Question five: How did

you attract/address your

audience?
 How does the narrative engage the
audience?
Enigma City setting/urban
Confusion is one of the prime elements used to create a layered atmosphere. As seen in the
background
opening, there are no hints regarding what the investigator, nor the anonymous caller looks convention of Film
like, but the audience have knowledge that theyre present. This would hook the audience
into watching more, due to the reasons that they dont know who is behind these personas. Noir
What could each character stand for; this atmosphere raises questions linking to the true
identity of the characters particularly the anonymous caller. Could the they be leading the
investigator in the right direction? Does that make them an protagonist? Could the
investigator be falling into a trap? These are questions that audiences could ask regarding the
initial acquisition of misperception in the opening of the film.
Disequilibrium
When watching Film Noirs during the research period for this project, I identified a sort of
sequence threaded through the storyline depicting the trend of what would usually happen in
a typical Film Noir; pessimistic beginning, ray of hope whether it be though potential
success or love found from characters, ray of hope is weakened and eventually disappears
with pessimism. It is clear disequilibrium plays a role in Anonymous Lead because of the The silhouette of the figure in
initial bleak outlook of the plot. This sequence could help the audience understand what this shot signifies the high
events of the opening would determine the ultimate trend; that when optimism reaches its
peak in the film, it is always inevitably struck down with cynicism. This imbalance in storyline level of enigma, because of
challenges the norms of various genres of film, in terms of how jumbled the order of
moments and events that occur in the opening. the fact that the callers face
is practically hidden and
unreadable.
How does your opening entice your
audience to keep watching?
Ambiguity

Initially, the audience will not understand the reason why the
antagonist couple are on the run (the plot synopsis post should help
the link between this opening against the whole film), so confusion
will dominate the atmosphere; the audience are have limited
knowledge of who this couple are and what they look like as well as
the anonymous caller.
 Are there aspects of mise-en-scene your
potential audience will
identify/empathise/recognise/engage with?
In terms of mise-en-scene, there is very little regarding what audiences can relate with and what
it can symbolise. Location is not an easy giveaway in the opening; meaning that the audience
may not be able to identify with the surroundings the characters are situated in (as seen in the
suitcase sequence). Also, due to the setting and time period of the film, the audience may not
be able to connect with the general plot, in a sense of what people had in the time this film is
set in compared to present times. The audience may be able to identify with iconographical
elements of Film Noir, in this case the red telephone box.

For example, this telephone box wouldnt be something

that our potential audience would perhaps engage with
for the reason that they make use of modern technology
rather than technology from the past, therefore la cking
a connection between the mise-en-scene and the
audience.
How is the audience positioned? Is
intertextuality involved?
Film Noirs typically narrate a story based around
dystopian thinking and pessimism ultimately meaning
that any protagonist e.g. Investigator/Detective figure
will not win against evil, as Film Noir storylines obtain a
sort of negativity which prevents any optimistic efforts
from ever being resolved. We wanted to include this
tactic within our opening so it could relate with the
other films, in the sense that the audience could figure
out the perspective in which they are positioned.
Throughout the majority of the opening, there is a
heavy emphasis on the initial antagonists the
anonymous caller and the couple in a sense of how
this is following their side of the story predominantly;
the audience are positioned in a way where they always
see through evil eyes. The fact that there is emphasis
on the more malicious aspects also implies that the
audience are not supposed to see much success; much
accomplishment; much optimism from the
protagonists side

Like most if not all Film Noirs, these are examples

of where story endings are dominated by evil and
pessimism.