AS PRACTICAL PRODUCTION FILM NOIR maiko-takeda cinematography

experimenting with simple lighting and minimal props can be effective - ensure that you look at how others do it too
http://trendland.net/2009/07/30/maiko-takeda-cinematography-collection/#

A2 PRACTICAL PRODUCTION interesting source for different styles of cinematography

 

http://www.genaroarroyo.net/

an atmospheric control of lighting and camera angles will control  how the audience responds to your scene - you could find an image that you respond to and use thursdays lesson to try to recreate effects to capture that effect/style...