The slideshow above contains an array of information on the Film Noir genre

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(Film Noir refers to the French term “Film Black” or “Film
of the night”)
- Nikki Mundy

2. “Film Noir is a cinematic term
used primarily to describe
stylish Hollywood crime dramas,
particularly those that emphasize
cynical attitudes and sexual
motivations. Hollywood's classical
film noir period is generally
regarded as extending from the
early 1940s to the late 1950s” -
Wikipedia

3. Prime examples of film noir include Touch of Evil, Double Indemnity and The
Third Man. Each of these used a dramatically shadowed lighting style and a
psychologically expressive approach to visual composition (Mise En Scene) to
highlight aspects of the Film Noir genre.

4. Film Noir highlight an array
of conventions and
characteristics:
-Film Noir films are usually
urban scenes such as
apartment buildings and back
alleys.
- The common use of smoke
suggests mystery within a
person within the scene.
- Along with the use of smoke,
shadows are another prime
example for enhancing the
mystery and enticement within
a film
- Continuing the use of
darkness creates and reflects
the sense of the unknown:
foreshadowing a link to evil
-Femme Fatales are used to
create danger and also make
promiscuous love interests.

5. …although most famous for being linked to Hollywood Crime Dramas,
film noir is also used within videogames such as LA Noir, Blade
Runner and Max Payne.
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6. With a flair for the dramatic
and exaggerated, flirtatious
romances, they offer a distinct
style and dark tone exclusive
to the genre. These cinematic
elements have been toyed with
and redesigned in video games,
from adventure titles like Grim
Fandango to third-person
shooters like Max Payne

7. “Noir fiction is literary with a distinction that the protagonist is not a detective, but instead either a
victim, a suspect, or a perpetrator. Other common characteristics include the self-destructive qualities of
the protagonist. A typical protagonist of the Noir fiction is dealing with the legal, political or other system
that is no less corrupt than the perpetrator by whom the protagonist is either victimized and/or has to
victimize others on a daily basis”.- Wikipedia
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