Shudup...Baby

In class this past week or so, we have been introduced to the film genre of film noir. The movie Double indemnity is a film that portrays film noir very nicely. Overall I really liked this movie. I would give it an 8 out of ten. Although If Walter never said "baby" throughout the movie, it would get a ten. But, I did love the way he would light his matches with one finger, over and over again. He wouold also always throw is hat down soemwhere when entering a building. These things I noticed I think help the viewer to feel like they know the character a little more, in this case, Walter Neff. Anyway, the film used alot of different techniques that we learned in class. The whole movie seemed to be in low key lighting. This emphasized the importance of each character and what they were doing. The film also had many low angle camera shots. These shots were mostly on Walter Neff. This shows the audience that he is a powerful man in control. But when you think back, the shots where Neff isnt in a low angle shot are when he is recording his story, when Keys finds him in his office, and when he collapses outside Keys' office. In the last two, Keys is towering above him, showing that Keys is now in control and the one that knows everything. Once again I thought this movie was really good. It seemed to get better and better as it went and I felt attached the the characters. Two thumbs up for Double Indemnity.