film noir

The first film noir is called The Big Combo and this set in the 1940's and in the scene that we watched the setting is in black and white which is a typical convection of a film noir. The film is in black and white as in this time there wasn't colour camera's and with the film being black and white it adds to the effect of the gloomy dark atmosphere that are typically in film noir. There is a non diegetic sound which is jazz music at the start of the scene and is played through most of the scene and this is because during this time jazz music was a popular underground music that many people listened too. There is a femme fatale used in the scene which is a typical character within the film noir. This is shown as she is made to look desirable for the men in the film as she is wearing a black tight dress with lipstick so she is appearing sexual to the men. Part of the scene is set in a police station which is a typical film noir convection setting as with part of the scene being in a police station this suggests to me that something bad is going to happen or is already happening. In the scene when the woman is running, she runs past a man smoking which is a typical film noir convention of a character as in many film noir films, there is a lot of characters who smoke. The whole scene is in low key lighting which again adds to the effect of the gloomy dark atmosphere which is present in many film noir films. There is also another typical film noir convection character as there is a private eye in the film who is a police investigator and a private eye is present in many film noir films. There is also henchmen in this scene as they are chasing the woman and they can be linked to the main crook in the film and henchmen are typical characters in a film noir. 
The other film is called The Last Seduction and this is a more modern Film noir and we can this as it is in colour. This is different to The Big Combo as there is no violence present in this scene which is a typical convention of a film noir. However there is a Femme fatale as the woman is appeared as sexualised with bright red lipstick which could also mean that she is danger. There is also jazz music played through the scene which is a typical convention of a film noir and despite the film being modern it still has the 40/50's jazz music to show that this film still has to links to the original fim noir's. During the office scene, the use of venetian blinds, creates the idea of imprisonment as it shows how the office is like a prison cell and there is no way of getting out.