Summerslam fallout, Smackdown! Film noir

[Kane Knight]

Originally Posted by loopydate I'm fairly sure (this is one of a couple of genres I don't know quite as well) that the "noir" in "film noir" refers to the use of long shadows, right? It's something done primarily in black and white because the monochromatic film tone really brings out the shadows.

No, you're not. IT's why I've been in B+W photography and cinematography for so long. It's also why art students tend to make stark films--B+W is cheaper, as well as less expensive to process and print, and so they work with the "cheaper" medium's strengths.

It's easy to portray stark contrast in that sense, and has become easier since modern technology has allowed us to make better, crisper B+W imagery.

(Better is, of course, a preference thing. I've never been big on brown and white)