“In Scarlett she wore”: the making of a short film identifying the key elements for a femme fatale in a noir story, and analysing her perception in a ‘neo-noir’ music video

Abstract

This dissertation and the video production focus on the identification of the elements which make up the iconic 1940s to 1950s classic figure of the femme fatale in the film noir stories. By writing a script, creating a storyboard and choosing the correct soundtrack, the femme fatale's character will be the focus of the short film. Even though the script written for this short film was not created during the war years and the film noir era, the bitter and paranoiac mood together with the central female role, succeeded in emerging in view of the audience positive perception and feedback.