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Film noir's research value and purpose.

The value and purpose of studying film noir is to provide some reference for the practice of film art.

Film noir is a term used in the film industry, which mostly refers to Hollywood detective films, especially the theme that emphasizes the moral concept of unclear good and evil and sexual motivation.

Black is mainly used to describe this kind of gloomy, pessimistic and cynical movies. This kind of film is usually set in the bottom society where crime and fraud are rampant, and it is full of good and evil characters who are bound by the past and insecure about the future.

Through research, we can make clear the connotation and extension of film noir. By analyzing film noir's narrative style, language expression and aesthetic characteristics, we can provide some reference for the practice of film art.

Black characteristics of movies?

1, there are many scenes in the dark, both interior and exterior, which always give people a gloomy and terrible future.

2. Adopt the German expressionist photography style to create an illusion of a nightmare world, with strange and deep shadows and gloomy colors.

3. The hero is often a rebellious character with dual personality, full of hostility to the surrounding world, disappointed and lonely, and finally finds a home in death.

4. It is customary to use flashback or first-person narration as a means to describe psychology. Therefore, film noir can be said to be a combination of American violence theme, German expressionist photography style and French existentialism.