History of Film Noir

Film noir, meaning black cinema in French, made big and popular films.
Film Noir started in the early 1940’s; Film Noir originates from France in 1946. However the first film noir was released before then it was called, Maltese falcon and was made in 1941. The films were normally dark and grim with shadowns and lighting used for affect. Film noir was not a genre but is the mood, style, and tone of a film, and it had great success in the 1940's and even today.
Film Noir was based upon American Detective series and helped it to have many films with this kind of script to it. It developed into more deep scripts involving conspiracy and murders. Also the world war helped base film noir with all the miserable and bleak outlook of the world people could relate to the films they were watching, especially when the Great depression hit in the 1930’s. Film Noir gained from the depression and used the shadows for the villains and the beams of lights for the hero, also involving a Femme Fatale, which is a women normally the villian. Film noir's were then obviously were made cheaply and effectively due to lack of funds around the great depression and world wars. The dark shadows and grim looks made the films more thrilling and secretive, making the audience feel like they were in the movie themselves. This inspired many film makers at the time and that influenced film noir to become a huge popular success.
Film noir would always have a classic plot where there is a female character 'femme fatale' who is very attractive, quiet and mysterious, and with the lover of her, an average man who gets in a tricky position, because of the female character .