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Thursday, 1 March 2012

Film Noir workshop


Today's task was all about RAW processing and building a small set to see how you can turn lighting into the style of film noir (black) and manipulate the colour. 
This is the equipment list for us to be able to build our small set

1)Power screw driver
2)Screws
3)Gloves
4)Sand bags/Weights
5)Spirit level
6)'A' Frames
7)ARRI K1
8)Kable matt
9)Orange extension lead

The point of this exercise was to create a psychological portrait with shadow

We looked at movie examples today before going on to create our set build
  • In the mood for love


  • The man who wasn't there




I've had this book for some time now and thought now is a good time to look back at it after the workshop is finished. 

John Alton was the first hungarian cinematographer - and by reading this book in college I produced a set of images for my own film noir story called 'The Betrayal Of Mr Finley'





Workshop shooting!









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