Cinematography of A Farewell to Arms

After going through bad times, there is a moment of reflection in which beliefs change. In the novel A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, Lieutenant Frederic Henry, an English ambulance driver for the Italian army in World War I, after escaping into the river from the battle police who are interrogating and murdering innocent officers, realizes that Catherine Barkley, an English nurse, is the love of his life and his only priority. This incident leads to a rude awakening in the train ride to Milan of how awful it was when his own army did not hesitate to take his life, and it eradicates his obligation to serve in the war. Thus in his novel, Ernest Hemingway uses the illuminating incident of when Henry escapes his execution and then desires

Director Tim Burton uses lighting throughout his films in order to create a feeling of sorrow toward his characters. One example

Tim Burton done this to help the movie have a dark twist or to help the movie take a serious turn. In the movie Edward Scissorhands you see low key lighting when they show the castle. Nightmare Before Christmas shows a lot of low key lighting too. When Jack sings his song about taking Christmas away. They use low key lighting to show his song is dark and scary.

The documentary Visions of Light was made for the purpose of showing the art of cinematography. Cinematography was defined throughout the film as the making of a motion picture. “I found out that I was unconsciously responding to light.” said by Ernest Dickerson an American film director and cinematographer. Light is thought of to be something so little but means so much in a film. It is used to change the emotion and to tell people where to look.

Lighting is important to tell the mood of a film. Burton depicts sinister and scary images with low-key lighting. Tim Burton’s lighting techniques are completely unique. In “Edward Scissorhands“he contrasts lighting. Peg lives in a town that is bright and cheerful looking. Edward’s castle is depressing and gloomy. Tim Burton again shows off his

expressions. Lighting was used in the film to portray this. Dim lighting was used whenever

For instance, in the intro of Edward Scissorhands when Kim was telling her granddaughter the story of Edward, they were in a room filled with warm light from the fireplace. This technique gave the audience the effect to become suspicious and watch more. Just like in The Big Fish when his Edward was telling the story of how he “caught” his wife with the fish swimming in the water. The lighting of the water made the viewer wonder if something good or bad is going to happen. Some of the viewers may not have noticed it but the camera framing plays a big role in establishing the mood.

Lighting is used very commonly in horror movies. Lighting is the control of the light. Sometimes it starts flashing and sometimes the light all sudden turns bright or dark. lt is a great way to keep you on your toes. Jaws used the best lighting, for example the dim light in the boat made you really think the shark is coming. The lighting was really well used in most part of the movie. In The Others, they only used a few lighting techniques for one example the dim lighting used in the house. Signs had few lighting techniques used too. One was in the basement when the light suddenly goes out. If you have really good lighting used in your movie, the viewer will feel the something is going to jump out. One more is that light helps you hide something that you don't want the viewer to see what' is happening in the back.

Cinematography can be defined how the audience sees a movie, using key elements like camera distance and camera angles. Camera distance usually ranges from a long shot in which we see the full body of a standing character to a close-up in which is a framing of a character from the neck up. In the beginning part of the scene

Director Tim Burton exploits lighting to construct a suspenseful and dismaying feeling in the audience. One way Burton does this is when he uses low key lighting in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. For example,when Willy Wonka ventures through the jungle, the low key lighting creates shadows cast by the leaves surrounding Willy Wonka making the area seem more dangerous; with the tension that the fierce creatures that inhabit the jungle will come to attack. By creating the dismaying feeling of the jungle and it’s creatures,

Lighting is one of the many elements that combine to create a perfect setting to reflect not only the story, but also the mood in a scene and the main character’s journey. How the character’s face and body is lit can also help define the character’s state of mind, an emotional state to give that character more depth and more of just a physical look to them that represents what they're going through.

Most of the actors are wearing darker clothing as well which makes their faces stand out even more. This lighting style also adds to the tension and the mystery of the scene. It makes the audience on edge. The contrast filled lighting of film noir is also effective at bringing out the extremes of emotions and thought. The darkness of the genre makes anything that goes wrong seem less taboo, because the lighting of the genre sets up the norms for the world that the film lives in—and in that world, bad things happen. The lighting of the film helps the audience understand the world that the characters are in.

Explain how the artists utilize lighting in the scene. How does the lighting affect our emotional understanding of certain characters? What sort of mood does the lighting evoke? How does lighting impact the overall story the filmmaker is attempting to tell? Describe the setting, including the time period, location, and culture in which the film takes place.

Lighting was a key cinematic technique that Well's used to project a character's persona in the film. He used shadows to hide or mask the faces of the seemingly corrupt characters, like the reporters who are trying to find the meaning of rosebud. He also used backlighting, when light is cast onto the characters from the opposite side of the camera, to create silhouette's .Single source lighting was another technique used to focus the viewers attention on a important prop or action that was taking place. For example, when the reporter is allowed to see the book of Kane there is one window through which all it's light is focused on the book emphasizing its importance.

There are many variables that affect the quality of the image that is finally projected in the theater. The more control the cinematographer has over these variables, the better the chance he has to capture the precise visual effect he and the director desire for the movie.