Film noir was always put as the cinema effect for a Hollyfood crime film. It was stretched with its popularity in the 1940's/1950's and exceed its popularity with its simple recordings and continuious customers making a visit to the cinema many days during the week.
With film noir obviously being in bloack and white, it was always put in a low key black and white because of the way in which it was made but it also showed the effects of the American depression and reflected on that.
Many classic ones were always performed to a meledramic stage to over emphasis on what was happening in the film. The question of whether film noir qualifies as a distinct genre is a matter of a ongoing debate.
Plot structure: often twisted and complex (maze-like)
Non-linear/uses flashbacks.
Non-chronological
Stylist - lighting i- high contrast, lots of shadow, obscurity, dramatic angles.
'Class' - difficulty/clashes/unrequited love/poor judgement.
Depression - death/assasination/crime
Film noir - the title was evolved and is now used to describe genre in itself.
Microcosm within the film of the larger society. Film topics are an over dramatic version of real-life.
an excellent summary jen BUT i am concerned about the general lack of posts - you should have 3 or 4 posts a week following the structure of plan/do/review.... so that there is at least one of each per week.
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