PDF-[DOWNLOAD]-Hollywood Lighting from the Silent Era to Film Noir (Film and Culture Series)

Lighting performs essential functions in Hollywood films enhancing the glamour clarifying the action and intensifying the mood Examining every facet of this understated art form from the glowing backlights of the silent period to the shaded alleys of film noir Patrick Keating affirms the role of Hollywood lighting as a distinct compositional forceClosely analyzing Girl Shy 1924 Anna Karenina 1935 Only Angels Have Wings 1939 and TMen 1947 along with other brilliant classics Keating describes the unique problems posed by these films and the innovative ways cinematographers handled the challenge Once dismissed as crankturning laborers these early cinematographers became skillful professional artists by carefully balancing the competing demands of story studio and star Enhanced by more than one hundred illustrations this volume counters the notion that style took a backseat to storytelling in Hollywood film proving that the lighting practices of the studio era were anything but neutral uniform and invisible Cinematographers were masters of multifunctionality and negotiation honing their craft to achieve not only realistic fantasy but also pictorial artistry. Charles . Higham. and Joel Greenberg. ‘. Noir . Cinema’ (1968). And Billy Wilder’s . Double Indemnity. (1944). Noir . ambience: a dark street in the early morning hour; a dark street washed with a sudden downpour; haloes on lamps; a neon sign across the street; a man waiting to murder or be murdered. Comparative Study. American Film – . Comparative Study. Context. Why are the classic noir films obsessed with the femme fatale?. Why are the male protagonists usually loners?. Why is the look of the films so stylised?. Victor Hsiao, Stephen Huang, Kevin Wang. What is Film Noir?. Film Noir – Black Film or Cinema. Coined by French film critics. Nino Frank (1946) started this term. Observed the ‘dark’, black, and downbeat look of American crime and detective films released in France in 1940’s. Keenan Parra. Beverly Ramos. Vivek. Reddy. Chris Ruiz. Daniel Yi . History of Film Noir. French phrase meaning “black film”. Film Noir was identified in 1946 following World War II and the German occupation of France. Made in the U.S.A.. American films produced by Hollywood in the 1930s and 40s. B movies. Common themes of loneliness, alienation, despair, violence. Character types: Anti social loner and femme fatale. -Two “sets” of American films after the ending of WWII:. Nostalgic film: old myths promulgated by earlier films: ideas of . nostalgia. , principles of self-sufficiency and . manifest destiny. , Jeffersonian . Columbia Pictures. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Paramount Pictures. Universal Studios. Warner Bros.. 20th Century Fox. DreamWorks. Columbia Pictures. Columbia Pictures. Columbia Pictures is a US film production and distribution company. It was founded in 1924. It grew out of a smaller company founded in 1920 by Harry Cohn. Columbia became a major studio by the 1940.. . and its Aftermath. When does . “. Smart Business” become a Monopoly?. In 1946, the Hollywood film industry experienced its most profitable year ever. . $1.7 billion dollars . domestically. . . Chernyshov. . Dima. Hollywood is a district in Los Angelis, California, the United States of America. Hollywood is known as a center in the cinema industry. The history of Hollywood begins for a long time - the first Spanish conquerors have appeared in this area where then radical Americans lived. . Today. :. What is the . film noir . genre?. Start watching “Gaslight”. Film Noir. A term used post WWII to describe early 1940s movies that were cynical and had dark themes. French for “black cinema”. Copyright © 2012, by Jay Seller, Ph.D.. In 1894 Thomas Edison and William Dickson invented the . Kinetoscope. and . Vitascope. . 1895 Birth of Cinematography. The . Lumiere. Brothers were the earliest filmmakers.. Disillusionment with American Dream – depression, war, etc. Gender issues. Hays code. German and Eastern European influence. Edward Hopper images of American life. Other aspects of Forties Noir. Studio-bound look to the genre. !. All is calm, all is bright. .. Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child.. Holy . infant so tender and mild,. Sleep . in heavenly peace,. Sleep . in heavenly . peace.. Silent night, holy night. !. Shepherds . Je remplace . Noiraud. par. . Noirette. .. Clara aime beaucoup jouer avec . Noir. ette. , s. a. petit. e . chat. te. noir. e. . . Noiraud ne peut pas se passer de Clara, il la suit partout ! . Noir.