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Hollywood Lighting from the Silent Era to Film Noir should be considered essential reading by all film students and aspiring directors. Midwest Book Review This readable book provides welcome profiles of eminent cinematographers... and valuable research on the American Society of Cinematographers... Highly recommended. Choice This book taught my students and me to watch films in a new way. -- Karla Oeler Film Quarterly

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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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      Publisher: Columbia University Press
      Publication Date: 15/12/2009
      ISBN13: 9780231149037, 978-0231149037
      ISBN10: 0231149034
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      Hollywood Lighting from the Silent Era to Film Noir should be considered essential reading by all film students and aspiring directors. Midwest Book Review This readable book provides welcome profiles of eminent cinematographers... and valuable research on the American Society of Cinematographers... Highly recommended. Choice This book taught my students and me to watch films in a new way. -- Karla Oeler Film Quarterly

      Table of Contents
      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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