As anyone who knows me will tell you, I am a huge horror fan. From the moment I walked into the class and started watching Films noir, I started thinking, “You know there are a lot of elements in this that I also really enjoy in horror.” There’s lighting, hopelessness, occasionally violence among many otherContinue reading “Final Project”
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The core idea of my project is that there is an overlap between Film Noir and the Horror genre. Thesis: I would argue that Film Noir has a deep connection with the classic horror genre The german expressionist films share their expressionist lighting with film noir -Nosferatu -The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Films that blurContinue reading “Prospectus”
When we think of film noir, we usually tend to think about this confined genre of film. Black and white film, lots of shadows, hard boiled detective, femme fatale, narration, etc. But here is the problem with genre. It’s so hard to confine it into that tiny space. What tends to happen is that genresContinue reading “VE storyboard and recording”
For my final project I was thinking about doing something similar to my video essay, except I want to be a bit more specific. One genre that I haven’t talked about enough this semester is the horror genre which I am a huge fan of. So for this final project I would like to lookContinue reading “Final Project proposal”
The Wolf Among us. Telltale games, 2013. This is a game that I’m familiar with and I felt like it had a lot of noir tropes Miller, Frank. Sin City. Dark Horse Comics. 1991-92. I felt like this was a good example of a noir comic book Fergus, Mark and Hawk Ostby, creators. The Expanse. Syfy andContinue reading “Video Essay Script and Ann. Bib. Retry”
For my video essay, I would like to take a look at how Film Noir has influenced other forms of media as well as other genres. To do this I will be looking at a variety of media with Film Noir traits to show that film noir is still relevant today, and not just aContinue reading “Video essay plan”
For my final scene analysis I have decided to talk about the common film noir trope of the Femme Fatale. In the Dickos reading Women as seen in film noir, Dickos states “Here, bad women, desperate women, determined women or women blind to the destructive passions that motivate them are, much like their male counterparts,Continue reading “Scene analysis 3”
One interesting idea that we’ve discussed in our class together is this idea of existential motifs. We’ve seen it in films like The Maltese Falcon where the entire cast is chasing after a statue that will make them all insanely rich and they all sacrifice everything to get it, and then finally when they haveContinue reading “Scenes analysis 2 revised”
Any cameraman or photographer will tell you just how important lighting is in a shot. However, with film noir the lighting seems to be emphasized. In the Place/Peterson reading we did for class, the writers talk a fair bit about lighting. Specifically the different kinds of lighting. “The key light is the primary source ofContinue reading “Scene analysis 2”
From what I have seen of Double Indemnity, I already notice the similarity to other films we have watched in this class. Specifically The Maltese Falcon. Except instead of an extremely valuable statue for our protagonist to chase after we have a beatiful woman. When Walter Neff first meets Phyllis Dietrichson, we can immediately tellContinue reading “Scene analysis 1”