Deconstruction of Film Opening of Hotel Noir

Hotel Noir Film Opening

Deconstruction of genre

A genre we're interested in doing is Film noir, and so the film opening that I will be deconstructing, which is Hotel Noir (2012).

 

In the opening scene the very first thing to be shown is the opening scene is the opening credits.



Typography



The Typography of the title, which appears at the end of the clip reflect the genre of the opening credits as it adopts the monochrome colour scheme, and sans-serif font. The sans-serif is often used for thriller/action or crime genres like in this case.

The smoky background could be suggesting smoke from either a cigarette or a the smoke from a fired gun, which is featured in the majority of all film noirs and are props associated with film noir. 

Mise-en-scene

With what seems to be a hotel room, which shows the old fashioned furniture which correlates to the time period. The type writer is important as it's used to document the man's stories, as he's the main narrator of this opening and it's significant to his storytelling.          

Camera Angles

  In the opening scene lots of a low angled over-the-shoulders of the man and women, to show that she is towering above him to make her seem more dominant in the conversation.

The low angle of her face in the conversation is retained even in the close up shot, even though she is being emotionally vulnerable she is in power and controlling where the conversation goes.    

Editing

 

 

 

 

 

 In this scene shot-reverse-shot is used and starts of as slow paced  as they establishing the subject of the woman's husband, however as the conversation progresses the shot-reverse-shot becomes more fast paced, to build tension and demonstrate her growing distress.  

 

Sound

 Predominantly the whole clip is non-diegetic dialogue (inner monologue) throughout the first few minutes of the ten minute clip, however by the end of the opening there is a slow non-diegetic jazz soundtrack which establishes the sad realisation of the detective's realisation that he'd been conned by a "dame".