lecture - 12-10-05

we went through what we through was Noir films and this is what we came up with:

• "noir" film means dark movie in French
• murder
• depression
• symbolic
• little narrative
• use of lighting (most of the set would eb in darkness)
• black and white film
• suspense

lighting:
key lighting -45 degrees in front of the subject
- also the main light

fill lighting - be hide the camera or to the side of the subject (45 degrees)

backlight - more lighting at the back ground.

genre of films:

• horror
  
• romantic
• acion
• comdey
• thriller
• sci - fi
• cult
• silent films
• others too

types of films that we know that could be "NOIR":

• psycho (hitchcock's)
• rebecca (hitchcock's)
• interview of a vampire
• sin city
• wizard of oz
• tooth fairy
• woman in black