The influence of artists on cinematographers

1. Art &Cinematography
howartistsinfluencethelookoffilms

2. rembrandtlighting
lighting thatlookslikeithasasourceinthescene

3. basicset-up use1 main (“Key”)light
anda reflector
u
w
light source
camera
reflector
subject

4. advancedset-up
usea keylight,afill
light,and abacklight

5. uw
key light
camera
fill light
subject
ww
back light

6. whenyou’vegotitright
you’ll seea
characteristic
triangleof lighton
theshadowed sideof
theface

7. examples

8. lowkeylighting
lowkey=moreshadow,
greatercontrast
(chiaroscuro)

9. highkeylighting
high key=lessshadow,
lowercontrast

10. whyuseit?
youuserembrandtlightingwhen
youwantthescenetolookas
naturalaspossible-asif lit
fromawindow,alamp,orsome
othersourceinthescene

11. expressionism
PreseNting the World
from A SubjeCtive
persPectiVe, DistoRting
it rAdicaLly foR
EmotiOnal Effect in
oRder To evokE Moods
or ideAs

12. it’s(supposedtobe)kindoftheopposite
of impressionism
Monet’swater lilies
isatypicalexample
ofimpressionism
impressionist artists
tried toaccurately
portraychanging
patterns of light and
worked outdoors

13. urban,crowded settings,oftenchaotic.
perspectiveisdistortedandcoloursare
dictated byfeelingratherthanrealism

14. expressionisminfilm-germany1920s

15. distorted,shadowy,artificial,disorienting

16. monstermovies
expressionisttechniques wereadoptedby
hollywoodinthe1930s

17. film noir-adoptedexpressionisticstylesinthe1940s

18. Orson wellEs usEd exPressIonisTic tEchniQues In fiLms sUch
aS CitizeN kaNe, thE ladY froM shaNghai, & toUch oF evil

19. pan’s
labyrinth
hasscenes
clearly
influenced
byFrancisco
goya
guillermodeltoro’s
“Saturndevouringhis son”

20. edwardhopper

21. americanrealist
hopper’spaintings
portrayisolation,
loneliness,and
alienation

22. contrasts
hislandscapesfrequentlyshowpeople
isolatedagainstanemptywilderness

23. manyofhispaintingsarelikestillsfromafilm

24. lightpushes
againstdarkness

25. roadsandrailwayscutthroughthelandscape
and somehowincreasethesenseofisolation

26. peoplegatherindarknessandremainseparate

27. lostinthought

28. wecatchglimpsesofotherlives“Voyeurism has been an unavoidable condition of
urban living and moviegoing, and Hopper’s pictures
spy on people in uncurtained rooms.”

29. wenever saywhat wethink
“They are epiphanic moments in someone else’s
life, stills from a movie we can't quite remember.”

30. modernlifeconsistsofwaiting

31. framedwithinaframe,alonetogether

32. urban scenes,night shadows
“His 1921 etching Night Shadows looks like a storyboard
sketch for a high-angle shot in a Fritz Lang movie”

33. likeacinematographer,
hopperpaintswithlight

34. film noirlightingishopperesque

35. showinghopper’sinfluence
“picnic”, 1955
JamesWong
Howe

36. “Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) was a crucial point where the
sinister verticality of Hopper's mansard-roofed house in
his first acclaimed painting House by the Railroad
(1925), was combined with the unprepossessing
horizontality of his numerous paintings of motels.”

37. daysofheaven(TerrenceMalick,1978)

38. oscarwinningcinematographerNéstorAlmendros Cuyás
wasclearlyinfluencedbybothhopperandAndrewWyeth
andrewWyeth“Christina’sworld”(1948)

39. forceofevil(1948)George barnes
(cinematographer)

40. thekillers(1946)RobertSiodmak

41. thedriver(1978)walterhill

42. theendofviolence(1997)wimwenders

43. theroadtoperdition (2002)Sammendes

44. readmore
quotesinthispresentationfromphilipfrench’s
articlein theobserver,25/04/2004
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2004/apr/25/art