HL: The conventions of Teen Noir

Brick (Johnson, 2006)

What are the conventions of the genre?

• Focuses mainly on the useage of low-key lighting, however the focus is more on the light, where the darkness is referring to the protagonist. Connotating the stereotypical veiw of an 'outcast'.
• The use of candles are also relevelant to film noir, and again the shadow is being utilised by the main character.
• A femme fatale is also introduced, how we see the introduction of different subsiduaries of this role. These characters  allow the storyline to develop.
• Graphic and signposts are alot more widely used in teen noir, as it links in the different lines of action. This means that in a flashback no sound bridge is needed, however music is usually used.
• Shallow depth of field are also used to focus on specific objects in a scene, but also account for other action that are going to emerge from the backgroud.