Chaser is a story about Devin, a city detective who has been investigating the kidnapping of the police captain's wife, Melissa Florek. Devin's search takes him to a seedy bar that is suspected to be a front for other illicit activities by the city's biggest crime lord, Vincent. Although Devin's job requires him to be a symbol of justice and good his struggles with his own demons are revealed through the subtext of his dialogue and his actions. Chaser is an homage to the independent style of neo-noir. Noir's dramatic style of shadows, moral ambiguity, and cynicism is often seen as its own genre, when truly it is a style that can be applied to various other genres. This project paper will explore the various stylistic techniques of neo-noir as well as other movie making aesthetics. More specifically, it will elaborate on the significance of their presence within this short film and how they will make it similar to that of a modern noir
