A1. To what extent are your chosen texts typical of their genre?

Sin City hybrid genre of Film noir and comic book. There a several things within this that a typical to its genre.

In Sin City all the protagonist are seen wearing trenched coats. However these trench coats are used to represent cloaks, typical of a comic book genre, as the super hero is usually seen wearing a cloak. This is also stereotypical of film noir, which was typically set in the 1940s-1950s, which sometimes involved this icon coats being worn, as protagonist in film noir films were often detective. Marv is seen wearing this coat, as well as the other protagonists, and during a scene where he beats up to 'messengers' to find out where the man who killed Goldie was he removes he's coat, showing that this goes against the serotype of a superhero, however when running through the streets, you see his coats flapping in the background, stereotypical of a superhero, and a comic book genre.

Also the femme fatale is stereotypical to a film noir genre, as throughout they use their sexuality to gain there power in return for his protection, however they are also seen as naïve and reliant on men, which is stereotypical to comic book genre, as they're saved by their superhero protagonist male. Goldie uses her sexuality to gain Marv's love and affection therefore gaining power over him in order to get protection, however she is killed, but this then goes on to be the reason Marv risks everything for her, linking with film noir genre, as in this time period, people saw life as insignificant due to the threat of the cold war.

A convention which is also typical to comic book genre is the use of silhouettes. This is used a times throughout the film, and example being when John Hartigan shoots himself at the end, we see it in a silhouette, relating with the original genre of the comic book genre. Also through the use of a voice over, which all protagonists also use, typical to film noir genre, we are able to gain insight to floors, John Haritigans being a heart problem, and old age, which is reflected through 'come on old man, prove you're still a damn.' Also through the voice over we gain context to the time period, as Hartigan say 'An old man dies. A little girl lives. Fair trade.', this being he values Nancy's life more than his own, which was typical during the 1940/50s due to the threat of the cold war, also being typical of a protagonist putting his femme fatale first, typical of the film noir convention.