Film noir and drama - Genre Partner Project

FILM NOIR

Abigail & Vera

WHAT IS FILM NOIR?

Film Noir is a film tone that typically has these

features…

It is often dark

Has a murder mystery

A femme fatal character

A private eye

Lots of silhouettes.

FACTS!

It began as an artistic movement in 1910-1920.

It took off in the 1930s onwards.

Film Noir literally translates as “Black Film.”

Film Noir developed during and after WW2 and

highlighted the pessimistic attitudes at the time.

HOW HAS IT CHANGED OVERTIME. .?

Film Noir hadn’t been altered much till 1970.

The only change was a sub-feature named Neo-

Noir

It reversed the role that typical Film Noir movies

originally set out to do. It reminded the audience

that they were only watching and not participating in

the story happening on screen

EXAMPLES OF THIS GENRE...

MILDRED PIERCE

MILDRED PIERCE

Director: Michael Curtiz

Distributing company: Warner Brothers

Released: 20th October 1945

Basic Plot: A woman who dotes on her two children faces

rough times after her husband abandons her, she starts up

her own business, and her new husband is killed in her

own home.

SUNSET BOULEVARD

SUNSET BOULEVARD

Director: Billy Wilder

Distributing company: Paramount

Released: 17 August 1950

Basic Plot: A fading silent movie star gets her return

to the screen when a script writer (who becomes her

lover) writes her a way into the life she didn’t wish to

leave behind. A murder mystery surrounds this.

TOUCH OF EVILCharacters

TOUCH OF EVIL

Director: Orson Welles

Distributing company: Universal Pictures

Released: 23 April 1958

Basic Plot: A Mexican officer cuts his honeymoon short to

deal with the death of an American man who had a bomb

placed in his car. Whilst investigating his suspects, they

have plans in store starting with the Mexican officer’s wife.

NIGHTMARE ALLEY

Special Effects

NIGHTMARE ALLEY

Director: Edmund Goulding

Distributing company: Twentieth Century Fox

Released: 28 October 1947

Basic Plot: A threesome, consisting of an ambitious

carnie, an alcoholic husband and a fake mind

reading wife work the crowds at the carnival.

THE BIG SLEEP

Silhouettes

Private Eye and Femme Fatale

THE BIG SLEEP

Director: Howard Hawks

Distributing company:

Released: 31 August 1946

Basic Plot: A private eye is hired by a dying man to

investigate a few family issues before he passes on. As he

probes further, he finds it leads to the disappearance of a

favoured employee that left with a known mobster’s wife.

WHAT DID I LEARN FROM THESE MOVIES. . .?

Film Noir, has very similarly linked features

throughout all movies in this style.

Creating dark shadows and silhouettes is key in

Film Noire.

The femme fatale character has to be incredibly

seducing to make it 100% believable.

DRAMA

ROMANCE

By: Vera & Abigail

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•Drama has always been an essential genre.•Dramas, as the name suggests are very dramatic and can leave the viewer in shock or leave them excited about what they have viewed.•Music is always used very well in Dramas to enhance the mood that has been set. •Romantic dramas started to be released in the 1950’s and were very popular and still are, with female audiences.

DEFINITION AND EXPLANATION OF DRAMA

TITANICDirector: James CameronDistributing company: Twentieth Century FoxReleased: December 19,1997.Basic Plot: The maiden ship, Titanic sets off for New York and love blossoms between a young socialite and a poor artist.History: It is a 1997 American drama/romance movie. The production of the film began in 1995. The movie was partially funded by paramount pictures and 20th century fox.

CASABLANCADirector: Michael CurtizDistributing company: Warner BrothersReleased: 23rd January 1943Basic Plot: Set in Africa during the 1940s, Humphrey Bogart stars as a man with a past trying to hide the past. He meets his former lover at his own bar and things begin to get complicated.

BEASTLYDirector: Daniel BarnzDistributing company: CBS FilmsReleased: 22nd April 2011Basic Plot: It is like the "Beauty and the Beast" but in modern times, where a vain New York teen is transformed into a hideous monster in order to get over his looks to find true love.

DEJA VU

Director: Henry JaglomDistributing company: Jagtonia FilmsReleased: 16th October 1998Basic Plot: A shop owner and an Englishman meet and falls in love at the very first time but the man is married and the woman is to marry her business partner.

HONEYDirector: Bille WoodruffDistributing company: Universal PicturesReleased: 12th March 2004Basic Plot: It is about a young dance teacher in a local community center who manages to become a backup dancer in music videos. She ends up dating a barber which leads to problems with her new found career.

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIREDirectors: Danny Boyle & Loveleen TandanDistributing company: Universal PicturesReleased: 9th March 2008Basic Plot: A young teen who grew up in the slums, becomes a contestant on the Indian version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?“ As the movie progresses, you see how his life story helped him answer his questions correctly and win “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire”

HOW DO THE FILMS FIT IN WITH THE CONVENTIONS

Titanic: The characters where very emotional which is a typical convention of Drama.

Casablanca: The story of love in this film is a plot which is often seen in Dramas.

Beastly: When the two characters meets and fall in love even though the male has been cursed in order to find true love makes it very dramatic as it shows that love has no ugly side.

CONVENTIONS

Déjà vu: When things get complicated among the lovers

and things start to collide.

Honey: Having exactly what you want in life before it goes

wrong. This typically happens in Dramas.

Slumdog Millionaire: Shows how love prevails no matter

what, which is typical of Dramas.

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