1) The document discusses conventions of film noir genres such as being set in a large American city at night with distinctive lighting. It also notes that film noirs typically involve a man who remains calm interacting with a femme fatale who ends up betraying him. 2) Scenes shown include a car driving quickly through the city at night set to music, a man speaking calmly on the phone, and a woman flirting with a man to try to control him. 3) Genre theory holds that genres involve repetition of conventions but also differences that can attract audiences and influence how the genre is viewed. This specific film noir shows some conventions like settings and characters but also differences like extensive monologues

1. To start off withina typical FilmNoir
it isalwaysstartsof ina cityand itis
mostof the time setina BigAmerican
SinCity. This isbecause itbringsthe
expectationof somethinggoingto
happen.Alsowhatelse youcansee is
that itis setat nighttime thismeans
that theycan make the lightingmore
distinctive andeffective.Thisisan
extreme longshot.
Here we see that theyare buildingup
the tensionbythe car drivingquickly
throughthe city and whatyoucan’t
hearis the musicand theyusedmusic
all the time to setthe scene.The music
gave the impressionthatsomething
had justhappened.Thisisalongshot.
In everymovie there isalwaysamainguy
that usuallyhasa flirtwiththe main
womencharacter.But whathe does ishe
alwaysstayscalm whenhe speaksonthe
phone andat nopointhe doesnot start
shouting.Whatwe alsolearnisthat
because he dealswithinsurance he can
maybe helpsomeone inthe movieand
thiscouldpotentiallyforeshadow
something.Thisshotis a close up.

2. Genre Theory:
Genresare instancesof repetitionanddifference.Difference isabsolutelyessentialtothe economy
of genre:mere repetitionswouldnotattractan audience?
In everymovie there isawomenalsoknown
as a fatale and thismeansthata womenwho
youknow who isgoingto needhelpand
usuallyendsupbackstabbingthe maninthe
movie because she isindistress.Butwith
mostwomenwhoare ina filmnoirtheyare
blonde andare wearinga distinctive piece of
clothingorred makeuptoattract the man
and standout fromthe crowd. But as it’sa
filmnoirwe cannotclearlysee whatcolourof
makeuptheyare wearing.Thisshotisa
mediumshot.
As youcan see inthisshot the womanand
the man are havinga flirtandthisis usuallyso
the womancan take control of himand get
himwearshe wants to take control of him.
Alsoto maybe force himto dosomething.
The lightinginthe roomgivesa good
atmosphere bywhattheyare talkingabout
and how it hasa bad side.Thisisanover the
shouldershotthisiseffective becauseit
meanstheydon’thave to keepcutting.
In mostFilmnoirtheyalwayshave a voice
overand inthismovie italmostseemslike
he is confessingtocommittingthe murder
inthe film.The voice overhelpsbecauseit
givesa goodideaof what ishappening.But
alsoin thisscene there isnottalkingjust
the voice overabouthow he isintoxicated
by herand the smell of her.Thisshotis
mediumclose up.

3. What thisistryingto say is thatif a filmisina certaingenre it will alwaysshow some of the main
conventionswithininthatgenre butthere will alwaysbe some differenceswhichcansometimes
make it betterorcan destroythe ideaof a genre butit can alsoput an interestonthe audience.
Withthisgenre theory,we can lookat double indemnityalookatthe similarconventionstothe
genre theory. The conventionsthattheyholdinthe genre of afilmnoirisblack andwhite,trench
coat, a man, trenchcoat, fedorahat,beautiful woman,settingwithinacity,murderanddramatic
lighting.Butone waytheycouldbe differenttomanyotherfilmnoirsisthat theyuse quite alot of
monologue whichyoualsosee inthe openingsequences.Youcouldsaythat inthe couple of the
openingsequence thatthere isquite alotof actionwithhimrushingthroughthe citywhichyouget
and youcouldpotentiallysaythatthere isnota lot of talkingat the start whichisrare withinthe film
noirand the monologue whichyoudon’tgetmuchbecause theyare usuallytalkingtosomeone else.
Also,itisveryrare that the mainfemale protagonisttriestowinoverthe manwhenshe hasa
husbandwhenhe ispleadingtowardsherandshe’snoteventryingtoseduce him.Buthoweverat
the endof the filmnoirhe betraysherby killingherwhichissurprisingasshe triestoseduce him.I
agree withthe genre theorymade bySteve Neale becausethisfilmnoirasalsothe main
conventionsof afilmnoirbutwithinatheorytheywill alwayshave somethingdifferentor
somethinguniquewithit. ButwiththisfilmnoirIthoughtthat itwas a verygood filmnoiropening
whichmade me want to watchmore as itgrabbedyoubecause youwantedto know whathad
happenedtohimat the start. But at the start it showedall the typical conventionsof afilmnoir
whichhad thatcomfortingsense buthadsome of itsowntwistinit. Butit was alsorare to have a
monologue andnot speechtohave at the start of a filmnoirbecause theyusually setthe seenbut
theysetit withthe musicand the filmingatthe start to take youstraightintothe action.