Roberto V.
Le surrèalisme, c'est moi
I was just reading the thread about Film Noir technique, and thought I'd make a thread just for images.
I'll start with this photo:
Blueberry Nights part IV by Roberto V., on Flickr
I'll start with this photo:
Blueberry Nights part IV by Roberto V., on Flickr
semrich
Well-known
semrich
Well-known
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
Lumix GF1 + Panasonic 20mm f/1.7
Canon 5D + Canon EF 50mm f/1.4
Canon 5D + Canon EF 50mm f/1.4
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
Although, apparently, smoking is a defacto qualifier for a "Film Noir" shot?
Leica M8 + 50mm f/1.4 Summilux "pre-asph" E46
Leica M8 + 50mm f/1.4 Summilux "pre-asph" E46
semrich
Well-known
punkromance
Poor art student
-Take a bad photo.
-Convert to B&W
-Set contrast to +100.
-instafilmnoir
-Convert to B&W
-Set contrast to +100.
-instafilmnoir
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
That often seems to work. Unfortunately, it waters down the really good "film noir" shots.
There was this guy on Pnut, who I think made a whole point of this: very banal shots, and cranked up the grain and contrast. Everybody went "oooooooooh". Same thing with InstantArtographycams (aka Holga/Diana); there are some very good photos taken with it, but many just use it as a, well, InstantArtographycam.
But you can tell the good ones from the Instanty ones.
peterm1
Veteran
user237428934
User deletion pending
So it does not need to be dark outside, right?
peterm1
Veteran
"So it does not need to be dark outside, right? "
No I dont think so. Film noir actually refers to a style of making movies popular in the 1940s. I found this wiki link for those interested http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_noir
Film noir movies normally were shot in a high contrast black and white style and lighting was set up to be very dramatic - sharp pools of light on a face or person framed by deep dark shadows, for example. Lighting was frequently very directional -often you saw deep long shadows on the ground before seeing an actor move into frame or one half of the face would be in light and the other in deep shadow.
Most importantly (and this is what "film noir" refers to), you also find in these movies a theme in which the story is dark and brooding and the hero is actually a kind of anti hero to add to the darkness (metaphorically speaking.)
A good modern example of this genre is the movie "The Good German" starring George Clooney. (It was even shot with uncoated period lenses and special film stock to get the right effect) An excellent period example was the 1948 thriller "The Third Man"
No I dont think so. Film noir actually refers to a style of making movies popular in the 1940s. I found this wiki link for those interested http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_noir
Film noir movies normally were shot in a high contrast black and white style and lighting was set up to be very dramatic - sharp pools of light on a face or person framed by deep dark shadows, for example. Lighting was frequently very directional -often you saw deep long shadows on the ground before seeing an actor move into frame or one half of the face would be in light and the other in deep shadow.
Most importantly (and this is what "film noir" refers to), you also find in these movies a theme in which the story is dark and brooding and the hero is actually a kind of anti hero to add to the darkness (metaphorically speaking.)
A good modern example of this genre is the movie "The Good German" starring George Clooney. (It was even shot with uncoated period lenses and special film stock to get the right effect) An excellent period example was the 1948 thriller "The Third Man"
Last edited:
semrich
Well-known
semrich
Well-known
River Dog
Always looking
Pentax MX 50mm at f1.4 on Tri-X in Holland Park, London.
