Film Noir as a genre groups many dramas of the 40s and 50s typically the hard boiled crime fiction, action, mystery texts which involve the use of cynical darkness and sexual connotions. The use of metaphorical visuals add to the style to create certain imagery of symbolism which presents messages of the crime mystery to the audience, for example the image above presenting she is trapped because of the shadows of the horizontal lines which could be symbolism of being 'behind bars' etc. The visual style also encapsulates low key, dramatic lighting depicted in black and white cinema and high contrast between light and darkness which makes this cinema style iconic.The use of silhouettes is also used as it brings the actor out of the darkness they are filmed in and creates a vignette shadow which continues the contrast of light and dark as a binary opposition.
I personally enjoy the Film Noir 'genre' as depth in which scenes are planned and filmed are clever to watch and an audience can think about foreshadowing scenes and about the characteristics of characters on a different yet creative level. I think I can apply this or gather inspiration from camera techniques into the music video I will be creating to match or contrast well to the music genre I choose for a different approach to modern styled videos.
