Brick

The director Rian Johnson conveys the noir style in a contemporary setting in a number of different ways. Firstly he would have adviced the cinematographer to put a light blue/brown grainy filter. The director has used a number of very isolating long shots as well as a number of low, close up and dutch angled shots. He uses a number of querky props such as the rubix cube to give it a alternative noir edge to it as well as setting up a number of shots such as the headmaster/lead scene and positions the audience in a way that gives it a police interview feel to it. The actual story line has a noir theme to it as the protagonist is male and acting as if hes a private detective trying to save the damsel in distress which is very similar to some of the earlier noir films of the 1950s.