Neo-Noir

Brief Overview

Neo-noir films are noir films with a twist. Neo-noir films could mean that they still consist of the same type of characters - the everyman, femme fatal etc, Neo-noir films could also mean that they still have a similar plot as Noir films. These types of films may have twist which could be that the everyman would be portrayed as a woman like in the neo-noir film called 'Bound' or like in the movie 'Blade Runner' as it is set in the future,

Blade Runner
The Blade Runner is a neo-noir film as it has an everyman. The setting is set at night time in an urban city. It sets the dark mood of a film noir as it is set in the dark with rain. The film is American which is typical for a film noir as most is American. At the beginning of the neo-noir film, they have guns and smoke.

The Blade Runner is not a typical film noir as it is set in the future which consists of flying cars and robots: this is completely the opposite of a typical film noir as typical film noirs are normally set around the 1940's. In typical film noirs, jazz and classical music are normally used but in this case in the movie Blade Runner, it uses an electronically produced music which is not typical and this is why it is classed as a neo-noir, known for having twists, The Blade Runner is also not shot in black and white.

Red Riding Trilogy

The Red Riding Trilogy has a very typical beginning as it starts with the end which is common in most film noirs. This film is a typical neo-noir film as it has some of the main conventions of a film noir which is applied to this film; it consists of the typical character costumes (mise-en-scene)