Generic conventions

what does generic conventions mean? generic conventions are somethings that typically happen's in films. for example almost all western films use the iconography of cowboy hats, six shooters and horses to place them in the western genre.


Generic conventions in film noir: This gun is for hire (1942).

• 40's clothes
• Violence 
• Guns
• Backstabbers

the lighting that is mainly used in film noir is the soft front lighting and hot back lighting to create shadows.

the main thing you see in a film noir is violence and alcohol. I think violence was popular in 1942 because violence was everywhere.

generic and non generic conventions for film noir:

for this task we only got 2 wrong and the rest we got right it is pretty easy to spot generic conventions of films. the two we got wrong was neon lights and lots of extreme gore and blood. there is a lot more violent in films from the 40's then there are in films now because people being shot on screen isn't really seen on screen today and woman were always being saved by men when now if a woman was in trouble she would save herself and not be discriminated for being a woman.