Film noir

film noir is a style of filmmaking characterized by elements such as cynical heroes, stark lighting effects, frequent use of flashbacks, intricate plots, and an underlying existentialist philosophy. The genre was prevalent mostly in American crime dramas of the post-World War II era. Film Noir is one of Hollywood’s only organic artistic movements. Beginning in the early 1940s, numerous screenplays inspired by hardboiled American crime fiction were brought to the screen, primarily by European émigré directors who shared a certain storytelling sensibility: highly stylized, overtly theatrical, with imagery often drawn from an earlier era of German “expressionist” cinema. Fritz Lang, Robert Siodmak, Billy Wilder, and Otto Preminger, among others, were among this Hollywood vanguard.

Film Noir (literally 'black film or cinema') was coined by French film critics (first by Nino Frank in 1946) who noticed the trend of how 'dark', downbeat and black the looks and themes were of many American crime and detective films released in France to theatres following the war, such as The Maltese Falcon (1941), Murder, My Sweet (1944), Double Indemnity (1944), The Woman in the Window (1944), and Laura (1944)

German expressionism German Expressionism refers to a number of related creative

movements beginning in Germany before the First World War that reached a peak in Berlin, during the 1920s. These developments in Germany were part of a larger Expressionist movement in north and central European culture in fields such as architecture, painting and cinema. Many critics see a direct tie between cinema and architecture of the time, stating that the sets and scene artwork of Expressionist films often reveal buildings of sharp angles, great heights, and crowded environments, such as the frequently shown Tower of Babel in Fritz Lang’s Metropolis.

German expressionism

Final girlSlasher films are convential for always having a final girl within their film , this refers to the final person to be attacked by the killer and live on to tell the story after being damaged psychologically . She normally has a common name, brown hair which lets the male audience relate to her she is also virginal.

The final girl is not shown to be feminine representing purity and righteousness

killerThe monster is always shown to be mysterious using masks on their face to convey this meaning due to the audience having fear of the unknown.

Generally resulting in a poor upbringing and psychologically damaging childhood experience. The killer mainly uses harsh weapons i.e. a drill, axe or saw to add more blood and gore.

Location of film

In every slasher film the location is always in either an isolated area making the audience scared of the location of where they live showing that they are not safe . These are include places such as graveyards, hospital, basements are all conventional in slasher films.

Friends (in a group)

In a slasher film there will most likely contain a group of friends, these people are the main ones which are hunted down by the killer one by one. There are also certain titles from these friends athlete, harlot, fool, athlete

benefactorThe benefactor is mainly shown in a slasher film as an elder and more wise character this could be a parent, older friend etc. He/she try's to help the final girl by giving her advice on what to do against the killer sometimes the benefactor may die, have a dual or even be the killer to.