“Film Noir” is a style of film making that takes a
look at the dark, mostly hidden underbelly of the world. It is filled with
corruption, deception, darkness and a multitude of shady individuals. For the
most part, the average Noir film has the same basic elements. The most visually
obvious is that they are all filmed in black and white. Film Noir is also
notorious for the heavy use of dark shadows throughout the movies. Combining
these two visual effects, along with an occasional storm or creeping wall of
fog created an overall feel of mystery and an underlying feeling of danger. They all have a general style as
well, taking part in a world where trench coats, fedoras, fancy alcohol and
cigarettes are all the rage.
The usual
plot for a Noir style film contains a lot of underground crime, an unorthodox
detective who’s damn good at their job, a classic ‘Femme Fatale’, and a lot of
sneaking about in the shadows. The detective, by choice or not, gets placed on
the case of an almost always rich, white family with some kind of a problem the
normal police can’t handle. The detective gets to work, and the further they
investigate, the more they start to wonder just what they’ve gotten themselves
into. The mischievous and ever distracting Femme Fatale spins our protagonist
farther and farther into her web, drawing out the investigation and adding a
sexy and dangerous feel to the film.
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