Neo Noir

The genre of film noir extends to something called neo noir. To gather more of the genre I looked at different clips from Neo Noir films. We looked for things that typically are in film noir and spoke about how the film interpreted it.

For example the film 'The Red Riding Trilogy' uses dark tones to express something quite depressing. This is typical of a film noir and it ties in with the story nicely.  

I also looked at 'Blade Runner'. It feels like a modern version of a film noir as it has a blue filter most of the way through rather than being sepia which is a traditional colour used in film noir. This was the thing that stood out most to me as the classic look of smoke stood out off of a dark background.

The film 'Bound' reminds me of a classic film noir which has been transferred into modern day (1990's). It contains lots of art deco settings, a gangster boyfriend and a red black and white theme throughout. In this the Anti Hero is a woman rather than a man which is an unusual convention of film noir. Hence the title of neo noir.