Comparisons to 'Sin City'

For our opening we used Frank Miller's Film Noir 'Sin City' as a guideline to help us. As I analysed this opening at the beginning of my research, it allowed me to understand the conventions necessary for a Film Noir; this allowed me to apply this knowledge to our opening, by using similar techniques and shots to connote the females dominance. Our opening shot was a low angle shot of the female looking over a balcony, meaning that the female is the first person in the opening they see, connoting her authoritative status. We were unsure whether this would be too cliché, however a repetitive use of conventions is often what makes films successful. With this in mind we chose to keep the shot, however vary the other shots so it wasn't too similar to 'Sin City'. As well as this, whilst 'Sin City' uses cigarettes as a prop to iconically suggest toughness, we used a glass of wine to iconically connote the females dominant yet elegant character.