The Art of Shadows - A Short Film Noir Documentary
Nomada Productions
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A 10-minute documentary depicting the cinematographic techniques and aesthetics involved in the making of Film Noir motion pictures.
Directed, Written and Edited by Rodrigo Marion. Voiced by Declan Anthony Laurent.
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20 Comments
@just_dec 3 years ago
Five years later and this still stands as one of the best, most succinct and informative mini documentaries on the subject on YouTube - make more!
@amoebaeffect 4 years ago
Small correction - they weren't shooting with more "light sensitive sensors" - but with more light sensitive film stocks
@pierrezapata90 5 years ago
What a great documentary explaining this. Film noir encompasses so many things.Not just the lighting style, but also the moody scenes, the realism with the conclusion that can be melancholy or unsatisfying. And neonoir which was revitalized in recent decades.
Great work putting this video together
Great work putting this video together
@filmprofessorstallings 10 months ago
Did he say that films back then were shot using more "light sensitive sensors" at 4:39?
@michaelkulman7095 3 years ago
Mentioning that this was born out of B pictures is important and something a lot of younger people don't get. The studio system and how it was run is a big part of the genesis of Film Noir. Cheap films, B pictures, made from or inspired by cheap pulp fiction...
Film Noir, thematically might better be thought of as shades of grey, not black and white, with that separating it from just any black and white movie with a crime element most of which were simple morality tales or cautionary tales with admittedly some vicarious thrills for the audience but with at least the
gloss of it coming to no good end by the end of the picture by convention and code
at the time. The evil doer must get his or her comeuppance by the end of the film.
It's presented literally and figuratively as more black and white.
The temptation and fall, as an adult, by the typically male protagonist typically aided
by the femme fatale using all of a woman's weapons and the way that is highlighted
and shown as more morally grey, not black and white is part of what I see
as Film Noir. More moral ambiguity, more grey, more concern engendered
for our hero or antihero, our protagonist who is presented in a different way as is the world itself he inhabitants.
It's a more knowing, jaundiced, hard bitten and hard boiled look at the world not as we wish it to be but rather as it is...
"I know it when I see it."
Film Noir, thematically might better be thought of as shades of grey, not black and white, with that separating it from just any black and white movie with a crime element most of which were simple morality tales or cautionary tales with admittedly some vicarious thrills for the audience but with at least the
gloss of it coming to no good end by the end of the picture by convention and code
at the time. The evil doer must get his or her comeuppance by the end of the film.
It's presented literally and figuratively as more black and white.
The temptation and fall, as an adult, by the typically male protagonist typically aided
by the femme fatale using all of a woman's weapons and the way that is highlighted
and shown as more morally grey, not black and white is part of what I see
as Film Noir. More moral ambiguity, more grey, more concern engendered
for our hero or antihero, our protagonist who is presented in a different way as is the world itself he inhabitants.
It's a more knowing, jaundiced, hard bitten and hard boiled look at the world not as we wish it to be but rather as it is...
"I know it when I see it."
@mikeletaurus4728 2 years ago
Well done. High concepts without any highbrow attitude. Thank you for your time and effort in producing and posting this.
@CristiTomaPhotography 7 years ago
11:14 Double indemnity was made in 1944, not 1994. I know, it's a typo...
@dancanfilm9626 6 years ago
A first person who explained the difference between gobo and cookie, superb!
@craigkennedy4418 6 years ago
I really enjoyed all the movie clips and interesting information. Fast paced and very professional 👍
Well done my friend 🕵️♂️
Well done my friend 🕵️♂️
The Art of Shadows - A Short Film Noir Documentary
Nomada Productions
74,523 views
A 10-minute documentary depicting the cinematographic techniques and aesthetics involved in the making of Film Noir motion pictures.
Directed, Written and Edited by Rodrigo Marion. Voiced by Declan Anthony Laurent.
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