| Points: | The lady from Shanghai | Sin city |
| Point 1, Genre: American Film noir – the development of film noir | Classic technical elements used in cinematography, editing, narrative. | Modernised technical elements – greenscreen set, shot on digital, narrative dif |
| Point 2, History: The influence of major historical events and its effect on the theme of film noir, i.e. Post war anxiety, trauma, fear of infiltration, and loss of trust in law enforcement. | 1947 – 2 years after the war ended. Post war Recession – Cold war, anti-communist, Hiroshima. | 2001 – attack on the twin towers by terrorist group al-Qaeda. Trauma, fear of the other, loss of trust |
| Point 3, Post feminism: Historical context and the representation of femme fatale | Elsa Bannister her role as a femme fatale | Nancy Callahan her representation and roles in the film |
Point 1: Tropes, and themes associated with films
Point 2: The fear of the other within the community
Point 3: Post feminist culture – “Objectification to subjectification” – https://doi.org/10.1177/1367549407075898