noir films

A1 film studies - Film Noir


Identify the main visual features of Film Noir

• Night
• Cityscape
• cars
• Cigarettes
• Beautiful Women
• Streets

Identify the main narrative features of Film Noir

• Voice over 
• A network of minor characters
• Complicated plot
• Music

Identify the stock characters for Film Noir

• The Female fatale
• private detective
• Criminal

When and Where were these films made?

• 1940s and 1950s
• In the streets of a crime ridden city

What is the mood or tone of Film Noir 

• mysteries 
• unknown
• alone (can't trust)
• crime
• murder 

Explain which external factors influenced film noir

• crime. In lots of noir films their is a murder or a crime committed 
• someone try to solve a mystery and saves the day