STYLISTICS, CODES AND

CONVENTIONS

FILM NOIR CINEMATOGRAPHY:

.distorted, skewed and uncomfortable to put viewer at

unease

- Low and high angles

- Extreme close ups

- Deep focus

- Reflections/shadows

- Irregular framing of shots

MISE EN SCENE:

.use every day urban settings

to make happenings seem

more real to viewer

-rain and damp streets

-low-key lighting

-venetian blinds

-high contrast images

(Dark blacks and whites)

-everyday urban locations

-downbeat hero often

downbeat performances

SOUND:

-melancholy downbeat music (jazz)

- Heavy breathing

-quiet and silence

-voice overs

- Ambience of the city

STYLISTICS, CODES AND

CONVENTIONS

EDITING:

.traditional crime characteristics, told non linearly

-non linear

(Start at the end… told in flashbacks)

-jump cuts

-jarring juxtaposition

NARRATIVES:

-crooks

-psychological

-gangsters

-sin and punishment

-downward spiral

-One wrong decision

-murder

-drugs

-sexual obsession

CHARACTERISTICS:

.mostly corrupt characters who are cynical,

obsessive, menacing, sinister, disillusioned and

insecure.

-deadly Femme Fatale

- Private eye/detective

-millionaires

-henchman

-beautiful woman