Question A2: How typical of their genres are your chosen texts?

The film Sin City proves extremely typical of their genre(s), being Film Noir and Comic Book style. This is proven in several uses, such as the use of Propp's narrative character roles, with the protagonists' all being the typical 'hero', however with a significant weakness, all of which are exaggerated, adding a Film Noir twist. These weaknesses include heart problems (in Hartigan, the first Protagonist we meet in the film), physical appearance (in Marv, the second protagonist), and guilt/paranoia (in Dwight, the last protagonist that we meet). All of these weaknesses present them with an extremely fatalistic approach to life (another typical convention of the genre). Other narrative character roles found in this film include the role of the Femme Fatale, in characters such as Gail (a hooker who at one point is captured and too weak to fight, until the help of one of the protagonists comes along). Other female characters (such as Nancy) also rely on a male character for support, for example 'Please, let me stay close, nothing can happen when I'm close to you', proving their independence, and their need for men at the same time. These character roles are extremely common conventions of the Film Noir genre.
Other conventions, other than the character types from the film include extremely low-lighting (of half of a character's face) for example during a shot of Dwight, half of his face is light, and the other in shadow, representing him as half pure and good, and the other half being dark and mysterious, being Film Noir. This incorporates the other genre of Comic Book style. This style is presented in the black and white filming, which is used throughout the whole film, and incorporating a flash of colour (mostly red and yellow in this film, red representing lust, blood and passion, and yellow -which mostly presents hair- representing the extravagance and exaggeration of the film, making it more than what reality may show in this situation). The use of black and white throughout the whole film, and the pops of colour, exaggerates every situation presented here, keeping the audience in the understanding that this is based on a comic book, and is there for extremely unrealistic and exaggerated, which is what Comic Books are all about.