Film Noir Movie Clips

Below are links to Youtube of some Film Noir movie clips/trailers.
Hopefully they will give you a taste of the genre.

The Blue Dahlia :



Sin City :



Scarface (1932)

Film Noir

This post is dedicated to the genre 'Film Noir' as i am currently studying this for my AS in Media. I will be making a video as part as my Media course around two minutes long which has to demonstrate the conventions of Film Noir.

What is Film Noir ??

Film Noir is used as a cinematic term to describe certain films which usually involve dramatic and stylish crime scenarios. Early Film Noir ( Also known as classic ) developed during the 1940s and was visually dark and mysterious as it was shot in black and white. Early classic Film Noir movies include 'The Blue Dahlia' , 'The Big Combo' and 'Out Of The Past.'

Many Film Noir movies include a certain female who manipulate men with their looks and beauty throughout the story and in some cases , ends up being the bad character - these characters are known as the 'Femme Fatale.'

There are many sub-categories which link to film Noir as a genre of film , these include :

Psycho-noir

Noir comedies

Noir westerns

Noir-science fiction

Some television programmes also have Film Noir characteristics.

The link below will take you to a list of Film Noir movies and television programmes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_film_noir

Soon i will post up an essay which dictates the characteristics of Film Noir from an extract of a film. The extract is from the opening scene of Casino Royale.

[ Sources used in this post : http://www.imdb.com/ http://www.wikipedia.org/

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