1. Storylines are usually Back Lighting – Lighting in the
elliptical, non linear and shot is directed towards the
twisting. camera.
Iconography
Guns, Urban settings,
Cigarettes, Smoke, Neon Shot in gloomy
Melancholy, Alienation, Bleakness, Lighting, Trilby’s, Cars, greys or black
Disillusionment, Ambiguity, Moral Police, Alcohol Style and white.
Corruption, Evil, Guilt, Desperation,
Dark and Inhumane, Side of Human
Nature, Cynicism, Doomed Love
Expressionism – Distorts physical
High angle and reality in order to ‘express’ a strong
canted angle feeling about something.
camera shots.
Themes Film Noir –
Hollywood
Crime Drama
Setting
Anti Hero – Main
Character, no
typical heroic
traits but audience
relates to them. Urban America
Villains – Gangsters, Killers, Corrupt Characters
Politicians, Jealous Husbands/Wives
Flashback – An
alteration of story that Narrative
moves back in time to Voice Over – Recorded
Main show events that have dialogue, usually
Femme Fatale – attractive woman Character – taken place earlier narration that comes
who leads men to destruction, (Hard Driven by than already shown. from an off scene voice
boiled detectives, Corrupt their past or of a character heard by
policemen.) weaknesses the audience, not by
other characters.
Back Story – Refers to the
story that happened prior
to the beginning.