Next week I'll be putting the midterm on blackboard from Friday to Monday at midnight. It'll focus on film noir and horror (not surprisingly) and the films that we've discussed so far in the course.
Things to know--
Terms of film noir
history,
aesthetics,
cinematic techniques
Course films—Double Indemnity, Chinatown, Out of the Past, Cat People, Frankenstein, Blood Simple
noir/horror conventions (character types, settings, visuals, themes, etc.)
Ways to Study--
Look through material linked above
Read through blog and comments to remind you of our discussions on our films and film noir/horror
Look through film noir scenes (Youtube or classic noir archive, see links) and identify aesthetic and thematic elements.
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