants. Miss Kensington seems to play both male characters off each other, making the both distracted while she slips away with the money. She also wears a white dress to begin with to suggest innocence and purity (when she acts hurt to persuade Carter) however during the film her outfit get darker, to show her passionate and deceiving

side. (As show in the photo earlier when she is wearing a bight red dress and black hat). In this next photo she is looking directly at the camera with a slight smile on her face, this shows her strength and shows the has no remorse about her actions towards the other characters in the film. The fur she wear indicates she has power and wealth (prefers the finer things in life) which is conventional to most femme fatales who wear lavish clothing and jewellery.

The background is dark to show a complete contrast towards her hair and outfit, however it shows that this character may not be all that she seems. Which is very true as she lies and manipulates everyone around her so she can get away with the deal without the police or the gangsters able to stop her. This is conventional because most Femme Fatale's are very self centred and are only bothered about themselves.