The protagonist shows some key noir protagonist stereotypes throughout the 20 minutes of text we were exposed to. It's easy to see that our main character, portrayed by Ryan Gosling, is a very selfless individual, putting the needs of others over his own, this is supported by the fact he takes a job as a getaway driver in order to help the family of his love interest played by Carey Mulligan. Her character however, shows conventions un-similair of a femme fatale. At no point does she use her body to gain a males trust, and at no point does she use 'The Driver' to benefit her needs, instead Gosling is doing these favours for her out of the kindness of his heart.
The film stressed key Noir technical conventions. They often use close ups of Ryan Gosling's dull emotionless face, especially in the getaway scene, almost adding to his selfless character, as if everything violent and destructive going on around him doesn't phase him. Although this is most probably due to the fact that his key reason for doing this job, died from a gunshot wound outside of a convenience store. It's stressed again later when he dismisses the large amounts of money he's amassed, as he's too pre-occupied with Carey Mulligan's character. For the majority of the time, the text uses only diegetic sounds, especially in the scene where the robbery goes horribly wrong.
The text also uses key narrative trends used in Film Noir texts, The driver is constantly doubting people around him, after the failed robbery, and mistrust and paranoia are common themes in Noir, for example, Hartigan in Sin City is also doubting the people around him due to his unfortunate experience with Bob before he was wrongfully imprisoned. Corruption too is a key theme in both texts, the driver's character had been...
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