A2 Conventions of neo noir

1. In what ways does your media
product use, develop or challenge
forms and conventions of real media
products?
Conventions of Neo-Noir in the trailer
Laura Garcia Del Pino

2. This is the logo that Emily made in
Photoshop , this is the logo four
our production company Black City
Productions. We chose to create an
urban landscape to show the
typicality of neo-noir convention.
But obviously as it was only a
production company we wouldn’t
only be creating neo-noir films, but
we would be creating films of a
same serious nature, of drugs,
romance and mystery.

3. • The first scene of the trailer shows a tracking shot of our
main antagonist character walking towards the camera with
a deep depth of field, by focusing the scene on the
cigarette on the ground. Tracking shots are very typical in
many noir films which can be seen in neo-noir series such
as ‘True Detective. The next clip shows a close up shot of
the cigarette in a high angle as if the character is looking
down on it. This scene shows the convention of mystery
and the use of codes in the shot. The use of codes adds
complexity to the narrative , in which neo-noir narratives
are also full of codes and complexity, this then encourages
the audience to try and decode the code presented by the
producer. This type of convention can be seen in other
mystery style films such Sin City (2005).

4. • We took inspiration for the use of a cigarette as a
code by watching Brick (2005) where they also
use a cigarette for a code to be used by the
protagonist. we used a very deep depth of field to
directly focus all the attention on the cigarette.

5. We used a mid-shot and close up of
the protagonist to show his world
weariness, which can be seen in the
mise-en-scene as the actor uses tense
and worried facial expressions and
physicality. Because of the use of a
deep depth of field it blurs out the
background and make it darker,
presenting a mysterious and obscured
atmosphere . Which is also another
very typical convention of neo-noir
films such as Brick (2005).

6. These shots were changed in post production
to make them more saturated and give them
a blue tone to them which can be seen in
different neo-noir films such as Brick(2005)
and Sin City (2005). This effect gives a sense
of dystopia which is a common convention of
neo noir films, in Sin City Saturation is used in
the film although black and white it included
primary colours in several scenes.

7. These shots of the ‘the girl’ shows a dead body this
clearly shows a theme of violence and crime of the
film trailer which is one of the most common
conventions of neo noir that we wanted to keep
when planning the trailer. This can be clearly seen
in the film Brick (2005)

8. This is a shot in where chiaroscuro
lighting was used to heighten the
contrast of light in the shot which
heightens the intensity of the action.
This is a modern take of the convention
as in classic noir film blinds and objects
would be used to show the shadows.
In this shot we end the trailer
with the protagonist running
away but two clips start to
merge to again show an
obscured atmosphere in which
will question why the main
character is running away.