Film Noir Research

Film Noir is a type of genre of cinematographic film marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, and problems. The term originally came from french critics which mean "black film" or film of the night .This is a genre that doesn't make you think about happy endings. They are mostly set in locations that have are dark always, involving shadows of alleys and cities. Most film noir films have cigarettes and smoke to build tension in scenes. I have noticed that the women in theses film are portrayed to be independent and more eager to kill men rather than love them. In terms of dress code, women wear floaty hats and dresses, high heels and lipstick whereas men have more of a business-like look wearing suits and ties. Film noir is mainly set in the 1940s-50s in the era of  There are many high and low shots and fading scenes. Relationships in which "love is the final card in the poker game of death". Film noir has been inspired by crime which was a very big part of film noir that reflected America during that period of time. Film noir presented what America was going through in the Depression of the 1930s.