Sin City

 Sin City was written by Frank Miler and is the title of a series of neo-noir comics that he created.
The movie adaptation of the comics was directed by Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino and it was released on the 1st of April, 2005.

The film is set in a fictional town in the American west called Basin City which has the nickname of Sin City which is where the title of the film came from.
The city is filled with crime and murder which was typically used in previous 'film noir' films.





Key Features

• The film has a very dark mood which is created by the limitation of light used.
• The film is narrated in first person.
• A lot of the characters in the film smoke cigarettes which is a very typical film noir characteristic.

• Light is used in this film to highlight important parts of the story, such as an object, scenery or a character.

• There are a lot of shadows such as silhouettes used to create the idea of it being a 'film noir' film.
• Everything is in black and white apart from key people or objects such as someones hair or some blood. This is to show the importance of some parts of the film.
• The females in this are hardly dressed at all and are very seductive women. They are the femme fatales in the film.
• The men are dressed smartly in suits and long coats which is very typically film noir.