Classic conventions of film noir

Classic conventions of a typical film noir are;

• Femme Fatale, the dangerous women who is promiscious and sexual and always gets the man in the end
• A complicated hero
• The typical black and white colouring
• Crime based storyline
• Rainy weather
• coustume- Fedora hats and trench coats and suits.
• Low lighting
• Complex storylines
• Don't have happy endings majority of the time
• Death involved
• Chiaroscuro; Light and dark
• Jazz music is played alot
• Based in the 1940's- 50's most of the time
• Main protaginist voice over
• Sound is used alot of build tension and anticipation
• Smoking

 

 

 

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