FilmNoir

Film Noir Analysis

Narrative Structure.

  • Narrative structure is about two things: the content of a story and the form used to
    tell the story. Two common ways to describe these two parts of narrative structure are
    story and plot.
  • Example – Story refers to the raw materials of dramatic action as they might be described in
    order. Plot refers to how the story is told, the form of storytelling, or
    the structure, that the story follows.

Characterization.

  • Characterization is a literary device that is used step by step in literature to highlight and explain the details about a character in a story. It is in the initial stage where the writer introduces the character with noticeable emergence and then following the introduction of the character, the writer often talks about his behavior. Then as the story progresses, the thought-process of the character. Then this involves the character expressing his opinions and ideas and getting into conversations with the rest of the characters. The final part shows how others in the story respond to the character’s personality.
  • Example –

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Films

1. Defiance

Action/drama
Fight of Nazi’s, Ambush them, Saves lives.
Sound voice, Dialogue, Props

2. 4 brothers

Action/Revenge
Threatening people, Tracking the person down, bare knuckle final fight.
Dialogue, visual effects, props

3. Blood diamond

Drama
Father is split from his son, Forced labor for ‘Blood diamonds’, Re-united with his son.
sound voice, dialogue, visual effcts

4. Wolf of wall street

Comedy/Crime
Corrupt company, Drugs, He is wasted of pills and tries to make his way back home.
Sound music, voice, dialogue

5. Never back down

Action
Bare knuckle fights, Revenge, Betrayal.

6. Cheech and Chong

Comedy

7. The hobbit

Drama/Action
On the journey to get dwarfs their homeland back, Fighting off orks, 5 Armies in the final movie fight.

8. Slumdog Millionaire

drama
2 brothers are split from their mother, live the rough life for many years, competes on slumdog millionaire show and wins.

9. Cool runnings

Comedy
There reactions to ‘ice’, The way they all bond, accents.

10. The town

Action/romance
Rob banks for living, shootouts, main character falls in love.