After the Apocalypse, A Pandemic Survival Story Presents, Episode 2 of the Alien Schizoid story narrated by Mike Darling.  

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Outro

Hello my survivor friends. 

Thanks for listening through the 2nd chapter of the alien schizoid story. First some quick announcements and then I’ll talk a little bit about just what the heck we mean when we say ‘noir’.

Thanks Mike. The links to Mike’s podcast “Tales from the Wasteland” on the “Apocalypse Post” feed are in the show notes. And Wasteland Weekend is coming up soon – so go check that survival fun out.

Season Three of our After the Apocalypse narrative with the old man will start again at the end of this month, which for you time travelers is August 2022. I’ve got the first episode written and in production with Robert as we speak. 

I’m creating an ad-free and early release subscription option on Acast. More details on how this will work mechanically are forthcoming, but this will allow you to get the shows without the annoying insurance ads from Acast AND get the shows a week earlier than the general public. 

I’m just setting this option up because it’s a new feature from Acast and I’ll have instructions soon. There should be a link inserted into the show notes for the landing page to take advantage of it. 

This should make it easier for you survivors to binge listen.

Thank you for letting me take the summer off to explore some other stuff and I’m excited to get back to it.

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Let’s talk about ‘noir’.

Noir is French for black. When people refer to a book or film as ‘noir’ they are generally referring to the style or tone. That style is a ‘dark’ tone. 

“Film Noir” is where the film has a black, or dark atmosphere. This originally was applied to hard-boiled detective and gangster dramas in the 30’s and 40’s but the approach is broader than that. 

It generally describes narratives where the atmosphere is more important than the plot. In a noir novel that atmosphere is created by detailed description and characters. In a film it is created by detailed and immersive cinematography. For example think of a long dark close up of a brooding character’s face with no other dialogue. 

If you think about it this way, many of the films you love are done in a film noir style.

Think about the dark atmosphere of a Blade Runner film. Many if not all apocalypse stories and films have a noir aspect to them to set that dark atmosphere. 

After the Apocalypse sets that dark atmosphere through the descriptive language and use of dark vocabulary. 

A good way of thinking about noir is the mood the piece creates.

For my homework this summer I read the two most famous books of this genre.

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler 1939.

The Maltese Falcon by Dashell Hammett 1930

Think about all the films you’ve seen and where the ‘noir’ element of atmosphere setting and descriptive camera work come to the fore. 

I love the noir style. In this Alien Schizoid series I’m writing it in a full-on noir style on purpose and for fun. 

I hope you enjoy it.

Talk to you soon,

And keep surviving. 

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