1. FILM NOIR
SELEN GONUL

2. ORIGIN
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“Black Film”
Between 1940s -1950s
classic period of American film noir.

3. CHARACTERS
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Detectives
Cops
Gangsters
Government agents
Socio-paths or killers
cynical, tarnished, obsessive
(sexual, sinister, sardonic,, frightened and
insecure loners (usually men), struggling to
survive - and in the end, ultimately losing.

4. VISUAL STYLE
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low-key black-and-white
German Expressionist cinematography
light/dark contrasts and dramatic shadow
patterning
low-angle, wide-angle, and skewed, or Dutch
angle shots
Location shooting

5. ICONOGRAPHY
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Mirrors
Cigarettes
Lipstick
Rainy Streets
Shadows

6. THEMES
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Melancholy
Alienation
Bleakness
Evil
Pessimism
Ambiguity
Crime/Murder
Desperation and paranoia

7. NARRATIVE
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Narrative Flashback
Voiceover
First Person
Third Person  Semidocumentary Style