Monday 27 September 2010

The Last Seduction (1994) Bridget Gregory



The non digetic music used in the trailer sounds mysterious yet curisous, which connotes the femme fatale character. Low key lighting, a convention of film noir, is also used to signify her mysterious character in the film. A particular shot with low key lighting and a high angle shot and a cigarette prop connotes her masculine dominance and her feminine innocence. Like the femme fatale character in Pitbull, she balances the two sexes well.

A shot of the femme fatale licking the money signifies her sexuality and desire for money reinforcing tradition stereotypes of the character. It seems the film wants to reinforce the traditional femme fatale character paying homage to the noir era, as the begining of the trailer uses many conventions of a typical film noir trailer: Black and white edit, strong deep male voice over and the white, large typography.

Bridget also plays the Angel Whore character in the trailer. Most of the trailer she is clearly playing a seductive "Whore" character signified by her dark, wavy hair and bold red lipsick. However at the end she is dressed in white (which signifes innocence) presenting a tray of food to another character, playing the idolised, perfect housewife.

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