Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince
FILM NOIR SCENE ANALYSIS
DOUBLE INDEMNITY
The lighting in this scene is dark and set at night giving it a mysterious brooding atmosphere. It is unknowing and brings a tense suspicion to the scene. When the doomed hero meets the femme fatale the scene lightens and brings the sense of attraction to the characters and scene.
Typical Film Noir conventions in this scene are fedora hats and cigarettes and trench coats. They also use a voice recorder or a phone which isn't fully shown and is up to the viewers to interpret that. They show close ups of the presumed femme fatales anklet which indicates beauty and vanity as after she comes down the stairs of her home she goes straight to the mirror to apply lipstick.
In the scene they also show venetian blinds used which is a very common film noir convention used. Before entering the femme fatales story, they show the doomed hero going into an insurance company which is presumed by the way people address him and that he goes into his own office, the insurance company indicates to fraud and corruption as they were not always the most trusted companies.
They show the doomed hero driving rushed, impatient and also reckless. They also show many close ups of the doomed hero and femme fatale when they are in her house which indicates an attraction and focus on each other as they talk, however nothing happens and she shows him out as he is there for insurance and gets side tracked but her husband deals with that which brings some confusion and tension to the scene as audience can see they feel something for each other, but one is married.
In the beginning of the scene there is fast paced non-diegetic music to match to the cars fast driving, this then changes to slow paced low music that stays for quite a while giving a mysterious feeling. When we first meet our presumed femme fatale the music goes higher pitch for only a few seconds and then slower less tense. This indicates importance of her character and maybe importance between the two characters.
The characters in double indemnity bring a feel of mystery to their personality as they let on nothing about their lives, however before the scene unfolds, the doomed hero goes into his office and explains the situation into a phone or a voice recorder, this shows emotion and that the ending of this movie, is not as good as it starts. This use of music matches the tempo of the characters in the scene and helps to add to the characters emotions and atmosphere, the fast music causing more tension and slow paced music being a reassurance that at the moment, it is a calm scene.
Typical Film Noir conventions in this scene are fedora hats and cigarettes and trench coats. They also use a voice recorder or a phone which isn't fully shown and is up to the viewers to interpret that. They show close ups of the presumed femme fatales anklet which indicates beauty and vanity as after she comes down the stairs of her home she goes straight to the mirror to apply lipstick.
In the scene they also show venetian blinds used which is a very common film noir convention used. Before entering the femme fatales story, they show the doomed hero going into an insurance company which is presumed by the way people address him and that he goes into his own office, the insurance company indicates to fraud and corruption as they were not always the most trusted companies.
They show the doomed hero driving rushed, impatient and also reckless. They also show many close ups of the doomed hero and femme fatale when they are in her house which indicates an attraction and focus on each other as they talk, however nothing happens and she shows him out as he is there for insurance and gets side tracked but her husband deals with that which brings some confusion and tension to the scene as audience can see they feel something for each other, but one is married.
In the beginning of the scene there is fast paced non-diegetic music to match to the cars fast driving, this then changes to slow paced low music that stays for quite a while giving a mysterious feeling. When we first meet our presumed femme fatale the music goes higher pitch for only a few seconds and then slower less tense. This indicates importance of her character and maybe importance between the two characters.
The characters in double indemnity bring a feel of mystery to their personality as they let on nothing about their lives, however before the scene unfolds, the doomed hero goes into his office and explains the situation into a phone or a voice recorder, this shows emotion and that the ending of this movie, is not as good as it starts. This use of music matches the tempo of the characters in the scene and helps to add to the characters emotions and atmosphere, the fast music causing more tension and slow paced music being a reassurance that at the moment, it is a calm scene.
SIN CITY
The night is dark and cold which we know as we see the first character shiver, and the narrator comments on the night being cold. The woman who could be the femme fatale looks over the city, as a man, the possible doomed hero walks behind her and offers her a cigarette, a very typical film noir convention.
There is a close up shown on the man lighting the cigarette which puts emphasis on common film noir elements, after this she turns back around the man talks about her running away which causes her facial expressions to drop and a more sincere character to come out. When this happens, rain starts to fall which is pathetic fallacy, which shows indication between the femme fatales mood and the weather, she is sorrow, hurting and sad. Something this femme fatale can not talk about and in the end can't as the doomed hero kills her after making her believe he is in love with her. This shows that the doomed hero is not emotionally attached as she is, this also shows he is heartless and may have done this quite a few times and in this case, the doomed hero isn't as doomed as usually thought. Then rain that comes can also be perceived as either romantic or sad or even both as it links to the characters relationship, the characters then kiss and hug which shows love, however there is then a twist where the doomed hero, shoots and kills the femme fatale. The scene also has a cartoon clip which they show the two characters, this shows maybe the relationship isn't as serious as it could be and that it could mean nothing to each of them really.
There is an aerial shot which shows the doomed hero holding her as she slowly dies and they show the rain falling down on them as he holds her, this is a scene which shows a contrast between the shock/sadness but somehow interprets romance into the shot.
The scene has a very contrasting yet compelling story as the characters clearly show there is a history between the two and then the doomed hero killing the femme fatale creates a lot of questions from the viewers which will compel them to watch all of it, just from the beginning of the movie.
The characters are dressed formally for an event, a party, this shows they are both seen as important and are well known which adds to the mystery because if this is a function, and they are well known, could he not be easily caught out?
Throughout most of the beginning of the opening there is either quiet or very low music playing, which very slowly builds up into romantic music as they kiss, this adds to the narrating which is used effectively in the low and slow paced talking that is used by the character, The non-diegetic sounds go both hand in hand as slow and quiet until the music builds up playing romantic jazz music which also quietens down, until there is a gun shot and this use of sound brings around the whole scene while the narrator also spins his story as her talks about the killing of the women he may or may not love.
There is a close up shown on the man lighting the cigarette which puts emphasis on common film noir elements, after this she turns back around the man talks about her running away which causes her facial expressions to drop and a more sincere character to come out. When this happens, rain starts to fall which is pathetic fallacy, which shows indication between the femme fatales mood and the weather, she is sorrow, hurting and sad. Something this femme fatale can not talk about and in the end can't as the doomed hero kills her after making her believe he is in love with her. This shows that the doomed hero is not emotionally attached as she is, this also shows he is heartless and may have done this quite a few times and in this case, the doomed hero isn't as doomed as usually thought. Then rain that comes can also be perceived as either romantic or sad or even both as it links to the characters relationship, the characters then kiss and hug which shows love, however there is then a twist where the doomed hero, shoots and kills the femme fatale. The scene also has a cartoon clip which they show the two characters, this shows maybe the relationship isn't as serious as it could be and that it could mean nothing to each of them really.
There is an aerial shot which shows the doomed hero holding her as she slowly dies and they show the rain falling down on them as he holds her, this is a scene which shows a contrast between the shock/sadness but somehow interprets romance into the shot.
The scene has a very contrasting yet compelling story as the characters clearly show there is a history between the two and then the doomed hero killing the femme fatale creates a lot of questions from the viewers which will compel them to watch all of it, just from the beginning of the movie.
The characters are dressed formally for an event, a party, this shows they are both seen as important and are well known which adds to the mystery because if this is a function, and they are well known, could he not be easily caught out?
Throughout most of the beginning of the opening there is either quiet or very low music playing, which very slowly builds up into romantic music as they kiss, this adds to the narrating which is used effectively in the low and slow paced talking that is used by the character, The non-diegetic sounds go both hand in hand as slow and quiet until the music builds up playing romantic jazz music which also quietens down, until there is a gun shot and this use of sound brings around the whole scene while the narrator also spins his story as her talks about the killing of the women he may or may not love.
WOMAN ON THE RUN
The opening starts with a man walking up a pair of stairs and when reaching the top he uses a sign to light a cigarette and see's a car driving in. It is night time and a meeting in a car late at night doesn't seem normal, so the man waits and watches from afar. In the car only one person is shown in the conversation, he is shown in a dark light and pulls out a cigarette, which they show a close up of the other character who is shown only in silhouette, lighting the cigarette. Shortly after this a gun shot happens and the character in the car falls out when the unseen actor opens the door for him to fall out. The darkness of the area gives it a suspicious feel as if this was planned, the camera angles are also shown as the unseen characters view, looking straight at the other man and looking at his own hand when lighting the cigarette and opening the door for the body to fall out. The fact that the audience can't see this character show some importance of keeping his identity secret.
The scene is set in a slightly calmer area like a neighbourhood where not too any people live, the idea of this may be to keep it as quiet until the morning as the time of murder and to catch the character will be long gone. Typical noir conventions shows are cigarettes, fedora hats, trench coats and chiaroscuro lighting. Along side this is the typical murder weapon used (gun), where the character shooting notices the man sitting far away due to his dog barking and shoots him too as he wants absolutely no one to be a witness and drives off immediately.
In the scene a close up is used on the lighting of the cigarette to show the importance of social smoking and it being such a typical convention of film noir. Along side this a low angle shot showing from the dead mans point of view up to the police show the importance of these characters and what is to happen and how the value of the character here on the floor has fallen immensely.
In the beginning of the scene there is calm music which gives the impression of a nice normal night, this music shortly stops and another piece of music is played as the character in the car is shot dead. This piece of non-diegetic music is louder and with more drum beats in indicates a serious situation contrasting the piece of music played before, this music now shows a death and identifies such tension as the music builds up in a crescendo.
The scene is set in a slightly calmer area like a neighbourhood where not too any people live, the idea of this may be to keep it as quiet until the morning as the time of murder and to catch the character will be long gone. Typical noir conventions shows are cigarettes, fedora hats, trench coats and chiaroscuro lighting. Along side this is the typical murder weapon used (gun), where the character shooting notices the man sitting far away due to his dog barking and shoots him too as he wants absolutely no one to be a witness and drives off immediately.
In the scene a close up is used on the lighting of the cigarette to show the importance of social smoking and it being such a typical convention of film noir. Along side this a low angle shot showing from the dead mans point of view up to the police show the importance of these characters and what is to happen and how the value of the character here on the floor has fallen immensely.
In the beginning of the scene there is calm music which gives the impression of a nice normal night, this music shortly stops and another piece of music is played as the character in the car is shot dead. This piece of non-diegetic music is louder and with more drum beats in indicates a serious situation contrasting the piece of music played before, this music now shows a death and identifies such tension as the music builds up in a crescendo.