- Lighting
- Location
- Costumes
- Characteristics of actors
- The camera angles and shots.
Film Noir can be easily recognised by its popular colour scheme, usually black and white.
The lighting in Film Noir is normally dark with a few dim lights around where the writers and producers want the audience to see, everything in the films would be placed purposely so the lights would be there to indicate or show a certain part of the scene which can also hide oblivious messages or hints which could influence the enigma code theory onto the audience.
This poster shows the lighting effect, the characters are dark so that it brings mystery to them and also gets the audience thinking who they are - yet the mist has lights behind it showing that it is not clear where they are, which enforces it being a complete mystery.
The location of Film Noir genre is usually in a city, out of the proportion of films this is normally in New York, this can influence the type of sub genres you see in the Film Noir movies, as crime and corruption is shown through several movies, it is stereotypical of them to be in a big city.
Costumes in every Film Noir movies are usually all the same, they are important to the film, and also hint to the audience key characteristics by what the characters wear. It is usual for the male characters to be wearing suits, with a coat and a top hat whereas for females wear wealthy clothing, which contributes to them being attractive.
In Film Noir the camera work varies, the camera work is not normal compared to movies now and usually have strange angles/scenes, the camera angles they use are the Dutch Tilt, Wide angle, and also low and high angle. The camera angles have to coordinate with the lighting to create the desired effect that the producer and director wants.
In Film Noir it is certain that during the film a character/characters will be smoking a cigarette or a cigar. This throughout all Film Noir films is stereotypical.
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