film noire
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Film Noir Conventions
Iconography
Characters are normally seen smoking
Females are known as ‘Femme Fetal’, wearing reveling clothing and stilettos, also wearing bight red lipstick.
The weather is always glum and is constantly raining.
The men are usually a flawed detective, wearing suits and caring guns.
Style Low key lighting
Dark Contrasts
Dramatic Shadows
Faces Partly Obstructed by Darkness
Canted Angle/Frames
Shots of characters through mirrors shows frame of mind
Side Light
Setting Film Noir’s are set in major cities for example new
york and it is constantly raining.
Urban places like LA are sometimes commonly used
Labyrinth/Maze themes
Often set in bars/lounges/nightclubs/gambling dens
Always set at night time
Narrative
Unusual Storylines
Flashbacks/flash forwards
Obscure Narratives
Search for justice
Flawed characters
Characters Drunk Policeman
Flawed Heroes/Corrupt Policeman
Alienated
Bitterness
Jealousy
Down and Out writers
Femme Fatal
Hard-Boiled Detectives
Themes Crime
Murder
Greed
Jealousy
Criminals
Motivation
Investigations
False Suspicions
Betrays
Double Cross
Darker side of humans
Darker side of life