Costanza Julia Bani Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Hej there! For an artistic research project and a paper I am proposing to write for an academic journal in the Scandinavian countries (VIS) I am looking for historic shots / archive footage of the earliest nighttime shots night for night. I am trying to find out - and it seems more difficult than I expected - who has done the first nighttime shots and with what camera and how was the lighting set-up. It was easy to find out for still photography. After the first daylight photography was taken in 1922 it took almost twenty years to realize the same feature at night. In 1839, LJM. Daguerre, inventor of the daguerreotype method, is credited to have taken the first photograph at night, even if it was actually a blurry picture of the moon taken through a telescope. 1840 J.W. Draper used a complex method involving a double convex lens and a specially prepared development plate to capture the moon. The halo around the celestial object became a distinctive feature of many nighttime shots. It was also the start of a trend in astrophotography, where secrets of distant starts were impressed on film, using cameras connected to telescopes. BUT MY QUESTION IS: ANYONE KNOWS WHO DID THIS FOR MOTION PICTURES? Was it Murnau's dop in 1927 in Sunrise? Were the nighttime scenes shot at all shot in exterior? THANKFUL FOR HELP! Here is my University email: costanzajulia.bani@uniarts.se Costanza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted November 19, 2023 Premium Member Share Posted November 19, 2023 It would be much earlier than 1927… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Frank Wylie Posted November 19, 2023 Premium Member Share Posted November 19, 2023 Cannot say he was the first, but here is an early example by Edwin S. Porter in 1901 of the Pan-American Exposition for Thomas Edison. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694344/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costanza Julia Bani Posted November 19, 2023 Author Share Posted November 19, 2023 Thanks Frank Wylie! I hope some more examples of early night for night footage pop ups! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted November 19, 2023 Premium Member Share Posted November 19, 2023 From “Film Style & Technology” by Barry Salt: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costanza Julia Bani Posted November 20, 2023 Author Share Posted November 20, 2023 Thanks so much David Mullen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Jeff Bernstein Posted November 20, 2023 Premium Member Share Posted November 20, 2023 (edited) Birth of a Nation (1915) With special nighttime guest : tremendous bubble lens flare at 26:30–26:34! Edited November 20, 2023 by Jeff Bernstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costanza Julia Bani Posted November 23, 2023 Author Share Posted November 23, 2023 Thanx Jeff Bernstein! Noted ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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