I think the quality of our presentation was more than average but there could have been more effort and analysis of the different scenes and what the low key and high contract did to the film and how it affected the characters. I believe our choice of examples were solid and we were able to explain what the low key and high contrast did in these shots. We were able to connect this film to film noir with the use of shadows and mysterious and dark scenes in Chinatown. In our presentation we used several filmic terms but not as many as we should have used.

We could have improved our analysis of the different scenes and how it affected the environments in the different scenes. We also could have gave more background to the characters in more joyful scenes and compared them to see what affect the film noir style gives to a film. We could have clarified on what the characteristics were and what the definitions are. Also if we all related it back to different styles of film noir it could of had a larger affect than just to focus on mainly two aspects of film noir.

Before we discussed Chinatown as a class I was very confused on who was who and what their importance in the movie was, but then we started to discuss it and by the end of the movie I knew the whole plot and actually like the movie, although at first it was complex to me, and the at the end of the movie I realized that I have actually seen the movie before. I understand film noir techniques and will be able to incorporate them into my films.