Film Noir
Screening:This Gun for Hire (1947)
1.Critical viewing with notes- 10 mins
Generic Conventions.
E.g:Horror
- Blood
- Gore
- Knives
- Death
- Murderer
Notes from 10 minute clip of -This Gun for Hire (film Noir) (Generic Conventions)
- Typography
- Suits
- Fedoras
- Folders/Suit case
- How women or portrayed as objects or things for men to look at.
- Men are seen as superior
- trench coats
- Guns
- Notes
- Unsuspecting deaths
- Letters containing important information
- Clients
- Big bosses?
- Not much trust in others
- Police/ detectives
- Guns for Hire/ Mafia/ Gangs
- Female there to be abused of saved.
- Smoking Cigars
- Dramatic music (Non diegetic)
- Gun fire (Diegetic)
- Music that relates to what is going of or no music at all (Non diegetic)
After This we did a short task where we matched Generic conventions of film Noir and Not Generic conventions.
We did this in Pairs I was with Leah And we matched the pieces of paper up to which ones we thought where Generic Conventions and which ones weren't.
The original Answers
The corrected answers.
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