Nordic Noir

    Nordic Noir- is a modern version of the film noir.

-In film noir the protagonists are detectives/private eyes.
-The main character in normally a detective.
-Characters (protagonist) go down hill which lead into many bad situations. (cycle of events)
- The key things about film noir is low contract lighting and low key lighting.


Mise-en scene (Everything in the shot) of Film Noir

-Reflect the mood of the characters and the theme of the film.
-It tends to have a pessimistic world view which is the other side of comedy.
-In traditional noir we tend to have a 'Femme Fatale' meaning deadly woman. They seduce the main character and then brings him to a dangerous situations.
-Film noir started in 1940's with a post war genre (reflects pessimism after war).


Nordic Noir

-Are north European novels that have been adapted for TV
-Based on crime novels (influenced by 1940's films which have similar characters).

Mise-en scene nordic Noir

-The landscapes are covered with snow.
-There are periods where there is low light or even no light depending on the season.
- This lighting remind of the film Noir

Example of Nordic Noir- The killing (2011)

Media Institutions- BBC 4

Audiences- Global audience because of the media convergent

Representation- Goes against the Femme Fatale as in Nordic noir female characters can become protagonist in the story.

Media Language- Mise-en scnece has taken the Scandinavian landscapes and made it into film  nordic noir because of the low light 

-Venetien blinds are a key in Nordic noir as they create shadows. They foreshadow what will happen when the story plot evolves. This can also suggest how people are imprisoned to the place their are in.


























Fact File on The Killing(Forbrydelsen)

Genre-police procedural crime drama also known now as part of the Nordic Noir genere
-Key Codes and conventions of Nordic Noir:
-Visual codes: Low key lighting a lot of snow and ice to get a high contrast look
-Though women charcters
-Bleak landscapes at night country side
-Cities rivers bridges backstreets neon lights city versus country


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'The Bridge' is a very famous series that has attracted a range of audience due to its way of presenting Nordic Noir. The main element of attraction are the characters as in 'The Bridge' there are two cop characters which begin to solve a crime that has been committed on the boarder of two countries Sweden and Denmark. The visual codes such as low key lighting are also key convention to this Nordic Noir drama as it follows the traditional way of presenting a crime film by having low key lighting which creates an enigma. The second film 'The killing' also meets the audiences expectations of Nordic Noir because it also uses the enigma code to hook the viewers attention, so they will want to watch it more until the find out what happened. Both of these films 'The Bridge' and 'The killing' have similar characters which are called archetypes for example there is always a sheriff or even two that solve the mystery crime, the victim, the murderer. These archetypes are very similar to the traditional noir genre characters, but they are a little different as they also remind us of those characters in the crime films.Finally, the film 'Trapped' might meet the audiences expectation because of the bleak landscapes as the trailer shows snowy condition with low key lighting, which reflects on the genre of the Nordic Noir.