Film noir is the term given to a genre of film by french critics to a large group of films released into France by Hollywood between 1941 and 1958. These normally include features such as-
-Lower grade black and white visuals.
-attitudes reminisct of the old crime films of earlier 30's film.
-fast speaking dialouge.
-Normally an anti-hero invlolved.
The film genre took off after world war 2, after the nazi control on France, films were imported from America, whcih sparked France's film development.
As well as this there are other more famous conventions:
Femme fatale: Mysterious and dangerous women. In Noir, Femme Fatales often use lying and/or coercion to acheive their often hidden goals/
Shadows: Lots of shadowing a darkness was used, to create both suspense,and due to low budgets and special effects and they want to hide it, via shadows.
Examples: The big sleep.
The big heat.
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