s. Noir films are often considered dark or "gloomy." Low-key lighting is characterized in this way: Low-key lighting features a relatively bright key light compared with little fill light. This produces lots of shadows. In low-key lighting, most of the picture is under-lit while other portions of the image area are adequately exposed. Typically, low-key lighting employs hard light in a high contrast, fast fall-off image. (Prince 56) Fincher uses low-key light
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