Okay, so I will be honest… When I first heard of “film noir” I had no idea what it was. I have seen many movies and to be honest they normally fall into two categories for me; comedy or drama. I know I may seem a bit simplistic, but I had not given movie genre’s much thought. Well, in reading an article entitled “Neo-Noir 90s” a light bulb came on in my brain and I realized that I had seen films that are considered film noir before (I most likely put them in the drama category). I know there may be movie enthusiasts who are a bit disgusted with my categorization of films, but hey, I said I was going to be honest.
So, in reading the article, the description showed how these films had a certain motif to them. Noir films deal with good and evil, corruption, and criminal activity all in a stylish manner. The story line can be very twisted at time’s with the characters coming across as psychologically messed up! (The directors show there disturbed way of thinking when they create a noir film.) What set the classic films apart visually is that they were in black and white with a shadowiness to them. Also the women were very sultry, seductive, and deadly. Even though to you and I these films may seem a bit off, that is what makes them film noir. When films like these were created they were interesting and aroused the attention of the audiences in that era. Now that I have a bit of incite as to what film noir is, I look forward to looking through the lens and seeing what appears.
Hello Taniya, first of all I would like to say great job in starting off your blog. You really caught my attention. When I started reading your blog the first sentenced that I really liked was when you mentioned that you may seem a bit simplistic. You’re probably wondering why it’s my favorite sentence. Well the overall reason why is because after I kept on reading your blog it was connecting to what you said and the way you made it sound. You really did make it simplistic. Another reason why I liked it was because I can somewhat relate to how you write, I also like to be simplistic now that I really think about it because that’s honestly my kind of personality. Overall great job in realizing what the film noir is about. Good Job on your blog Taniya.
ReplyDelete-Jazmin M.
I have to agree with Jaz; your attention grabber was great! Perfect title and you had an audience connection from the beginning. I had myself agreeing with you because I had no idea what film noir meant either; it just sounded like a weird word to me. Then displaying how you used to fit movies into only two categories, humored me as well.(:
ReplyDeleteIt also got me thinking of different movies [and novels] that I consider as noir.
What I must say though, [even though you most likely know this already, since it was mentioned in class] is that noir isn't a genre ):
And to be honest, I don't blame you for mentioning it! I thought it was a genre as well. It has its elements and actually, I'm still at the state of proving to myself that it isn't but yeah. Just saying!
Great job. In all honesty, I admire the way you write. There's a lot of personality added to it. (: