The Art of Shadows - A Short Film Noir Documentary

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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[just_dec]

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]

Small correction - they weren't shooting with more "light sensitive sensors" - but with more light sensitive film stocks

[pierrezapata]

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

[mikeletaurus]

Well done. High concepts without any highbrow attitude. Thank you for your time and effort in producing and posting this.

[CristiTomaPhotography]

11:14 Double indemnity was made in 1944, not 1994. I know, it's a typo...

[dancanfilm]

A first person who explained the difference between gobo and cookie, superb!

[cosmojonesmusic]

Can't hide a Lancashire accent. 😁
Fantastic doc!! Thank you!

[craigkennedy]

I really enjoyed all the movie clips and interesting information. Fast paced and very professional 👍
Well done my friend 🕵️‍♂️

[ObiTrev]

4:39 Light Sensitive Sensors? You mean film stock right?

[toddhildebrand]

Very cool and most informative documentary! Thanx, SaxNoirGuy

[TijnvanGimst]

Whats that song in the beginning and the end?

[aravindpatil]

what is the music used in the end of the video.

[harry-gmm]

Excellent! Prof. Dr. Dr. H. James Birx, New York USA

[directorsvisions]

Outstanding video my friend, you deserve a thumbs up!

[michaelkulman]

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."

[davidjackson]

Why did Film-Noir end and what replaced it?

[janvongottberg]

This guy is legend, sogeile selten gesehen. Liebe Grüße von Yo Olga my frend

[suklalsaren]

Could you please provide the references of Music used in the video?

[reginasemenenko]

Movies were escapism. That's not necessarily a bad thing.

[emoryclaire]

I'm a film student looking for notes for a final essay in my Film Noir history class