How do you use Noir?

How do you use Noir?

The great noir was about the darkness in your head. After the war a new kind of detective story (the roman noir or ‘ dark novel ‘) did emerge. Dr. Lee Horsley works on film noir in relation to twentieth- and twenty-first century literary noir .

What means film noir?

film noir, (French: “dark film”) style of filmmaking characterized by such elements as cynical heroes, stark lighting effects, frequent use of flashbacks, intricate plots, and an underlying existentialist philosophy. The genre was prevalent mostly in American crime dramas of the post-World War II era.

What are the basics of film noir lighting?

To light in a film noir style, there are three basic things to remember:

• To get hard crisp shadows, use a small intense light.
• Emphasize the difference between high and low-key lighting (lots of fill, high-key lighting)
• Use at least 500 watt lights to get solid crisp blacks and stark whites (eliminate grays)

What is the difference between low and high-key lighting in film?

High-key lighting reduces the lighting ratio in the scene, meaning there’s less contrast between the darker tones and the brighter areas. Alternatively, low-key lighting has greater contrast between the dark and light areas of the image with a majority of the scene in shadow.

Which is the best film for double exposures?

For the best double exposures, we suggest using black & white or color negative film as they have good exposure latitude which means they handle over-exposure well, making metering much less intimidating. Between the two, we highly recommend black & white since its lack of color simplifies overlapping images and has the best exposure latitude.

How to create double exposures in the darkroom?

If you want a silhouette double exposure you need to expose for the highlights for the silhouette shot and then evenly expose for the other shot. The dark silhouette will retain the evenly exposed image and the bright part of the silhouette image will eliminate the evenly exposed image.

What’s the best way to meter double exposures?

The best way to master metering for double exposures is simply to go out and try it. In the end, it all depends on the results you want and the framing of your shots. Keep this in mind: anything that is white/bright will destroy information and anything black/dark will maintain information for the next exposure.