Where did it come from?
Film noir means black film, it comes from the french critic Nino Frank in 1946. A stereotypical film noir includes a detective, femme fatale and corrupt officials. it is best described as a feeling through visual of low key lighting and story conventions.
How did the golden age of hollywood re- inforce genres?
Due to hollywood expanding and competing for money, more films were being made. for example western films started to be seen as well as gangster. Since the 1920's genres have changed a lot more and more have been developed examples are sci-fi, action, rom coms, horror and thriller. a franchise as a result of competition in hollywood is the fast and furious genre. The golden age at the time of film noir however inforced genres by making money, the audience liked film Noir's so the big studios new this was what they had to make to survive. a lot of these genres followed specific stereotypes, an example would be the female always being evil and weak and the male being strong and powerful.
Which genres became popular in hollywood?
at the time gangster films which involved a detective/investigator and a crazed female killer or femme fatale were very popular. in addition western films were also very popular in the time of the golden age of hollywood as well as war time times and horror. the most popular films were Frankenstein and Dracula for horror, the big sleep and the killers for film noir.
Why do audiences like genre films?
audiences like genre films because they have a strict narrative for example the audience know when they go to see a film Noir that the story line is going to be a female who wraps the detective up her web for him to break free and save the day. a horror film will involve a crazed beast trying to kill an innocent and helpless woman. audience like genre films because of the stereotypical narrative.
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