brick

The film brick is a modern take on the style of film noir written and directed by Rian Johnson. the techniques used within the film include Dutch angles. A Dutch angle is achieved by tilting the camera off to the side so that the shot is composed with the horizon at an angle to the bottom of the frame. another technique could include a low angle shot. this emphasis' the tension within the shot and make you feel somewhat uncomfortable. Furthermore, another technique could include low key lighting. the effect created make the person framed seem very mysterious and devious.

Heres a very good example of a low angle shot. its make the scene really uneasy and uncomfortable.

development work

film noir

Film noir began in the 1930's and remained as a strong cinematic medium until the early 1960's. Film noir literally means "black film" in French and features themes which are more negative than positive, with an overall dark and shadowy outlook--being filmed in black and white. This film genre takes in detective and crime noir as well as many gangster films of the 1930's. Noir also moves into more modern films combining with other genres. The film often include a male thats invloved with crime etc, wheras the women or femme fatale as they are know are portreyed as a beautiful woman, cruel and dishonest and is willing to do anything to get what she wants.

here is a screen shot from a film noir. as you can see the use of shadows and dark lighting is used. aslo they are picture in a street which is a common place featured in a film noir and are often surrounded with smock.

here is another example of a classic film noir shot. the slightly turned camera angle is again a common feature as well as the women being framed for her legs.

German expressionist

German Expressionism refers to a number of related creative movements beginning in Germany before the First World War that reached a peak in Berlin, during the 1920s. These developments in Germany were part of a larger Expressionist movement in north and central European culture



Henri Matisse