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.
S2E09 - EMERGENCY PODCAST: Justice League & The Snyder Cut
S2E07 - Blocking in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
S2E06 - Experimental Animation
S2E05 - American Utopia and Visual Structures in Concert Cinema
S2E04 - Sounds of an Inner Life
S2E03 - Indie Post Production
S2E02 - Varda by Agnès: What is Videography?
S2E01 - Fail Safe and Contrast
Inter-season Special - State of the Podcast & Listener Q&A
Ep 20 - "Cinematic" feat. Nathan Douglas, James Penco & Paige Smith
Ep 19 - Storyboarding with Studio Ghibli
Ep 18 - Vancouver Cinema and Late Capitalism feat. Josh Cabrita
Ep 17 - Finding Star Wars feat. Drew Stewart
Ep 16 - Sounds of Commerce in Early Documentary feat. Tanya Goldman
Ep 15 - Visual Textures with Christopher Blauvelt
Ep 14 - Revisionist Audio
Ep 13 - Documentary Writing and Mr. Jane and Finch feat. Alison Duke
Ep 12 - Fourteen and discontinuous production feat. Dan Sallitt
Ep 11 - Prince of Darkness feat. Mike Thorn
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