Hollywood Lighting From the Silent Era to Film Noir

Informationen zum Autor Patrick Keating Klappentext Though often unnoted, lighting performs an important function in Hollywood film, 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 establishes Hollywood lighting as a distinct compositional force. Enhanced by more than one hundred illustrations, this volume disproves the conventional theory that Hollywood film style took a backseat to storytelling, revealing 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 both realistic fantasy and pictorial artistry Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction: The Rhetoric of Light Part I: Lighting in the Silent Period 1. Mechanics or Artists? 2. From the Portrait to the Close-Up 3. The Drama of Light 4. Organizing the Image Part II: Classical Hollywood Lighting 5. Inventing the Observer 6. Conventions and Functions 7. The Art of Balance Part III: Shifting Patterns of Shadow 8. The Promises and Problems of Technicolor 9. The Flow of the River 10. Film Noir and the Limits of Classicism Conclusion: Epilogue Notes Index

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• Authors: Patrick Keating, Patrick (Assistant Keating, Patrick (Assistant Professor Keating, Keating Patrick
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2009
• EAN: 9780231149037
• ISBN: 978-0-231-14903-7
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Columbia University Press; Film and Culture Series; Film Culture; Film and Culture Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; USA, United States of America, USA, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Direction & Production, Film production: technical & background skills, Filmmaking and production: technical and background skills, Film; production