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Film noir translates to black film, which is used in relation to Hollywood crime thrillers shown in France following the Second World War and characterized by an increasingly dark style regarding visual representation combining gothic lighting effects with a dislocated sense of space. The subject matter of these films is realized using elements such as story whereby they were expected to appear increasingly nihilistic. Consequently, the visual style usually depicts a rather undiffused look that is evidenced through cluttered interiors and the iconography involves desolate streets as well as dark sidewalks.

            The film Double Indemnity (1944) is a film noir because of its evident dark style including the storyline, which involves crimes including confessed murderers. Furthermore, the movie depicts scenes such as wet and dark streets and thus showing the characteristics associated with film noirs.

            Neo noir films relate to contemporary movie rendition of predecessor film noir (Ross, 2016). A popular neo-noir titled film LA Confidential (1997), directed by Curtis Hanson shares characteristics with a film noir movie named The Maltese Falcon (1941). More so, the two films appear common regarding their crime-thriller style, the morally sophisticated hero, as well as complex plots.

            Some of the plot elements shared by films Double Indemnity (1944), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), and Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (1948) include private investigators and the demise of a naïve everyman after being framed. In other words, these movies portend foul play as viewers are made to imagine the investigator is determined to find the cause of evil all around him and perhaps bring fairness to the world portrayed.  

Other types of stories benefitting from sync sound include films. Movies such as LA Confidential (1997) and City of God (2002) applied the technique. Sync sound is increasingly vital to these films as it is responsible for generating the perception regarding motion. According to School Video Systems (2017), movies are merely made up of pictures flashing in front of audience’s eyes and the frame rate is intended to make people perceive they see actual motion. Sync sound is applied to augment the virtual reality at heart of films.

            The two films in which commentary sound is added to the soundtrack include Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) and El Topo (1970). In both examples, the sound is utilized to augment not only the intensity but also authenticity of various scenes especially considering the movies belong to the action-adventure genre.

            One danger filmmakers face in mixed gender stories involves the inability to mash together the lines of two beloved genres, and ultimately exploring neither pleasingly. A movie titled Cowboys and Aliens (2011) represents such mixed gender stories and it flopped as the filmmaker seemingly overstuffed the elements required to make a film successful (Greenwald & Brown, 2011). On the other hand, a film named 12 Angry Jurors (1957) showed relative success in the area of mixed gender stories perhaps because of the social transformation regarding women whereby their role improved.

            American and British producers declined in the early 1940s most likely because of socioeconomic effects that were witnessed during the period. It must be noted that the effects associated with the economic downturn period referred to as the Great Depression (1929-1939) were felt around the world, as different sectors experienced tumult and film industry significantly affected. Indeed, the early 1940s marked a period when both America and Britain were emerging from the ruins caused by the economic slump (American Movie Classics Company, 2017). What is more, the era coincided with the start of the Second World War all of which made markets considerably unstable.

            The film titled The Ox-Bow Incident belongs to drama genre, which is evidenced through a storyline invoking real-life situations with practical characters that are in conflict. The film noir nature of the film means its style is rather dark as espoused through evident dingy realism as well as the low-quality script. Furthermore, features such as acting and direction invoke cynical ways including talking.

            Reap the Wild Wind (1942) can be classified as expressionism, which characterized film noir period (1940s-1950s). This involves characteristics such as dark human experience including shipwrecking. The film titled The City (1939) also belongs to expressionism, which is revealed in its storyline depicting boundary between dreams and reality. Furthermore, the movie Northwest Passage (1940) is classified as expressionist because of its Technicolor nature making it comes across as blunt. The film The Grapes of Wrath (1940) is classified as realism because of its attempt to portray subject matter truthfully (Sobchak, 2010). Nosferatu (1922) also belongs to realism, which is revealed via the then common technique involving location filming. What is more, Forbidden Planet (1956) evokes realism as evidenced by scenes that depict scientific realism such as the spacecraft travel.

            The future of the movie theater is relatively stable because of its increased probability to include technology. According to Cummings (2017), the phenomenon is already underway as theaters reinvent themselves to provide an unmatched experience. Indeed, the size will remain somewhat unaffected even as services such as personalized viewing and physical environment are included. The manner of production will also involve increasingly compelling stories to keep theater-goers entertained.