Film Noir is a term to discribe stylish 'Hollywood crime dramas' expectally the ones that emphazise on the cynical attuited and sexual motivations in the 1940s to the 1950s. Film noir is characterized in low-key lighting in black and white, a urban set and cynical characters.
Conventions of a Film Noir:
- Black and white
- Set in 1940s - 1950s
- American
- Filmed at night
- Narriator
- Low-Key Lighting
- Creating shadows from lighting
- Glamorous female actresses
- Set in a city
- No handheld camera
- Interesting camera angles
- Tone
- Adetective is usually the anti-hero
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