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 KZbin - make more!

[@amoebaeffect]

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

[@pierrezapata90]

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

[@tessa3074]

Love the video!

[@therealelmo3438]

Damn thats nice

[@attila5433]

damn you are nice

[@baranh4246]

I found it

[@IceCqne]

Indeed a very peculiar style in film industry

[@janvongottberg5426]

Yo Olga lebt in dir

[@janvongottberg5426]

Fu ima mi frend

[@dancanfilm9626]

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

[@user-pw4rw3nz7y]

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

[@craigkennedy4418]

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

[@mikeletaurus4728]

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

[@cdrama-central]

This video is VERY well made. Thanks!

[@CristiTomaPhotography]

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

[@simonpeisley40]

Great story and edit! 👍

[@jorgesaucedo5516]

Awesome video and explanation!

[@toddhildebrand]

Very cool and most informative documentary! Thanx, SaxNoirGuy

[@just_dec]

I think it's the theme from the third man

[@cosmojonesmusic]

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

[@just_dec]

Say What Yorkshire*

[@marciocruz1446]

Say What j

[@monitonia]

Great video!

[@michaelkulman7095]

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."

[@aravindpatil2560]

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

[@SattarM-ju3dv]

Grate explanation... Tribute

[@directorsvisions1677]

Outstanding video my friend, you deserve a thumbs up!

[@NomadaProductions]

Very glad you like it! We're working on producing more of these on the days to come, feel free to come back in a few weeks for more ;)

[@directorsvisions1677]

Nomada Productions, will do!

[@ObiTrev]

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

[@janvongottberg5426]

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

[@janvongottberg5426]

Einfach beachte leben diese Gönner, in shul guget und nix so leger, aba mit dise tip, baba, einfach babawagen

[@TijnvanGimst]

Whats that song in the beginning and the end?

[@Mooseman327]

Film Noir is a style.

[@suklalsaren6077]

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

[@reginasemenenko148]

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

[@theman2017inc]

Indeed not a bad thing!!!

[@rosebud3971]

👍👍👍👍

[@davidjackson7675]

Why did Film-Noir end and what replaced it?

[@antirealist]

The music starting at 4:20 is the theme from Orson Welles' film "The Third Man" - I found it by asking Google assistant to identify the song for me.

[@emoryclaire1477]

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

[@slimphotog]

What movie is 0:44 from?

[@toddb9055]

Sunset Boulevard!

[@Larkinchance]

World War II had ended and men went back to the movie theaters..

[@johnwagner4776]

Lurv it

[@user-ub6tm1bt3z]

Bricking cellists cello dubplatin echoes

[@fernandomaron87]

The crime genre was already very popular before film noir with the gangster genre of the 30's, you ignored this genre completely, other than that it was a very well made documentary.

[@kingcountyservicequality4731]

Gangster movies are not always noir movies, nor are private eye movies always noir. Just because crime is involved and fedoras are worn ... Bonnie and Clyde wasn't noir. Now Asphalt Jingle ......... !!

[@kingcountyservicequality4731]

Very good. Always wondered how the got those shadow effects

[@michaelweber8724]

Warner "Bros?"

[@lizardman7364]

yeah bro

[@michaelweber8724]

@@lizardman7364 lol

[@jesush.christ3003]

Nobody refers to these films as "black films" . SMH

[@austrianchicken]

that is just the literal translation of film noir .. maybe used to avoid repetition in the narration. Same if you call Los Angeles the "city of angels".

[@arnepianocanada]

Your history part (how noir came about) is plainly wrong in some points, e.g. TV *did not* increase the number of films noir! Ridiculous to say that. Consistent accuracy would not take much more effort. You can do better.

[@just_dec]

Nonsense! Of course it did. The video is great

[@bakubaka4482]

Great video!