Description: Hollywood Lighting from the Silent Era to Film Noir, Paperback by Keating, Patrick, ISBN 0231149034, ISBN-13 9780231149037, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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.
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Book Title: Hollywood Lighting from the Silent Era to Film Noir
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Name: Hollywood Lighting from the Silent Era to Film Noir
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2009
Subject: United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Film / Guides & Reviews, Television & Video, Film / History & Criticism, Techniques / Cinematography & Videography
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16.7 Oz
Subject Area: Performing Arts, Technology & Engineering, Photography, History
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Patrick Keating
Series: Film and Culture Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
