Typical Film Noir Lighting Effects

You can see that the lighting has been placed above the pair here. This causes shadows on their faces, and silhouettes of the rest of their faces and shoulders.

Two of these photos are silhouettes, one of these has a shadow, so this means the lighting must have been placed behind him. The other one has the effect of smoke around the bodies. The photo of the man shows he is smoking, because the effect of smoke is in the photo. Finally the photo near the lamp post shows that the lighting of the lamp post is used.

The femme fatale is used here to make us feel we have to look up to her. This is because the photo has been taken from a low angle shot. The effect of smoke is again used here, and the background is black whilst the foreground is clear. This gives the effect that the woman looks as if she has been places in front of a black background and it doesn't look as real as it would if there was a clearer background. This effect is the opposite to when a silhouette is placed infront of a background, but the foreground is just black.

This photo clearly shows the lighting shining down on the femme fatale, it is a typical pose of a femme fatale, looking sophisticated, dark lipstick, curly hair, dress, heels and not smiling. The background and foreground are clear but the light from above causes shadows underneath the subject.