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Author: Ethan Jordan
(This rough draft is taken mostly from the the video essay script assignment, as that assignment served as my rough draft/teaser for this one, though I have made sure to line out what I will be discussing in each subsequent paragraph) Over the last almost century and a half that film has been an artistic … More Noir Project Rough Draft
Brief: In the form of a written essay I will discuss neo-noir’s tendency to subvert expectations. For this essay, I will analyze different films from the 1990s when neo-noir was experiencing a surge in prominence and a genre revival, with the goal of this essay being to showcase how each film prominently and uniquely subverts … More Project Prospectus
Through using the format of a written essay, I plan to dive deeper into the subject of subversion during the neo-noir renaissance of the 1990’s than I have in the video essay assignment. The general premise of my project would be the same as my video essay, where I analyze one or two specific aspects … More Noir Project Proposal
Over the last almost century and a half that film has been an artistic medium, the film noir genre has been one of the most influential and long lasting. Countless subgenres have spawned from film noir, such as the gangster/mob film, the heist film, the southern noir, and cyberpunk which have allowed the genre to … More 90’s Neo-Noir Subversion Script Draft and Annotated Bibliography
I will be doing a video essay on how Neo-Noir films released at the height of the Neo-Noir revival or renaissance (the 1990s) utilized subversions of many common noir tropes to create unique and engaging films that are regarded as classics today. With some films I will deconstruct and analyze how they subvert typical noir … More 90’s Neo-Noir Subversion Video Essay Proposal
1946’s The Stranger is an interesting film for me to analyze, as I learned after having watched the film that this was Orson Welles’ first foray into the genre of film noir as a director. Knowing this and seeing just how effective he was at capturing the essence of the film noir has made me … More The Stranger (1946) Scene Analysis
As a huge fan of the heist film subgenre of noir/crime films, it was an incredibly entertaining experience watching and dissecting this film for my analysis. That personal tidbit aside, in this analysis I will mainly discuss the prominent noir theme of inner city corruption and the scene that I chose to delve into this … More Asphalt Jungle (1950) Scene Analysis
Watching Double Indemnity for me was a very interesting experience, as it is a film that perfectly exemplifies many of the “typical” characteristics of film noir. The first meeting between the main characters Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) and Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck) illustrates two of these characteristics perfectly: the use of flashback/voice-over narration, and the … More Double Indemnity Scene Analysis