{"id":1559,"date":"2018-04-07T12:45:55","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T11:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/?p=1559"},"modified":"2018-04-07T12:45:55","modified_gmt":"2018-04-07T11:45:55","slug":"film-noir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/course-work\/part-4-the-language-of-light\/film-noir\/","title":{"rendered":"Film Noir"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Film Noir Research<\/h1>\n<div>researching Christopher Doyle&#8217;s lighting, I came across the &#8216;Film Noir&#8217; genre which was the name given to a series of films made in the 40s and 50s.&nbsp; Doyle&#8217;s cinematography seems to contain a lot of the elements of film noir, but in a more modern setting.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"vk_ans\"><span data-dobid=\"hdw\">film noir<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"vmod\">\n<div class=\"lr_dct_ent_ph\"><span class=\"lr_dct_ph\">f\u026alm \u02c8nw\u0251\u02d0,French film nwa\u0280\/<\/span><span class=\"lr_dct_spkr lr_dct_spkr_off\" title=\"Listen\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwjPwYLY3afaAhXKZlAKHRSWA4UQlfQBCC4wAA\"><input height=\"14\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAA4AAAAOCAQAAAC1QeVaAAAAi0lEQVQokWNgQAYyQFzGsIJBnwED8DNcBpK+DM8YfjMUokqxMRxg+A9m8TJsBLLSEFKMDCuBAv\/hCncxfGWQhUn2gaVAktkMXkBSHmh0OwNU8D9csoHhO4MikN7BcAGb5H+GYiDdCTQYq2QubkkkY\/E6CLtXdiJ7BTMQMnAHXxFm6IICvhwY8AYQLgCw2U9d90B8BAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" type=\"image\" width=\"14\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"vmod\">\n<div class=\"lr_dct_sf_h\"><i>noun<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"xpdxpnd vk_gy\" data-mh=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<ol class=\"lr_dct_sf_sens\">\n<li>\n<div>\n<div class=\"PNlCoe\">\n<div data-dobid=\"dfn\">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\u201354 and to the work of directors such as Orson Welles, Fritz Lang, and Billy Wilder.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"vmod\">\n<div class=\"lr_dct_sf_subsen\">\n<div class=\"PNlCoe\">\n<div data-dobid=\"dfn\">a film marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, and menace.<\/div>\n<div class=\"vk_gy\">plural noun:&nbsp;<b>films noirs<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/news-opinion\/news-bfi\/features\/infographic-what-makes-film-noir\">http:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/news-opinion\/news-bfi\/features\/infographic-what-makes-film-noir<\/a>&nbsp;[accessed 07.04.18]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>according to this article, to make a good Film Noir image, it should contain:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>assymetrical, imbalanced<\/li>\n<li>Deep focus, give background equal importance<\/li>\n<li>High contrast, no fill light, long shadows<\/li>\n<li>use reflections to increase sense of drama and unreality<\/li>\n<li>&#8216;Choker&#8217; close-up to heighten intensity<\/li>\n<li>wide angle focal length<\/li>\n<li>dutch tilt, strong diagonal bands (cased by prison bars, staircasses, blinds)<\/li>\n<li>obscured vision (cigarette smoke, rain, fog, protagonist being drugged or knocked out)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_1562\" style=\"width: 3163px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1562\" data-attachment-id=\"1562\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/course-work\/part-4-the-language-of-light\/film-noir\/attachment\/film_noir_google\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/film_noir_google.jpg?fit=3153%2C1476&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3153,1476\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"film_noir_google\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/film_noir_google.jpg?fit=300%2C140&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/film_noir_google.jpg?fit=584%2C273&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-1562 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/film_noir_google.jpg?resize=584%2C273\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/film_noir_google.jpg?w=3153&amp;ssl=1 3153w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/film_noir_google.jpg?resize=300%2C140&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/film_noir_google.jpg?resize=768%2C360&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/film_noir_google.jpg?resize=1024%2C479&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/film_noir_google.jpg?resize=500%2C234&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/film_noir_google.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/film_noir_google.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">google image search for &#8216;film noir&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkmansdarkroom.com\/film-noir-lighting-with-lighting-diagrams\/\">http:\/\/www.darkmansdarkroom.com\/film-noir-lighting-with-lighting-diagrams\/<\/a>&nbsp;[accessed 07.04.2018]<\/p>\n<p>In Darkman&#8217;s blog, gives examples of lighting setups and says :<\/p>\n<p>The lighting is sometimes either stark dark or light contrasts as are the dramatic shadowing effects known also as the chiaroscuro style. Chiaroscuro is a style of light and dark paterning that came from Renaissance painting. One typical cliche and always notable scene type is the shadows of venetian blinds on the wall or across the face of the characters in the movie or photo.<\/p>\n<p>I very much like this genre and shows what can be done with little lighting.&nbsp; However, I would like to think about how to use this genre in a modern contemporary setting rather than just recreate images like those above.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Film Noir Research researching Christopher Doyle&#8217;s lighting, I came across the &#8216;Film Noir&#8217; genre which was the name given to a series of films made in the 40s and 50s.&nbsp; Doyle&#8217;s cinematography seems to contain a lot of the elements &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/course-work\/part-4-the-language-of-light\/film-noir\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,22,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-part-4-the-language-of-light","category-project-3-the-beauty-of-artificial-light","category-research-and-reflection"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9tN7f-p9","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1592,"url":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/self-reflection\/aaaargh\/","url_meta":{"origin":1559,"position":0},"title":"aaaargh","author":"Debra Flynn","date":"7th May 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"with just under two weeks to go until I have to submit my next assignment - still in a state of complete confusion.\u00a0\u00a0 Light is everything with photography in my opinion and at this time of year there is so much to choose from!!\u00a0 \u00a0 I have 3 separate projects\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Self Reflection&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Self Reflection","link":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/category\/self-reflection\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1198,"url":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/course-work\/part-3-traces-of-time\/project-3-what-matters-is-to-look\/project-3-what-matters-is-to-look-research-point\/","url_meta":{"origin":1559,"position":1},"title":"Project 3  &#8216;What matters is to look&#8217; &#8211; research point","author":"Debra Flynn","date":"31st January 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"What Matters is to look This image by Henri Carier-Bresson is described as 'one of the most iconic photographs of the twentieth century'. Personally I've never seen it before. As part of my research into Henri Cartier-Bresson, I watched \u2018L\u2019amour tout court\u2019 on Vimeo at https:\/\/vimeo.com\/106009378 (accessed\u00a010\/01\/2018). 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For British photographer\u00a0Tom Westbury, anything and everything has the potential to become a valid, interesting photograph.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Assignment 1: 'Square Mile'&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Assignment 1: 'Square Mile'","link":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/category\/assignments\/assignment-1-square-mile\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"33629176035_70d0f92489_m","src":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotographyblog.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/10\/33629176035_70d0f92489_m.jpg?w=350&h=200&crop=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1534,"url":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/course-work\/project-3-the-beauty-of-artificial-light-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":1559,"position":3},"title":"Project 3 &#8211; The beauty of artificial light","author":"Debra Flynn","date":"6th April 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Photographers review and research Sata Shintaro Night Lights Sato Shintaro These shots were taken in the streets of Tokyo and Osaka at night from 1997 to 1999, and in them I have avoided the more aesthetically pleasing locations such as seaside areas and the well-known \"subcenters\" in favor of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Course Work&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Course Work","link":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/category\/course-work\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2017-07-23_13-33-14.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2017-07-23_13-33-14.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2017-07-23_13-33-14.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":705,"url":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/course-work\/part-1-from-that-moment-onwards\/project-2-visual-skills\/exercise-1-4-research\/","url_meta":{"origin":1559,"position":4},"title":"Exercise 1.4 &#8211; research","author":"Debra Flynn","date":"29th November 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Research : researching what is the difference between framing and cropping: why-framing-should-be-your-first-priority-and-cropping-second Difference Between Framing and Cropping Framing is the arrangement of elements within the confines of the imaging device. 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