From the list of film noir movies provided, I went ahead and watched: Killers Kiss: A fighter falls in love with a woman with a troubled past and troubled future. The fighter falls head over heels for the woman, and...
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I’ve been attempting new photography tips from the ds106 website. Here are the techniques I tried and the photos that were a result: 1. Foreground vs. Background: I used the foreground as the focus of the photo instead of the background. This picture was taken at Belmont here in Fredericksburg earlier this week. I liked … Continue reading New Angles, New Photos

I’m on a mission. I’m on a mission to capture elements of noir… on film. It’s a dangerous mission into the underbelly of society. It’s dark, it’s fruitless, and most of all, it’s served ice cold. Here’s some elements of noir… and here are the photos that were taken in their image. 1. Dramatic Use … Continue reading Atta Boy, Go on That Safari

Like a lot of people, I enjoy taking pictures. Normally, my photos are usually of friends and family, as well as nature scenes. I wouldn’t at ANY length call myself a photographer, but one of those things that I would love to do is to take pictures for National Geographic. I think that must be … Continue reading Don’t Mind Me I’m Just Here For the Lighting…

Hello, all! Thanks for sticking with me for week two of this blog. A lot’s changed in the past week… mainly, I’ve read a lot of noir literature. And I’ve finally got a chance to go all out and attempt to be a writer. I considered typing this on a type writer while overlooking a … Continue reading Week Two: Heartache, Late Nights, and Rainstorms

…”admit it, Frank, you were lying there thinking of how to kill me.” “And you weren’t thinking the same?” “Yeah. I was.” “See, we’re even.” “Not even close.” “Have a drink.” “I don’t want a drink… we drink every night. I want to know what happened. I thought we were in love.” Cora rolled over … Continue reading The Ending That Wasn’t

Victoire Absinthe is no ordinary dame. She’s the kind of dame that takes you by the hand and leads you down the path to madness– and you thank her for it. Five foot two inches of sin, Victoire’s black hair and green eyes cut through men like hot knives through butter. She knows that. But … Continue reading Victoire Absinthe

I was recently challenged to come up with a short story based off of 10 random words… eh. why not. here are the 10 words: believable, appeal, apparent, dry, feather, swollen, decontamination, sweat, almond, hairy. let’s see what I can do with these! ∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴∴ Sometimes the most believable and apparent beauty about a person is … Continue reading Almond

“Dear Sweet Child of Mine Megan” Thus began the letter that changed everything. Post marked 21, October. 2014. God, doesn’t that seem like a lifetime ago. “First I must say I loved the so spoopy jokes….” I’m sure she did. I clutch the well read note and close my eyes. I can almost hear my friend … Continue reading Once Upon an October…

…So is print. Noir is just as prevalent in literature as it is in film. Like its film counterpart, noir literature focuses on the dramatic and gritty topics of crime, debauchery and the question of good and evil. This is perhaps more difficult to see considering the visual aspect of film compared to the written … Continue reading Film Ain’t The Only Thing That’s Black And White…

This week was an exploration into one of my favorite types of film…. film noir. I was so excited when I found out that this semester’s theme, and thought it was almost too good to be true to have to watch examples over the course of this, and subsequent weeks. (Oh darn, whatever will I … Continue reading Film Noir, Ya Filthy Animal

Film noir has actually always been one of my favorite types of film, for a variety of reasons. (I’ll explain in another post.) I’ve never made a youtube video before, and this is my first attempt at creating a film noir type of media. (besides photos.)