What is film noir?
The term “film noir” comes from this language and translates to “black film.”
Film noir stories usually take place in these dark, dangerous city locations.
What are urban settings like alleys, bars, and cramped apartments?
Blind Mice was made using this type of animation instead of live actors.
What is stop motion
The camera follows a character’s arm as he moves bags, creating smooth
What is tracking?
In many film noirs, characters believe they can’t change their fate this idea is known as what?
What is fatalism?
French critics used film noir to describe Hollywood’s 1940s–1950s crime and detective movies.
What are American thriller or detective films
The lighting style that uses deep shadows and sharp contrast to build mystery is called this.
What is high-contrast or low-key lighting?
low music throughout Blind Mice helps create the overall film noir feeling of
fatalism or a dark and moody atmosphere
The hollow sound of the jail locks at the beginning of Blind Mice symbolizes this feeling.
What is danger or fear?
A major theme in film noir is this desire for money or power that leads people to betrayal and downfall.
What is greed?
Film noir often uses this type of lighting and shadows to make scenes feel tense.
What is low-key lighting
The overall tone of film noir can be described with these two words that reflect its hopeless view of life.
What are dark and pessimistic?
Characters in Blind Mice use quick, short lines to sound tough known as this style of dialogue.
What is snappy or tight dialogue
The character’s slow and echoing voices reflect this common film noir emotion
What is guilt or emptiness?
Many film noir stories show people doubting others and expecting the worst, this theme represents what attitude?
What is cynicism?
This historical event left people feeling hopeless and inspired many film noir stories.
What is World War II
In Blind Mice, the echoing jail doors and quiet music create this type of mood.
What is suspense or danger?
Fog, smoke, and shadows are used in Blind Mice to create this kind of tone.
What is mystery or suspense
This camera angle, used often during conversations, keeps the camera at eye level for a sense of realism
What is a flat angle?
Characters in film noir often make choices between good and evil, showing this type of personal struggle
What is dealing with a moral conflict
A clever, dangerous woman who manipulates others to get what she wants is known as this.
What is a femme fatale
The slow, quiet dialogue and long pauses in Blind Mice help create this emotional effect
What is tension or uneasiness?
Odd camera angles and lighting choices in film noir make the audience feel this way.
What is feeling uneasy
The pauses in dialogue and quiet tone in Blind Mice help the viewer connect emotionally in this way.
What is making the viewers feel empathetic?
Noir stories often suggest that everyone has both light and dark inside them this theme reveals what about human nature?
What is that everyone has a dark side to them