Film Noir is a type of genre from the Hollywood scene
which normally involves crime, detectives and sexual activities. It originates
from German cinema and came to America in the time of the great depression (1929).
“Film Noir” is French for “Black film.” It first came to Hollywood via a French
critic called Nino Frank. But the name film noir was not really established so
the early film noir was called “melodramas.”
There are a lot of plots in the film noir genre, such as
plain clothed policeman or even an aging boxer. Film noir was originally associated with American productions;
films now have been made around the world.
In this image there is back lighting as you can only see a
silhouette, this adds to the mystery of the image as you do not see any faces.
Also the low key lighting produces a contrast between the light at the front
and their outline. This means only a key light and back light are used as there
is a dramatic contrast.
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