The aspects of lighting

Lighting is either used to create a specific mood or to enhance the meaning on an object. Filmmakers take advantage of natural and In the book The 5 Cs of artificial light to produce dramatic effects. Cinematography, filmmaker Joseph V. Mascelli says that a film cannot exist without light!

This is an typical examples of film noir shadows and the blind effect. The bright slashes of light give a sense of tension and danger. This technique can be used by the filmmaker to show the audience certain aspects of a persons face and hide the rest.

Lighting sets a specific mood. Bright vivid lighting often stems the mood of, happiness, glee, excited...etc Face paced flashes of light would be possibly used in violent scenes.

IDENTIFICATION
Certain types of lighting represents different genres of film. In the 1940s, filmmakers used lighting used lighting to announce Film Noir. The style emphasizes dark shadows and low light and became identified with dark tales and sinister characters. Horror movies also use darker lighting characteristics.

HISTORY BEHIND IT ALL

Early filmmakers used mirrors and other reflective surfaces to focus and convert sunlight or block it. With the adaptation of technology came new sources of lighting. Theatre spotlights, streetlights a and searchlights found their way into the film industry. In the early 1920s, certain wavelengths of light were impossible to portray on the film used at that time. In 1927, a new type of film allowed directors to capture more wavelengths.