There are many inspiring directors and actors that were created in the 1930/40/50's such as Alfred Hitchcock, Humphrey Bogart, Fritz Lang and Basil Rathbone. Many if not all directors from this era seem to follow a very specific visual style, which is the film noir genre, here is a list of some classic camera conventions used regularly in film noir:
After researching the ways in which the director uses the camera and some of the general styles within the film noir genre, i believe that we could recreate this very well in a modern day era. I think that this genre will be perfect for our short film as it gives us a good excuse to film at night, which means there will be no people around to get in the shots and it will create a nice, tense atmosphere. In addition it means that we can film in black and white which is what i was planning on doing anyway. Also the era is not that far from the modern day so it will be a lot easier than our previous production which was set in 1890's/1900's.
The film noir genre will work well with our short film because very often a film noir story is developed around a hard-hearted and cynical male character like Humphrey Bogart in casablanca, this is the kind of detective i am hoping i can portray in our production. However i want to also make the audience relate to him in a sense that they feel they would do the same thing in his situation and therefore respect him.
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| Location filming was becoming much more popular in the 1940's and in most films were not filmed in a set but in a real place as the directors believed it gave greater realism, |
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| Low angle shots, |
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| Dutch angle shots, |
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| Wide angle Shots, |
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| Mirror shots (this is where the characters reflection is in one or more mirrors), |
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| Night for night filming instead of day for night, |
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| Low key lighting. |
After researching the ways in which the director uses the camera and some of the general styles within the film noir genre, i believe that we could recreate this very well in a modern day era. I think that this genre will be perfect for our short film as it gives us a good excuse to film at night, which means there will be no people around to get in the shots and it will create a nice, tense atmosphere. In addition it means that we can film in black and white which is what i was planning on doing anyway. Also the era is not that far from the modern day so it will be a lot easier than our previous production which was set in 1890's/1900's.
The film noir genre will work well with our short film because very often a film noir story is developed around a hard-hearted and cynical male character like Humphrey Bogart in casablanca, this is the kind of detective i am hoping i can portray in our production. However i want to also make the audience relate to him in a sense that they feel they would do the same thing in his situation and therefore respect him.
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