How do we light our movies? The answer for many starts with the idea of motivation. What, within the world of our film, justifies the light illuminating our stories? In this episode we once again sit down with Paige Smith to discuss the ins and outs of lighting ideology. Most films circa the 21st century are lit in a way that prizes ‘naturalism’; we delve into the reasoning behind this as well as other ideologies, including the theatrical lighting methods that dominated early and mid 20th century cinema.
In this episode, we discuss:Lighting ideologies and how they can influence our creative process.
The dangers of using the words “Key”, “Fill”, and “Backlight.”
The evolution of lighting linguistics, from the birth of cinema through the era of classical hollywood realism to modern-day realism.
Gendered lighting techniques and other broken methodologies.
Gregg Toland’s groundbreaking candlelight in The Grapes of Wrath.
Janusz Kaminski’s use of ‘documentary’ lighting in Schindler’s List.
Ellen Kuras’ use of broken lighting motivation in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
James Wong Howe and Roger Deakins’ lighting seminars.
Commentary 6 - STILL PROCESSING with Sophy Romvari
Commentary 5 - IN DOG YEARS with Sophy Romvari
Commentary 4 - NORMAN NORMAN with Sophy Romvari
Commentary 3 - PUMPKIN MOVIE with Sophy Romvari
Commentary 2 - IT’S HIM with Sophy Romvari
Commentary 1 - NINE BEHIND with Sophy Romvari
1-Year Anniversary Q&A [Featuring Wong Kar-wai and Snyder Cut Hot Takes]
S3E10 - Rescuing The Good, the Bad and the Ugly with Benji Heran & Jordan Krug
S3E09 - Adapting Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy with Tim Brayton
S3E08 - Colour Grading with Andrea Chlebak
S3E07 - The Bourne Series and Chaos Cinema
S3E06 - Wes Craven's Meta Horror with Mike Thorn
S3E05 - After Last Season and Outsider Art with Bram Ruiter
S3E04 - Eighth Grade and the Internet with Bronwyn Henderson and Brietta Stewart
S3e03 - Documentary Verite with Sophy Romvari
S3E02 - Narrative Verite with Whit Stillman
S3E01 - Film Preservation and Home Video with Blake Blasingame
Inter-season Special 2 - Listener Q&A
AMA Announcement - Plus HOT TAKES with Devan
S2E10 - Colour in the Films of Wong Kar-Wai
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