amirali mohammadi Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Hello friends, I hope you are well and healthy, I am writing my dissertation on lighting and main character arc, but unfortunately, I can not find movies that also have lighting that are designed according to the positive and negative Main character arc (in fact, I could only find the godfather, the light changes according to the change of character. Can you introduce me to some movies? Thank you very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Santucci Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 I never got a sense that lighting was ever used to elevate a character arc in any film. Not saying lighting hasn't been used this way, but I never noticed it. You should identify films that even have strong character arcs and then scrub through to see if lighting approach changes for protagonists by the end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted April 20, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted April 20, 2021 Almost any movie dealing with a character who becomes a drug addict does a gradual lighting change -- look at "Lost Weekend", about an alcoholic, the lighting gets harsher and makes his face paler as he drinks more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giray Izcan Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 (edited) There was a movie called "Arbitrage" that came out in 2012. If you find October 2012 American Cinematographer magazine, you can read about how they lit Richard Gere the dark man in a contrasty way and him as a respectable family man etc in a different way. The article clearly talks about their choices in accordance with the character arc. Hope it helps. Edited April 21, 2021 by Giray Izcan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amirali mohammadi Posted April 23, 2021 Author Share Posted April 23, 2021 On 4/21/2021 at 12:49 AM, David Mullen ASC said: Almost any movie dealing with a character who becomes a drug addict does a gradual lighting change -- look at "Lost Weekend", about an alcoholic, the lighting gets harsher and makes his face paler as he drinks more. Thank you very much for your answer, dear master Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amirali mohammadi Posted April 23, 2021 Author Share Posted April 23, 2021 On 4/21/2021 at 12:14 AM, Christopher Santucci said: I never got a sense that lighting was ever used to elevate a character arc in any film. Not saying lighting hasn't been used this way, but I never noticed it. You should identify films that even have strong character arcs and then scrub through to see if lighting approach changes for protagonists by the end. Hello, thank you very much for your answer. Yes, that's exactly what I do; But unfortunately, in some films that have character transformation, the lighting is not very readable. On the other hand, in many films that have very significant lighting, there is no character change! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amirali mohammadi Posted April 23, 2021 Author Share Posted April 23, 2021 On 4/21/2021 at 9:37 AM, Giray Izcan said: There was a movie called "Arbitrage" that came out in 2012. If you find October 2012 American Cinematographer magazine, you can read about how they lit Richard Gere the dark man in a contrasty way and him as a respectable family man etc in a different way. The article clearly talks about their choices in accordance with the character arc. Hope it helps. Hello, thank you very much for your help, it will definitely help me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giray Izcan Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 I'm glad. Good luck.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Santucci Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 I wish I could think of examples, but using David's suggestion, check these films out: Leaving Las Vegas Permanent Midnight Requiem for a Dream Trainspotting The Panic in Needle Park The Basketball Diaries 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amirali mohammadi Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 On 4/24/2021 at 9:52 PM, Christopher Santucci said: I wish I could think of examples, but using David's suggestion, check these films out: Leaving Las Vegas Permanent Midnight Requiem for a Dream Trainspotting The Panic in Needle Park The Basketball Diaries Thank you very much for your help?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amirali mohammadi Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 On 4/24/2021 at 12:40 PM, Giray Izcan said: I'm glad. Good luck.. Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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