Camera and composition:
In film noir's, different camera angles are used in different ways to create effect and atmosphere. Low camera angles are used regularly to give characters the idea of being powerful. The picture here shows the femme fatal in 'Double Indemnity' standing at the top of the stairs. The camera angle is low and looks up at her giving her the idea of being powerful as I've previosuly mentioned. The everyman in this film looks up at her which gives the impression that he is below her and must obey what she says. In this case it turns out to be true as the everyman is used and betrayed by the femme fatal.
Editing:
Film noir's are edited in specific ways to make us feel uneasy when watching them. The ones made in the 20th century are nearly always shown in black and white but some made recently in the 21st century are shown in colour but are still distorted in some way. For example, 'The Black Dalia' is shown in colour but it isn't as clear as it could be. It is edited in this way to give it the sense of mystery and make us believe that it is set years and years go. On the other hand, 'Double Indemnity' and 'The Killers' are both in black and white. The main reason for this is because they were made in the 1940s but having them in black and white creates the same sense of mystery that the distorted colour in 'The Black Dalia' does. Also, in the 1940s technology wasn't as advanced as it is now so there wasn't exactly much editing done.
Sound:
In film noir's the sound that is normally used is produced from musical instruments rather than actual computer generated sounds. This is because obviously when the films were originally made in the 1940s they didn't posses the technology to create sound so instead they edited the sound of instruments into the background. The general instruments that were used in the backgrounds were saxophones, certain types of pianos, and trumpets. These were all played in a specific way to give a sense of mystery in the opening and climatic scenes.
Film noir's are edited in specific ways to make us feel uneasy when watching them. The ones made in the 20th century are nearly always shown in black and white but some made recently in the 21st century are shown in colour but are still distorted in some way. For example, 'The Black Dalia' is shown in colour but it isn't as clear as it could be. It is edited in this way to give it the sense of mystery and make us believe that it is set years and years go. On the other hand, 'Double Indemnity' and 'The Killers' are both in black and white. The main reason for this is because they were made in the 1940s but having them in black and white creates the same sense of mystery that the distorted colour in 'The Black Dalia' does. Also, in the 1940s technology wasn't as advanced as it is now so there wasn't exactly much editing done.
Sound:
In film noir's the sound that is normally used is produced from musical instruments rather than actual computer generated sounds. This is because obviously when the films were originally made in the 1940s they didn't posses the technology to create sound so instead they edited the sound of instruments into the background. The general instruments that were used in the backgrounds were saxophones, certain types of pianos, and trumpets. These were all played in a specific way to give a sense of mystery in the opening and climatic scenes.
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