Wednesday 18 January 2012

What is Film Noir.

key conventions of film noir...
there is always a male (antihero), they have no rules, but are not intentionally bad. antihero is usually a ex hardman... detective, reporter, boxer, ex army.
there is also a main woman who is called the femfatal, this means a woman with power and also is very deadly(famFATAL).
a usual key convention of a film noir film is that the film will usually start at the end and then have flash backs as one either the femfatal or the antihero resite there side of the story through flashbacks and narative.
the film is usually in black and white with slight red, with a large amount of experimental lighting, they use urban locations mainly at night. usuing chiaroscuro means between dark and light scenes.

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