Hollywood Lighting from the Silent Era to Film Noir

Patrick Keating

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Paper, 312 pages, 137 illlus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-14903-7
$27.50 / £19.00

December, 2009
Cloth, 312 pages, 137 illlus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-14902-0
$84.50 / £58.50

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Rhetoric of Light

Part I: Lighting in the Silent Period

1. Mechanics or Artists?

2. From the Portrait to the Close-Up

3. The Drama of Light

4. Organizing the Image

Part II: Classical Hollywood Lighting

5. Inventing the Observer

6. Conventions and Functions

7. The Art of Balance

Part III: Shifting Patterns of Shadow

8. The Promises and Problems of Technicolor

9. The Flow of the River

10. Film Noir and the Limits of Classicism

Conclusion: Epilogue

Notes

Index

Related Subjects

• Film

Series

• Film and Culture Series

About the Author

Patrick Keating is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at Trinity University, where he teaches courses in film and media studies.

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