Iconography
- Police chases, cars
- Guns and weapons
- High heels and lipstick
- Smoking, alcohol
- Neon lighting
Style
- Shadows on faces e.g horizontal shadows of window blinds
- Shows dark and inhumane side of woman nature
- Deep-focus camera work
- Expressionistic lighting
- Murky, grey, blacks and whites
Setting
- Urban setting (Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Chicago)
- City presented as "labyrinth" or "maze"
- Industrial setting
- Bars, lounges, night-clubs, gambling den
- Mainly set at night and in the rain
Narrative
- Frequently involve flashbacks
- Film Noirs tent to have unusually convoluted story lines
- Classic Noir is generally associated with first person narration
- Voiceover narration sometimes used as a structuring device
- Storyline
Characters
- Hardboiled detectives
- Femme fatales
- Corrupt policemen
- Jealous husbands
- Private eyes
- "Commentators"
Themes
- Greed and jealousy is frequently the criminal motivation
- A crime investigation by a private eye
- False suspicions and accusations of crime
- Revolve around heroes
- Urban setting and a few cities
Audience
Film noir sales
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This is the total number of sales which different Film Noir's have made in the past few years which we did some research on to get some ideas for our Film Noir.
History of Film Noir
History Of Film Noir on Prezi
Here is a presentation of the History of Film Noir which we have researched to help us create our own Film Noir.
Here is a presentation of the History of Film Noir which we have researched to help us create our own Film Noir.
Film noir 2
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We also did some Institutional research from different genres of Film Noirs to help us decide on what genre we would like to create ours on. This table shows the top 14 genres of Film Noirs from 1995 to 2012.
Tables gender, age
We also did some Institutional research from different genres of Film Noirs to help us decide on what genre we would like to create ours on. This table shows the top 14 genres of Film Noirs from 1995 to 2012.
Tables gender, age
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This slide shows the difference of gender and age and who is most interested in Film Noirs.
Hairstyle Research
This slide shows the difference of gender and age and who is most interested in Film Noirs.
Hairstyle Research
We did some research of how we should look in our Film Noir and we found this video and decided we could use it to help with how our hair will look.
Touch Of Evil Analysis
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To help with our research we looked at opening sequences of other Film Noirs. This slide shows that i analysed Touch Of Evil and looked at the different shots and titles they used.
Analysis of Opening Title Sequence - Taxi Driver
To help with our research we looked at opening sequences of other Film Noirs. This slide shows that i analysed Touch Of Evil and looked at the different shots and titles they used.
Analysis of Opening Title Sequence - Taxi Driver
Analysis of opening title sequence on Prezi
Another Film Noir i looked at was Taxi Driver to see the different shots and titles they used so it would help with ours.
Nine Frame Analysis Of Se7en
Another Film Noir i looked at was Taxi Driver to see the different shots and titles they used so it would help with ours.
Nine Frame Analysis Of Se7en
Se7en
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We were asked to do a nine frame analysis of a Film Noir and i chose Se7en. I picked out nine shots i thought would help with our Film Noir.
We were asked to do a nine frame analysis of a Film Noir and i chose Se7en. I picked out nine shots i thought would help with our Film Noir.
