Chiaroscuro Lighting

Chiaroscuro lighting is a specific design of lighting used within the Noir genre to create incredibly strong contrasts in light and shadow which are often cast on the actors when they enter rooms and in intimate settings. The term Chiaroscuro was first used to refer to the 'classic' artists within Art History such as Peter Paul Reubens and Giovanni Baglione.

We should try and incorporate a few shots that have very strong contrasts which we could recreate with torches held to one side of the actors faces. This would be very effective within our piece and useful to include and evaluate.
The effect of the harsh contrasts in light would show harsh contrasts in character, as well as conflicted characters (similar was used on Jack Vincennes before he died when entering Dudley Smith's home).