Representation of visual conventions

Semiotics & signifiers;

femme fatals are typical of film noir's

red lipstick is a great signifier of a glamorous femme fatal

guns and violence are typical of these crime revolved films

fog is used to create dramatic effect, this is a typical convention of film noir's

smoking is a typical convention used in film noir's

The use of Font in the titles;

Fonts used in film noirs as the titles are usually to signify a deeper meaning to the film or are reletive to the story line

for example;

Here, our title is 'The Killers', first off the word 'Killers' is incredibly large which draws our attention to it making it obvious that someone is bound to die in this film and we are more than likely going to see the story unfold from the perspective of the killers. Also the title is in red, red signifies many things e.g blood, violence, passion; this shows us this film is more than likely going to involve all of those things in the plot.

           

The 'Sin City' dvd case is very similar to 'The Killers' as in the Font is bold and again in read showing us this film will probably be crime orrientated as above.