The locations tend to be in the back alleys and offices of detectives. Dark streets, rainy nights and shadows are always a main part of film noir
The one major prop needed and used in film noir is a gun. Every male character tends to have one, even the female characters if they’re the daring, seductive type. Here are some general codes and conventions of film noir:
-dark streets
-rainy nights
-shadows
-smoking
-women
-taboo language
-guns
All these put together make the perfect film noir movie.
All of these conventions helped towards giving the film a seedy, eerie look which is what was being reflected at the time with what was happening in America. Nothing was what it seemed. It was based on betrayl and lies and the conventions had to reflect this. The dark streets and rain would give a dramatic feel to the films. The dark streets made it seem like you never knew who was going to come round the corner next. The shadows were mainly what you'd see first, before the person. So it gave a mysterious feel to it. You'd never know who was where. And that was a frightening thought. The guns, taboo language and guns gave a cool edge to the charecters. They all had a careless element to them. So call and collected no matter what situation they were in. Because they could handle it. The women were seductive and the men were hard boiled [usually detectives] who wanted to go it alone, until they met the beautiful women who always had a trick up her sleeve.
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