Film light: Meaning and emotion

Light is fundamental to cinema. Without it the image could not be made or seen. But for all light's dominance of cinematic form, its affects have hitherto been ignored or overlooked, dismissed as either too pervasive or too inconspicuous, marginalised amidst discussions of technique, mise-en-scene and film noir.Film light attempts to readdress this balance. As one of the first monographs of its kind to focus on the aesthetic and emotional impact of lighting in cinema, it looks at the way light informs the cinematic experience, from constructing iconic star identities, sculpting natural light and creating imaginary worlds, to opposing states of darkness, shadows and black space, fading nostalgic representations of the past and arresting twilight encounters.The book includes analyses of over fifty renowned international films, discussed in inventive and illuminating combinations, from cinema's earliest glass-roof moments to its most recent digital manifestations, including: The Passion of Joan of Arc, Aliens, Blue Velvet, Persona, Three Colours: Blue, The Third Man, City of God and The Social Network.This groundbreaking and accessible introductory study offers a unique insight into the way illumination has transcended its diffuse functional boundaries and been elevated to a position of narrative and emotional importance, transforming it from an unobtrusive element of film style to an expressive and indispensable component. It is essential reading for all those who want to understand what film light means and how it makes us feel.

Arts & Photography

Thompson, Lara

Photography & Video

Manchester University Press

A unique and wide-ranging analysis of the aesthetic and emotional impact of lighting in cinema. Lara Thompson looks at the way light informs the cinematic experience, from constructing star identities, sculpting natural light and creating imaginary worlds, to the seductive power of darkness, fading representations of the past and arresting twilight encounters. This groundbreaking and accessible introductory study offers a unique insight into the way illumination has transcended its diffuse functional boundaries and been elevated to a position of narrative and emotional importance, transforming it from an unobtrusive element of film style to an expressive and essential component. It includes analyses of over fifty renowned international films, discussed in inventive and illuminating combinations, from cinema's earliest moments to its most recent digital manifestations. -- .

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Set over the course of a single evening, this literary thriller is at once a detective story, a romance, and a coming-of-age tale. It is also a story of old New York, of Greenwich Village between the wars, of artists and bohemians lighting up Manhattan as the Great Depression descends upon the city. For the hundredth time since they'd made their promise, she wondered if she and Agnes were really going to go through with it, if she was brave and terrible enough . . . A thrilling debut novel of corruption and murder set in the nightclubs, tenements, and skyscrapers of 1930s New York. At the top of the Empire State Building on a freezing December night, two women hold their breath. Frances and Agnes are waiting for the man who has wronged them. They plan to seek the ultimate revenge. Set over the course of a single night,&nbsp;One Night, New York&nbsp;is a detective story, a romance and a coming-of-age tale. It is also a story of old New York, of bohemian Greenwich Village between the wars, of floozies and artists and addicts--lighting up the world, while all around them America burned with the Great Depression.

One Night, New York: A Novel

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Pegasus Crime

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