Lighting Techniques in my Film.

Lighting Techniques in my Film

One of the main codes and conventions in Film Noir, is the use of low-key lighting. Many classic Neo-Noir films use low-key lighting, such as Blade Runner (1982) and Sin City (2005), as well as many of the original '40s and '50s noir films. Originally, noir films used low-key lighting as they had a small budget and it would be cheaper. However, in more recent years it has been used to pay homage to those older films.

     I set my film at night, meaning that I was to use low-key lighting to help set the atmosphere. Throughout my film we used a lamp that produced a soft, natural looking light, to simulate moonlight, and for the indoor scenes, we used it again to help cast a better shadow. I felt this was useful, as not only was I adding another code and convention to my film, but I was also taking advantage of it, to help improve my film.