Creating a Femme Fatale

How we  transformed our Femme Fatale

Physical Characteristics;

·      French for deadly woman

·      Irresistibly beautiful woman

·      Uses her sexuality to seduce men and lure them into dangerous situations.

·      Great seductive charm

·      Mysterious

·      Duplicitous

·      Subversive

·      Double-crossing

·      Gorgeous

·      Energized

·      Intelligent

·      Powerful

·      Predatory

·      Tough-sweet

·      Unreliable

·      Irresponsible

·      Manipulative

·      Desperate

·      Sexual women’s power and strength are visually expressed in the films.

·      Cigarettes, long hair, make-up and jewellery are symbols of their sensuality.

·      Concerned with slick clothing styles – “to-be-looked-at-ness”.

·      Specific make-up style and dress code create the image of the sexy, independent and strong femme fetale.

·      The control the man, and decided life themselves.

Make up & hair style;

·      Make up is always emphasize the brows, eyes and lips.

·      Eyebrows play a major role in showing facial expressions – clear, shaped and high arc eyebrows in order to create a strong look on their face.

·      Sultry cat eye make-up and the red lips which bring out the sexiness of them.

·      Croft hair which frames the face.

·      Clean, flawless skin

·      Hair colour is always solid black, deep dark brown, auburn, brown or platinum blonde.

·      Either long, side-parted, waves or shorter pin curls.

·      Waves and curls shows the softness and the feminine side of the character.

Costume;

·      Noir heroin is often photographed in a manner that emphasizes her sexuality.

·      Commonly focused on legs, chest etc.

·      Costume is very fashionable.