- A variety of related sound tracks
- Camera angles
- Heavy shadows
- Surprising plot twists
- A strong leading character
The main character should show a strong leading role, which you may eventually relate to in some way. A leading character should consist of:
- Character development
- Uncertainty
- Elements of dramatic action
- A surprising twists
The average mystery tale is often of an ordinary variety but can have a wide range of altered story lines. A series of mystery writers can produce books based on the same sleuth character. Until at least the 1980's. Women in mystery films have often served a smaller role, occasionally providing a relationship with the main character and frequently playing the part of woman-in-peril. During WW2 murder mysteries came into style and proved a popular medium for darker, more violent stories.
The earliest mystery films reach back to the silent era. The first detective film is often seen as Sherlock Holmes. Warner Brothers were very popular when it came to mystery films and were owned many popular films, for example 'Fight Club'. The 1930s was the era of the elegant gentleman-detective who solved murders whilst in his drawing-room using his wits rather than his fists this was also quite popular during the 1940's.Since the mid-seventies, only a handful of films with private detectives have been produced.Films with female detectives have not become so popular. In the Eighties, filmmakers began to take a closer approach toward 1940s film noir reinterpreting ideas from that ear into films that todays society could also enjoy. The implied sexuality of the vintage films was enhanced and made explicit in a new wave of erotic thrillers.
Other murder mystery films:
- To kill a mocking bird (1962)
- L.A confidential (1997)
- Psycho (1960)
- Reservoir Dog's (1992)
- Anatomy of a murder
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