Ebook: Hollywood Lighting from the Silent Era to Film Noir

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.;Mechanics or artists? -- From the portrait to the close-up -- The drama of light -- Organizing the image -- Inventing the observer -- Conventions and functions -- The art of balance -- The promises and problems of technicolor -- The flow of the river -- Film noir and the limits of classicism.