Tuesday, 3 November 2015

This gun is for hire (1942) - Film noir


                                                       Generic Conventions

  • Piano music playing in the background, quite instrumental music rather than technical.
  • No equal rights for women
  • Fast pace music when an attacking scene but its over exaggerated
  • All the men are dressed formal
  • The lighting is mostly red head light and window lighting
  • Locations are mostly inside of houses or in buildings
  • Most of the sound is diegetic some non diegetic sounds are background music

    (Props used are guns, cigarettes , mysterious bag, letter and money)


    Content


    -Crime
    -Violence
    -Killer is alone
    -We don't know much about the main character
    -Killer doesn't talk much he keeps himself to himself




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