Film Noir

Film Noir is used to make crime dramas in the 1940's and 1950's more stylish and it is used to emphasize actors versatile characteristics in movies to connote two different people by using low key black lighting. By the use of low-key black lighting it allows the audience to acknowledge that there is more to the scene or characters that meets the eye. This is used to add a sense of mysteriousness within the film to keep the audience in somewhat in the 'dark' because if the lighting isn't fully clear then there must be something unusual going on. Film noir used in crime dramas are particularly realistic, in the sense because the colour black used in films connote mystery, suspense and shock or possibly danger. Therefore, film noir used in films allows the audience to be focused in the film without any fancy off putting lighting or allow any unnecessary features within the film to distract the audience. Film noir's representation's in a film are specifically used in crime dramas because the effects in where one character has no lighting on a particular part of their body, this immediately portrays to the audience as something mysterious is going to happen and also film noir is sensationally used to truly emphasize the characters facial expressions and this is why film noir was extremely popular in the 40s and 50s because it allowed to grab hold of the audience's attentions and to consistently keep hold of the audiences focus throughout the film because film noir with low key lighting is not giving away a lot of information for the audience to predict what is about to take place and is exellent way to create a good film.