Film Noir
Film Noir is the term given by French film critics to a group of films made in Hollywood from 1941 to 1958.
These characterized their pessimistic, dark themes that show the darker side of human nature.
They are filmed using low key lighting to give the film hard, sharp look with strong areas of contrast between light and dark.
Lightning is used to create atmosphere in these extracts:
This is an extract from Farewell my lovely
The lightning used here is low-key lightning and we can see shadows on the wall and silhouettes.
This is an extract from The Big Combo
The lightning used here is very low so they used low key lighting in this scene. since this was a low budget they didn't have enough money to get what they wanted so instead of an airport they used a car park and instead of an airplane they used an off screen sound of an airplane and flashing lights to cause the illusion that there was an actual plane in the scene when there wasn't. So lightning is a very powerful tool in the film industry and can be used for a lot of things.
These characterized their pessimistic, dark themes that show the darker side of human nature.
They are filmed using low key lighting to give the film hard, sharp look with strong areas of contrast between light and dark.
Lightning is used to create atmosphere in these extracts:
This is an extract from Farewell my lovely
The lightning used here is low-key lightning and we can see shadows on the wall and silhouettes.
This is an extract from The Big Combo
The lightning used here is very low so they used low key lighting in this scene. since this was a low budget they didn't have enough money to get what they wanted so instead of an airport they used a car park and instead of an airplane they used an off screen sound of an airplane and flashing lights to cause the illusion that there was an actual plane in the scene when there wasn't. So lightning is a very powerful tool in the film industry and can be used for a lot of things.
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