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. Context of forties. 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. 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”. 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?. V for Vendetta uses Film Noir Style. Type of film that is largely dependent on light for its effects. Used for Hollywood crime dramas that . emphasise. moral ambiguity. Creation of subtle tone/mood and atmosphere . composing the scenes. Battleship Potemkin. - Sergei Eisenstein. Battleship Potemkin.  . is . a . 1925 silent film.  directed . by Sergei Eisenstein.  . . It . presents a dramatized version of . the mutiny . 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. -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 . Stars. Brittany Wilder and . Cailel. Colson . All About Silent Film Actors. These types of films are commonly black, white and grey. . The salary of actors range from $75-$125 a week.. Silent films are extremely dramatized because there are no use of words. So they had to make the actions more melodramatic.. 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”. Detective films. Banned in occupied countries during the war. Noir refers to the low key lighting. Disenchantment, Doom . Cynical times. Great Depression 1930’s. World War II. Atomic Warfare. McCarthyism . Film Techniques ENG2D1 The drama, the attraction, of film lies not in what is shot – that’s the plot – but in how it is shot and how it is presented through editing. Why examine film techniques? 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 force.Closely analyzing Girl Shy (1924), Anna Karenina (1935), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), and T-Men (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 crank-turning 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. Comedy was ideal for silent film because it relied on visual action & physical humor rather than sound.. The first comics were trained by performing in the circus, burlesque, or vaudeville. Mack Sennett.