The film noir movement in the 1940 's - 50's was originally a post war genre in which the conventions of typical hollywood cinema in the 1930's was challenged. This is because originally in the early days of film directors relied on three point lighting in order to light the whole of their subject. On the other hand film noir used low key lighting to present certain characters and or places as mysterious. These mysterious shadows were used to connote ideas about a character as a plot device. The lighting allowed for symbolism to foreshadow certain aspects of the characters motives and true desires. The intense use of lighting can create disconnection or suspense for the narrative, this helped keep an audience gripped within a crime drama.
The use of bold camera angles from low angles to dutch angles allowed the audience to be taken on more of a visual journey in order to allow for the audience to convey their own meaning behind the story. Due to these films being in black and white lighting was the strongest aspect within the film noir movement. I wanted to look at this because there are not many music videos, which really utilise these techniques in order to create a story and i find that very hard to understand because the use of lighting can tell at story without sound. This could be really helpful in my music video because the use of low key lighting can create suspense without obstructing the music. Furthermore the lighting can be used to create symbolism, this can further make a complex narrative without the use of dialogue. I would also want to further research the use of smoke within the film genre because in music videos this is common.
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