Common Themes of Film Noir:-

From watching various films of this genre i have been able to come up with a few brief ideas of traditional themes that are commonly used in Film Noir. This will help give me ideas of conventional themes i could possibly persue and use in my own Film Noir short film:-

• Paranoia
• Power
• Sex
• Crime
• Greed/Corruption
• Uncertain Romance
• Loneleness
• Alienation
• Little Hope
• Bleak vision of the world
• Madness/ Despair fatalism
• Deceit/Manipulation