FILM NOIR – EXPLAINED

12.1. Watch the video and choose one of the variants (A, B or C) which fits best according to what you hear.

1.

AThe founders of noir genre are the French.

BNoir genre was widely-spread in America in 40’s and 50’s.

CNobody can say exactly where this film genre appeared.

2.

AThe main features of this genre are gloominess and darkness; the characters are glamorous and often shown with a cigarette in their hands.

BIt is an ordinary black and white film where characters live the glamorous life without any problems.

CThe lack of light and plenty of dark shades indicate that it is a horror movie where characters’ life in not easy.

3.

AThe only positive character in the film is a detective who is lonely and tries to hide his sorrows.

BThe main character is usually a detective who is very heroic and has qualities of a traditional leading man.

CThe detective is the main character in film noir but he is usually cynical without any heroic qualities and his role is quite negative.

4.

AAn amazingly beautiful woman is another important character in the film and she often falls a victim.

BA woman in the film plays a negative role, she uses her beauty and charm for blackmailing and cheating.

CA female in the film has a seductive charm and an enigmatic beauty, she is a positive character who tries to help a detective with the investigation.

5.

AAny of the characters can appear a villain.

BIt is quite evident who is a villain in the film from the very beginning.

CA dark and corrupt side always reveals in the character who was above out of suspicion from the beginning.

6.

AThere is a MacGuffin in a film which is something that makes the characters act. This could be jewelry, for example, or a life valuable thing for some characters.

BThere is a character in the film whose name is usually MacGuffin, he looks for diamonds or a roll of film for blackmail.

CIt is very important what the MacGuffin is because it is the only thing that makes the characters act in desperate ways.

7.

AThe whole plot of the film is very naive and simple.

BThe plot is very confusing and sometimes even the writer cannot tell who the killer was.

CThe plot can be very confusing but in the end everything falls into place and the justice is always restored.

12. 2. Watch the video and fill in the gaps with the missing information:

1. Later films, such as ‘Chinatown’ in the 70’s, are known as (1) ………. . And even more recently there have been films like ‘Sin City’, which are known as (2) ………. .

2. The main character in film noir is usually a cynical, (3) ………. detective, who wears a (4) ………. coat and (5) ………. hat.

3. The female lead is known as a (6) ………., and is an enigmatic beauty, who may or may not turn out to be a devious (7) ………. .

4. Then of course there’s the villain, a shadowy underworld crime figure who’s up to all sorts of (8) ………. .

5. Any of the characters can reveal a dark and corrupt side, or even a soft, (9) ………. .

6. You also need to know that films noir usually contain a (10) ………., which is an object that everyone in the film is trying to get hold of, such as diamonds, or a roll of film used for (11) ………. .

7. If you really want to impress your friends, say that you think a clear line can be drawn between the (12) ………. in films noir, and the bleakness of World War II and the Great Depression.

Films can be organized according to three principal concepts: setting, mood, and format. A genre can be defined as a group of movies that share similar elements such as scripts, types of actors, scenes, film techniques, camera shoots, sound, music, illumination, edition, etc. In spite of a rapid evolution along its short history it has developed a considerable number of genres and styles.

13. Group the following types of films according to the three general genre differences:

A – the types of setting films;

B – the types of mood films;

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