Light is fundamental to cinema. Without it the image could not be made or seen. But for all light's dominance of cinematic form, its affects have hitherto been ignored or overlooked, dismissed as either too pervasive or too inconspicuous, marginalised amidst discussions of technique, mise-en-scene and film noir.
Film light attempts to readdress this balance. As one of the first monographs of its kind to focus on the aesthetic and emotional impact of lighting in cinema, it looks at the way light informs the cinematic experience, from constructing iconic star identities, sculpting natural...