What film noir conventions are present within Drive?

Drive adheres to typical conventions of film noir, within the technical, mise en secene and iconography, character and narrative themes conventions.

Technical Codes 
The contrast of low key lighting, throughout, on Ryan Gosling face emphasises the battle of good versus the bad, a connotation which is typical of a noir film, linking with character traits of a cynical protagonist. This is evident within the hotel room scene, when Ryan Gosling has just killed two men, with blood splatted on his face, he slowly walks back into completely dark lighting, this conveys the bad actions he has just done, he then has slight light come into his face, reflecting the element of good, as his reasoning is not only protect himself, as he considers himself as worthless, but instead to protect Irene.

Also the camera angle shots connotes to narrative themes, as it shows the gender politics, typical of film noir. This is also evident in the hotel scene, as when Ryan Gosling is pinning down Blanch, when he's seen, in her perspective, a low angle shot is used, and when Blanch is shown, in his view a high angle shot is used. This evidentially shows she is looking up at him, therefore gaining power, whereas he looks down on her, showing she is lower and less powerful than him, which is also show through him having to protect her.

Narrative Themes
A common narrative theme within the film noir genre is mistrust and paranoia. This is evident in the narrative through Blanch being in on the job, therefore creating mistrust between her and the driver, however there is also mistrust on top of that between the people who she's working with, who actually kill her.