Film Noir Research
The term "film noir" comes from the French term for "black film." Film noir movies include many different genres of movies, such as gangster movies, police movies, and detective movies.
Film noir movies are often shot at night, and the stories often take place in bars, casinos, and cheap/rough hotels. This makes film noir movies look very dark, because the scenes are shot at night, or inside dark places.
Film noir movie scenes often have a lot of shadows. There are also often dark shadows across the actors face. All of the shadows and darkness make the film noir movies feel mysterious and stressful.
Characters in the Film Noir genre are often greedy, jealous and/or out for revenge. Story lines are usually based around a robbery, fraud, blackmail or murders.
The hero in a lot of Film noir movies are often an underdog and aren't as innocent as they make out. They may commit good deeds but they will also commit crimes which will make the audience toss backwards and forwards when deciding if they are on the characters side or not.
This video clip fits into the film noir category well. This is because throughout there are constant contrasts between light and dark. Shadows appear often, especially when something tense/mysterious is happening. All the darkness throughout creates a sense of suspicion and mystery as we get the feeling that we are not being told the whole truth.
Film noir movies are often shot at night, and the stories often take place in bars, casinos, and cheap/rough hotels. This makes film noir movies look very dark, because the scenes are shot at night, or inside dark places.
Film noir movie scenes often have a lot of shadows. There are also often dark shadows across the actors face. All of the shadows and darkness make the film noir movies feel mysterious and stressful.
Characters in the Film Noir genre are often greedy, jealous and/or out for revenge. Story lines are usually based around a robbery, fraud, blackmail or murders.
The hero in a lot of Film noir movies are often an underdog and aren't as innocent as they make out. They may commit good deeds but they will also commit crimes which will make the audience toss backwards and forwards when deciding if they are on the characters side or not.
This video clip fits into the film noir category well. This is because throughout there are constant contrasts between light and dark. Shadows appear often, especially when something tense/mysterious is happening. All the darkness throughout creates a sense of suspicion and mystery as we get the feeling that we are not being told the whole truth.
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