Contempory Neo Noir Films:

contempory

Brick (2005)

StoryLine:

Brick is a neo noir film and the writer and director is Rian Johnson, made in 2005. A lonely normal high school boy called Brendan’s ex girlfriend Emily goes missing. Brendan becomes obsessed trying to find Emily and gets himself into crime and danger and won’t stop till he knows where or what has happened to her. He finally finds her dead in a tunnel and before when she was alive she told him that she was in trouble and that her killer had something to do with “Brick” and “pin”. So Brendan investigates who killed her with help from a few of his mates but this is when you see him get himself into trouble but wont stop till he finds out who killed her because he’s still in love with her. He finds out that her death involves drug dealers you find out at the end of the film why she is killed and who by. I really enjoyed this film it had a very neo noir feel to it and I loved the twist at the end.

Effects:

When the car drives fast past the main character they have used an effect to make it speed up to give the illusion car quickly approaching and looks very slick and stylist.

The flash backs are faded to give the impression of time changing and adds tension like when he passes out and wakes up where jump cuts are used.