Film noir cinematography usually aims to make the viewer feel uncomfortable, and ill at ease. This meant using distorted and/or skewed images. This was done with the cameras, using low and high angles – to make characters seem intimidating or intimidated, using deep focuses and reflections. Positioning the camera at an unnatural angle changes the horizon line for the viewer which is impossible to do without using cameras, again, making the viewer feel uncomfortable. Cinematography also obscured faces in the scene, so the viewer couldn’t see exactly what was going on. Lots of deep shadows were used throughout film noir; this created a good atmosphere when things looked dodgy and mysterious.
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