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Next I am going to research settings within Film Noir, i have already done research into this somewhat by looking at the opening of some film noirs. Typically so far I have found out so far that the plots and story lines revolve around newyork and the location of the main characters home is usually a small flat in a large tower block.



From this still image you can see the room is darkly lit and that most of the light within the shot comes from the lamp. The mise en scene matches the time period, this also includes the clothing of the character. The lamp its self is old fashioned and is surrounded by the typical alcohol consumed at the time, whisky. The man, in the armchair, is also holding a revolver from the 1940's. This one shot however unlike a lot of the clips I have viewed isn't smokey/misty and the character is not smoking.



This shot from what i can make out is in a police station, again the mise en scene is very realistic for the time period and location and the costumes and props also fit, however, note again how the atmosphere is not smoky.


This image however is very smoky. The smoke effect is exaggerated by the femme fetal on the right breathing out the smoke from her ciggartte. Again the props and mise en scene is very fitting for the time period. From what i can make out the location is some sort of bar, due to the glass of whisky or some other similar spirit in the femme fetals hand.