Film Noire

A brief definition of Film Noire.




Film noir began in the 1930's and remained as a strong cinematic medium until the early 1960's. Film noir literally means "black film" in French and features themes which are more negative than positive, with an overall dark and shadowy outlook--being filmed in black and white. This film genre takes in detective and crime noir as well as many gangster films of the 1930's. Noir also moves into more modern films combining with other genres. These would include western noir--"High Noon", romance noir--"Laura", crime noir--"The Big Heat" and even modern detective noir--"L.A. Confidential" and "Chinatown". http://www.essortment.com/all/filmnoirdefini_roud.htm

About Me

My name is Conor Murray, i'm doing my AS Media course, i am studying at the Kett 6th form which is in Sprowston High School.


I am 16 and also studying: Photography, Geography, English Literature and of course Media

Introduction

This is my blog for my AS Media course. It will focus on Film Noire, and all reasearch leading up to a practical production.