suggestions for a noir short

haha, sry, you posted that right after my comment about how white balancing still matters in b+w.

I havn't tried balancing on yellow, so try it. As far as underexposing, to me it seems you might as well expose properly since you can always play with it with more control in post.

But just take out your camera and try some, use what comes out best (i.e., sry, I don't know)
 
If your going to light it keep the men sidey and the women glamour. Something thats not done enough in neo noirs.
 
OmaR said:
6) my sister has a beauty farm, she will help me: have you any suggestions in order to do the "right things"?

I'm going to shoot on the 2nd of june (the next fryday), as soon as possible I'll post a few picture, so we could discuss on my work (if you want) :dankk2:
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"beauty farm"?
 
first grabs...

In my opinion there is a non-good lighting... maybe too low; with color correction I couldn't make too much. What do you think guys?

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those look incredible! i started to pen a short neonoir flick and i would love to hear how you ended up lighting/shooting all of that.

that close up of the older man with the blood coming out of his mouth is gorgeous. i love the kind of grainy feel it gives.

looks great! keep up the good work.
 
OmaR said:
first grabs...

In my opinion there is a non-good lighting... maybe too low; with color correction I couldn't make too much. What do you think guys?
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Some of the last are 'getting there', but still there does not seem to be any 'rim' lighting to sculpt the man's face. Your main light is off center, but there is more needed.

A light coming from the left side (camera view), almost 90 deg. to the camera lens axis, and with baffles or screens to block any direct light, or 'haze/flair' in to the lens. Then a small focused light coming from almost 135 degs and placed far to the rear and right of the man, again baffled/screened to avoid direct light into the lens, to sculpt the actor's 'left and shadowed jaw line'. And drop the main light to the point where the these riming lights clearly deliniate the actor's bone structure.

For women, the 40's lighting was much higher, almost directly over the camera, and one can often see a 'butterfly' shadow cast by the woman's eyelashes on her upper cheek. In the case of the woman's body, I think a 'pool of light' from a high and angled light, and more contrast would be better.

This lighting for women requires cake makeup or absolutely defect free skin...

Even more stylized, would be a small hot light just on the eyes, and everything else dropped down a stop or two.

This sort of lighting is now a cliche, but at the time it was an innovation...
 
many thanks for your suggestions!

maybe I made these shots in a hurry, there was too much to shoot for just a day: but thank to this, I've learnt the first lesson to be a good filmmaker... Do it right or don't do it.

I'm going to reshoot the whole scene (moreover, I forgot to do 2 or 3 frames, it is very difficult to make and in general pre-visualise action-scenes).

I''ll try to follow your advices!

Stay tuned :thumbsup:
 
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