Homework- Lighting

To take good quality shots for my film noir project, I will need at least three lights as that is how many lights they use in a typical film nor film.

I will use a key light for the main lighting, a filler light and back lighting. These lights will help make my photos look as if they are taken from the time film noir was set.  The key lighting will be placed at the front to define to main part of the image. The backing lighting will enhance the use of shadows to give it more of a film noir effect as shadows were a main aspect of it. I will use a fast shutter speed also so my images do not come out as blurry or ghost like. As for the apature, it will have to fairly small to increase the light being let in as majority of film noir photos mainly consist of the use of lighting.  For majority of my shots, I will set the camera, not directly, but roughly in front of models which will hopefully cast a shadow that can be shown in the image.