Film genres researched.
Film noir.
Film noir started in the early 1940s going on until the 1950s however the term noir comes from the French meaning of black film. The idea of the genre basically covered all forms of crime drama made within Hollywood.Various conventions and codes was developed through the noir period to make sure the genre works well but also the genre saw the arrival of femme fatal which presents the idea of a strong confident and sexy women who often has an attitude and is incredibly independent.
Noir films have a very particular way of selecting the mise en scene for each scene and they tend to frame the shots using very contrasting lights and the use of blinds and obstacles to present grid like shadows. The films are nearly always black and white and if not incredibly dark, also urban settings are the favorite choice for film noir. The characters always seem to have a rough past and tend to be either employed or ex employed from the police or some form of gang.
To highlight the conventions here is a clip from a modern version of the film noir and this is SIN CITY.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=01omivd4o3e
This clip is a trailer developed for the promotion of the film however does use all components from film noir and the sin city film itself.
The clip instantly shows the audience the use of a an urban setting with characters that have confidence and attitude all of which tend to have there own story. The mise en scene is as exactly as I said previously but also does use some colour especially when highlighting a particular character that the director wants the spectator to associate with.
action genre.
action never really started out as a genre but more a stylistic element of many genres as action has been used whithin many different genres such as thrillers westerns and adventure films.
the ction genre derives from many periods of time mainly starting in 1920s and 1930s when action was used in many adventure films then the arrival of war films throughout the 1940s and 1950s saw more action arriving on the big sreen from holllwood. the 1960s to 1970s saw a big rise in how action was percieved and how much it was becoming its own genre mainly through films such as the bond films. the 1980s however was the true home of the genre as many stars became icons through the genre of action films and the big budget films with little dialougue did very well right through to the early 1990s.
the action genre relies heavily on martial arts fighting and special effects either as props or edited in later on. there is no deffinate coventions for the mise en scene however it does contain much of iconic buildings as either the ending fight scenes or as part of the stunts used. also there tends to be either nice scenery or a sense of lonliness in a very idilic steeing.
the 1980s saw the rise of action as i previously said but also creating the new setting to action such ascitys like san fransisco new york and los anglese.
one film highlighting this is DIE HARD.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qxbxm7zutm
the clip again is a trailer for another hollywood film however again is a leading example of the codes and conventions used in a action film.
notice the use of high buildings to create the sense of lonliness and also the iconograpghy of the buildings as these are obviously sky scrapers and items of national identity for America.
another genre u i looked at was the appocalyptic genre.
the idea behind this genre was because this was the genre i was most fond of and so beleived i should research this one last as to keep an open mind whilst reserching the genres for my film.
the other two genres had inspired me to use certain characteristics such as black and white filming from the film noir but also trying to keep the characters on their own when filming as to ahow the vunrebility and lonliness thats shown in the action genre.
apart from this the genres still never really seemed to be what i wanted i wanted and so i looked at the appocalyptic genre looking at the film 28 days later aswell.
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