Film noir is often described as essentially pessimistic, and there are certain elements that make up a film noir, they were shot in black and white and had very poor back lighting which made the set very dingy and created long shadows which gave the genre it's identity. Story lines were often elliptical, non-linear and twisting. Narratives were complex, maze like and told with a foreboding background music with flashbacks.
Film noir is often associated with an urban setting, and a few cities—Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, and Chicago, in particular—are the location of many of the classic films. In the eyes of many critics, the city is presented in noir as a "maze".Bars, lounges, nightclubs, and gambling dens are frequently the scene of action.
Personalities in the films include; cynical, obsessive, menacing, sinister, disillusioned, frightened and insecure loners, struggling to survive and of course, femme fatals. There were certain 'need Be's' to make a classic film noir - the narratives that makes these are;
- Crooks
- Sin and punishment
- Downward spiral
- One wrong call
- Murder
- Drugs
- Who done it
- Black Widow
- Psychological
- Gangsters
- Sexual obsession
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