Film noir, as long as it is a film style defined by lighting, is a type of American film that appeared in the 1950s and 1950s.
''Black'' means a world with only night and shadows. Its large environment is usually in the city, and the picture is full of some dark streets, the smoke of cigarettes curling around in the dim bar, and the scenery symbolizing fragility, such as window lattices, glass and mirrors, etc. visual style.
Most of the scenes are set in short-term stops, such as temporarily leased dilapidated inns, docks, bus stops, and railways, as well as narrow alleys, tunnels, subways, elevators, and train cars that symbolize being trapped.
The picture is full of rich furnishings, such as the streets illuminated by neon, the shutters with a thick layer of ash, and the faint light and shadow exposed in the lonely windows.
The characters are imprisoned in moving fog or smoke. The visual design emphasizes the use of hard light, creating strong contrasts, irregular shapes and overlapping images.
The tone of film noir is fatalistic and paranoid, full of pessimism, highlighting the dark side of the human condition, and the themes revolve around violence, love, betrayal and deception.
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