Wednesday, 16 January 2013

Stereotypical conventions of Film Noir


  • Conventions example/description
  • Femme Fatale
  • Hero/Anti-Hero/Private Eye/Morally questionable
  • Dark themes/Alienation
  • Archetypal characters
  • Dutch angles/Devices of disorientation
  • Mirrors or other distorting objects
  • Blinds
  • Urban settings
  • Cigarette smoking
  • Flashbacks or other specific editing techniques
  • Omniscient voice over
  • Night time action/Extreme weather



This is a short video of me explaining the list that is shown above and examples of film noir's that have used these conventions.

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