A Study On Light and Photography

Abstract

This work tries to ascertain the evolution of the use of light in the cinematographic art, having as background some periods of the history of the cinema where the same one was synonymous of style of time through the work of considered originator directors. The German expressionist cinema and the noirfilms will collaborate directly with examples, allowing the understanding of possibilities of the relation between light, photography and expressivity in the cinematographic environment. Starting from studies on photography, the study seeks to understand the semiotics of image capture through the lens, relating the lighting aspects common to cinema and photographic art. On the other hand, to the artists and technicians of theatrical art, the theme discussed will contribute to a perception of the differences of illumination between the cinema and the theater, relating audiovisual field research with theorists of the scene arts such as Adolphe Appia and Edward Gordon Craig . At the end of the study, a practical production was analyzed, using elements of cinematographic lighting and photography inspired by the above mentioned film genres, realized as visual narrative and integral part of the theatrical spectacle Enquanto Dure (2015), entitledSurrencontro.