Breathing out the Anger. Rage and violence, we all know them, we are all enthralled by them. Since the dawn of man, people have used rage to overcome fear, to power through difficulties and continue onward, we, as a...
The charismatic Humphrey Bogart had a penchant for playing misanthropic characters repeatedly. Perhaps the chain-smoking screen legend borrowed somewhat from his personal life when creating loner characters. Bogart seemed like someone who, like contemporary James Cagney, preferred to maintain...
A unique approach to acting, writing, and directing often effectively comes together to craft the conventions of the film noir. The cinematography and lighting that present the stylistic black-and-white imagery create the dark world film noir embraces. Bright lights...
Long before Bogart could capture audiences’ attention in the cinema, his image on a poster was necessary to inform crowds of an upcoming release. Film noir posters — ironically — must be noir-like while avoiding the essential element...
Hollywood has had an obsession with, well, Hollywood. While shooting in the Hollywood/L.A area is an obviously smart business move, you may run into problems where your movies may be seen as something by-Hollywood-for-Hollywood that celebrates the industry. (An...
Behind every film noir is its crazy cast and crew (we would know)… In this week’s trivia, we’re asking you about a few freaky facts!
Every good noir film gives us a riddle to be unraveled. This could be part of the plot, like the identity of mysterious killer, or a femme fatale’s true colors, only revealed at the end. Or, like in our...
We love film noir and neonoir films, and the genre’s influence is evident in the films that we make. Two of our films, Shades of Day and Notes from the New World, recently won gold and bronze awards, respectively, at...
“Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown.” There are places that have a character of their own, and the Chinatown of the 1930s in Los Angeles definitely fits the bill. Up to 1910, this was a booming part of town, with...
“He was some kind of a man. What does it matter what you say about people?” We wouldn’t know what shadows looked like, if it weren’t for film noir. Shadows of the human soul, especially. There are better noir...
