In this clip of the classic, film noire Scarface we can see that the lighting used throughout is Low Key lighting, we can suggest this prior to the high effect of chiaroscuro. They may have used low key lighting in this scene to give a more dramatic, intense feel for the audience.
In Film noire, the Key Light and Back Light are most important. The Filler light may be used but it isn't the most dominant. Most Film noire movies tend to use hard lights. Hard lights
leave sharp edged shadows because the light is using a single source point of light. Soft lights create fuzzy shadows has the lights are scattered to many different points. Hard lights are the most used lights for a Film noire look. Soft lights are used to mainly glamourise female characters.
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