Tech Noir is a Dutch artist who has been creating living movie stills since November 2011. All 125+ of his works can be found on technoir.nl. The blog title comes from a movie genre by the same name, describing Sci-Fi flicks filmed in the style of film noir.
The living movie stills are created using After Effects and Photoshop. You can find a brief tutorial on how to create your own here.
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1. Prometheus
‘SOMETIMES TO CREATE, ONE MUST FIRST DESTROY.’
2. The Dark Knight
‘THE JOKER PLANNED TO BE CAUGHT.’
3. Blade Runner
‘LOS ANGELES NOVEMBER, 2019’
4. The Matrix
‘I’M TRYING TO FREE YOUR MIND, NEO. BUT I CAN ONLY SHOW YOU THE DOOR. YOU’RE THE ONE THAT HAS TO WALK THROUGH IT.’
5. The Avengers
‘ALRIGHT. HEY. ALRIGHT. GOOD JOB, GUYS. LET’S JUST NOT COME IN TOMORROW. LET’S JUST TAKE A DAY. HAVE YOU EVER TRIED SHAWARMA? THERE’S A SHAWARMA JOINT ABOUT TWO BLOCKS FROM HERE. I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT I WANNA TRY IT.’
6. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
‘THE CITY LOOKS SO PEACEFUL FROM UP HERE. … ANYTHING IS PEACEFUL FROM ONE THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE FEET.’
7. Akira
‘I FEEL LIKE I CAN TAKE OUT THE WORLD.’
8. Edward Scissorhands
‘THE YEARS SPENT IN ISOLATION HAVE NOT EQUIPPED HIM WITH THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO JUDGE RIGHT FROM WRONG. HE’S HAD NO CONTEXT. HE’S BEEN COMPLETELY WITHOUT GUIDANCE. FURTHERMORE, HIS WORK – THE GARDEN SCULPTURES, HAIRSTYLES AND SO FORTH – INDICATE THAT HE’S A HIGHLY IMAGINATIVE… UH… CHARACTER. IT SEEMS CLEAR THAT HIS AWARENESS OF WHAT WE CALL REALITY IS RADICALLY UNDERDEVELOPED.’
9. There Will Be Blood
‘THERE’S A WHOLE OCEAN OF OIL UNDER OUR FEET! NO ONE CAN GET AT IT EXCEPT FOR ME!’
10. V For Vendetta
‘ARE YOU GOING TO KILL ME NOW? … I KILLED YOU 10 MINUTES AGO.’
11. Sin City
‘THE PILLS COME FROM A GIRLFRIEND WHO’S A SHRINK, SHE TRIED TO ANALYZE ME ONCE BUT SHE GOT TOO SCARED’.
12. Ghostbusters
‘I AM THE GATEKEEPER!’
13. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
“GO-GO, I KNOW YOU FEEL YOU MUST PROTECT YOUR MISTRESS. BUT I BEG YOU, WALK AWAY.”
14. Office Space
‘HI MILTON. WHAT’S HAPPENING? I’M GONNA HAVE TO ASK YOU TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE YOUR DESK AGAIN.’
15. Iron Man
‘OKAY, THIS IS WHERE I DON’T WANT TO BE.’
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