Film Noir research- Tahnee
What is film noir?
Film noir is a type of film brought to view afetr WW2. Film noir is filmed in black and white as noir meaning black in French, therefore ‘Film Black.’ The main charactersitic of film noir are shadows, as the lighting used shows the type and characteristics of the person for example using shadows and dark lighting shows the evil side to a person. The image converyed in ‘darkness in an up turned world.’ You will need a hardlight that it intense to show the film noir style, for exmaple using a 500 watt light as it shows the intensity of the shadows fulfilling the frilm noir style. Lighting should only show the parts the director wants the naudience to see, as it conveys a lot of emotion within this. The hard key light should be focused. Toc reate sihlouttes you need to place the light behind the person/ object. To show the imagery of the smoke to need to place the light behind this also. Light a person standing infront of a wall as this creates emotion filled shadows creating the mystery effect.
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