Generic Conventions of Noir Films

After screening the film This Gun is for Hire, i managed to come up with a few generic conventions.

• In a typical black and white film, majorty of the characters will wear suits which was offeten topped off with a fedora. Their outfits were mostly smart yet casual. As for the woman, they would were only dresses.
• Usually there is a lot of gun related violence or just violence in general which often lead to the film being about gangs which was common in Noir films. There is also some woman abuse in these films due to woman not having the same rights as they do in our day of age.
• As for the music, there would almost always be music playing in the background. Either it be piano as a digectic sound or just a classical music track as a non diagetic sound. I believe this is due to classical music being popular in the time these films took place.
• The woman in these films would be portrayed as attractive, as well as the main character which will typically be a male. The main character generally being a "lone wolf" and awfually cryptic.
• Majorty of the shots used are mid shots or wide shots. This is probably due to the film being in black and white, they need to get as close to the character speaking as possible to see the expression on their faces.
• Telegraphs were often used as well as theater and bar settings as well.

Here are more generic conventions. I sorted them out with Scottie and when it came to check them we only managed to get one wrong which was; Neon Lights.