Thanks for a great semester 🙂 I have learned so much about film noir and what makes it unique to other types of films. I can say with confidence my goal of upgrading my film noir knowledge from basic to sufficient has definitely been reached. Here is the link to my final project website: https://thebigdebate464714954.wordpress.com/
Author: Kirsten
This link will take you to the rough draft of my website (https://thebigdebate464714954.wordpress.com/). I still have a lot to do before it is finished, but I plan for each page to be a short essay over the topic. I have found more outside sources and am slowly adding them to my current research. Most ofContinue reading “Project Rough Draft”
Core Idea The main idea of this project is simple: is film noir more of a genre or style? I plan to investigate this by looking at, in more depth, what style and genre are. Additionally, by looking at different types of film noir and defining various things, my point will be made, and theContinue reading “Project Prospectus Outline”
Audio Recording Final Storyboard Film noir has been around since the early 1900s, but the 1950s marked a period of new films with a strange a violent tone initially called “dark films”. These films featured crime, corruption, suspense, and women (Borde & Chaumeton, 1955). Traditionally, film noir women were seen through the eyes of men,Continue reading “Phase III: Final Storyboard and Audio Recording”
Thesis and how I plan to format it Thesis For the final project, I aim to “answer” the question we were asked the first day of class: what is film noir? Is it a genre? Is it a style? By going back and looking at what we’ve learned this semester, as well as additional research,Continue reading “Project Outline”
Here is my video essay script over the depiction of the femme fatale in film and advertisements. Film noir has been around since the early 1900s, but the 1950s marked a period of new films with a strange a violent tone initially called “dark films”. These films featured crime, corruption, suspense, and women (Borde &Continue reading “Phase II: Script Draft and Annotated Bibliography”
For the video essay I am going to focus on the femme fatale. More specifically femme fatale’s depiction in classical film noir and neo noir. To accomplish this, I plan to research how women were portrayed within society in the 1920s-1950s (they heyday of classical film noir) versus the 2000s (neo noir). I believe byContinue reading “Phase I: Proposal”
Directed by Orson Welles Claustrophobia! Paranoia! Despair! Nihilism! The defining characteristics of film noir. How does a filmmaker show these in their films you ask? Through style and formal elements of course! Formal elements of photography include visual motifs. Visual motifs include low-key & high-key light, unromantic close ups, off angle compositions, and depth ofContinue reading “The Stranger (1946)”
Directed by John Huston What is a theme? It sounds silly, but really, what is a theme? According to the trusty internet, a theme is a subject, a topic, or an issue. Is this the same for films? The answer is yes. A theme is the film’s central, unifying concept or topic. Essentially, what undertoneContinue reading “The Asphalt Jungle (1950)”