Film Noir
Film Noir refers to having high key subjects so in this case in the photos underneath the subject is the people. The other key part is having low key lighting. Therefore you have a contrast between the low key lighting and the high key objects in the frame. This type of technique is mainly used in stylish Hollywood crime dramas to add effect and create tension.
In conclusion I feel that this is an effective effect to create dramatic tension. When we were just about to go and create this pictures using the film noir effect we decided that we wanted to cut some paper into a blind effect to see if the photos looked like there was actually a blind there.
This made our photos effective because we were able to create a blind effect for the audience to see the specific scene through.
Personally I feel that this particular blind effect made our photos look even more realistic. Therefore when you look at the photos you are automatically drawn to the lines that are there. Also the audience will be able to relate to looking out of a blind and having the blinds shadow on their face. This helps to create realism and is therefore effective for relating to the audience.
In my prelim I want to use this technique to show someone looking out of a window for example to show that realistic feature of looking out of a blind. I also want to use this effect so that I will be able to also create tension and that sense oh what is going to happen next.
