Film Noir Research



Research:Film noir
The definition of film noir is a style or genre of cinematographic film marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, and menace. The term was originally applied (by a group of French critics) to American thriller or detective films made in the period 1944–54 and to the work of directors such as Orson Welles, Fritz Lang, and Billy Wilder.

In terms of lighting film noir is when the producer creates shadows and lots of dramatic effects to try to scare the audience and add a lot of suspense to the movie. Also, the effects are used to set the scene in the film.
Also film noir created dark shadows and effects which symbolised and reflected the mood and atmosphere of the film which was tense, mysterious and dark.
Producers who created films in the genre of gangster, crime and mystery mostly used film noir lighting because it allowed them to keep characters actions like selling drugs and committing crime and killing people a mystery and hideous which meant that the spotlight wasn't put on the victim.
Most of the film noir lighting created is made by using filler lights, These are types of lighting that can be used adjust the brightness and blurriness which then will only allow the audience to only see bits of the scene which will keep the suspense and build tension in the audience. 
Also, film noir is also known as low-key lighting which is another term which means the lighting is not very bright and it is very low to create a dark atmosphere and tension. Finally the opposite to low-key lighting is High- key lighting. This is lighting which is very bright and shines very bright which is revealing an important scene or it is putting the main character or the protagonist on the spotlight.

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