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Noir’s Visual & Aural Style
Noir’s Visual & Aural Style
Classical Hollywood Cinema
Classical Hollywood Cinema
Classical Hollywood Style
Classical Hollywood Style
Balanced compositionWell-lightedThree-point lightingLinear narrativesConventional editing
Balanced compositionWell-lightedThree-point lightingLinear narrativesConventional editing
Three-Point LightingThree-Point Lighting
KEY light = main source of illumination (if used alone it will leave shadows)
FILL light = a secondary light source, less intense than the key light (helps remove shadows)
BACKLIGHT = placed above and behind the subject (used alone will produce a silhouette of the subject)
KEY light = main source of illumination (if used alone it will leave shadows)
FILL light = a secondary light source, less intense than the key light (helps remove shadows)
BACKLIGHT = placed above and behind the subject (used alone will produce a silhouette of the subject)
Lighting RatiosLighting Ratios
Traditional lighting ratio (low-contrast ratio) is:Key - 2 Fill - 1
Noir Lighting Ratio (high-contrast ratio) is:Key - 4Fill - 1
Traditional lighting ratio (low-contrast ratio) is:Key - 2 Fill - 1
Noir Lighting Ratio (high-contrast ratio) is:Key - 4Fill - 1
Key lightKey light
Three-Point LightingThree-Point Lighting
Key + Fill + BacklightSeparates the subject from
its environment creating a sense of depth
Key + Fill + BacklightSeparates the subject from
its environment creating a sense of depth
Three-Point LightingThree-Point Lighting
Evolution of the Noir Style
Evolution of the Noir Style
The Experimental Period: 1940-1943
The Experimental Period: 1940-1943
Studio Expressionism:
1944-1947
Studio Expressionism:
1944-1947
The Location Period: 1947-1952
The Location Period: 1947-1952
Fragmentation and Decay: 1952-1958Fragmentation and Decay: 1952-1958
Mise-en-sceneMise-en-scene
Noir Mise-en-sceneNoir Mise-en-scene
Anti-traditional (Place & Peterson)
Unbalanced compositions (framing, camera angles, close-ups)
Low-key lightingDeep-focus photography
Anti-traditional (Place & Peterson)
Unbalanced compositions (framing, camera angles, close-ups)
Low-key lightingDeep-focus photography
Film Noir: Visual Style
Film Noir: Visual Style
Noir Lighting StyleNoir Lighting Style
Noir LightingNoir Lighting
Night-for-Night photography
Night-for-Night photography
Noir LightingNoir Lighting
Low-key lightingLow-key lighting
Noir LightingNoir Lighting
Chiaroscuro lightingChiaroscuro lighting
Chiaroscuro LightingChiaroscuro Lighting
Chiaroscuro LightingChiaroscuro Lighting
Chiaroscuro LightingChiaroscuro Lighting
Chiroscuro LightingChiroscuro Lighting
Noir LightingNoir Lighting
Unconventional lighting techniques:“Jimmy Valentine” lighting“Rembrandt” lighting
Unconventional lighting techniques:“Jimmy Valentine” lighting“Rembrandt” lighting
The Dark Corner(1946)
The Dark Corner(1946)
Noir Camera AnglesNoir Camera Angles
Noir Camera AnglesNoir Camera Angles
The position of the frame in relation to the subject it shows.High-angleLow-angleDutch angle
The position of the frame in relation to the subject it shows.High-angleLow-angleDutch angle
High Angle ShotHigh Angle Shot
Low Angle ShotLow Angle Shot
Dutch AngleDutch Angle
Deep-focus Cinematography
Deep-focus Cinematography
Deep-focus Cinematography
Deep-focus Cinematography
A use of the camera lens and lighting that keeps both the close and distant objects being photographed in sharp focus
Why is this important for film noir?
A use of the camera lens and lighting that keeps both the close and distant objects being photographed in sharp focus
Why is this important for film noir?
Deep-Focus Cinematography
Deep-Focus Cinematography
Film Noir: Aural Style
Film Noir: Aural Style
Diegetic & Non-Diegetic Sound
Diegetic & Non-Diegetic Sound
Diegesis - the world of the film
Diegetic sound comes from within the frame story.
Non-diegetic sound comes from outside of the frame story.
Diegesis - the world of the film
Diegetic sound comes from within the frame story.
Non-diegetic sound comes from outside of the frame story.
Voice-Over NarrationVoice-Over Narration
Music in Noir FilmsMusic in Noir Films
Noir ComposersNoir Composers
Miklos RoszaDouble IndemnityThe Killers
Bernard HerrmannTaxi DriverOn Dangerous GroundThe Wrong Man
Miklos RoszaDouble IndemnityThe Killers
Bernard HerrmannTaxi DriverOn Dangerous GroundThe Wrong Man
