Blown away by lighting?

paulears said:
If you really want to stretch things - then find a copy of the original puppet Thunderbirds movies and consider how you simulate real life and light when shooting puppets a foot tall and making a fresnel emulate the sun.
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That is my life right now, as I am shooting a series that is entirely puppets (although traditional hand-operated vs marionettes a la Thunderbirds) and all on stage. I find that on the exterior scenes, it's actually the ambience which is harder to sell than the sun source.
 
Orson Welle's "The Third Man," and Coen Brothers' "The Man Who Wasn't There."

Anything by the Coen Brothers really, or that Roger Deakins DP'd.
 
Patryk_Rebisz said:
It's college class so i would prefer not to use films for kids.
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Would the same apply if any of your students were asked to work on a similar feature? I think not. Cinema is cinema, stupid cartoons are stupid cartoons, I think they can separate the two for your discussion. Yes they may be turned off by the subject matter, but then they are probably turned off by most of what you are going to select. We have the same problems here. Show them Psycho and they don't know what to think because it is old.
 
Justin Kuhn said:
Orson Welle's "The Third Man," and Coen Brothers' "The Man Who Wasn't There."

Anything by the Coen Brothers really, or that Roger Deakins DP'd.
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Carol Reed directed The Third Man, with Welles appearing as an actor (and rewriting some of his dialogue, notably the "cuckoo clock" speech).

Excellent choice, btw. he photography in that film is both superb and definitely a character in the storytelling.
 
So my choices so far are:
Decalogue 9
Million Dollar Baby (v light in more typical Hollywood production)
Barry Lyndon (v light in painting)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (v paintings by Robert Yarber)

BTW, I'm intentionally staying away from B&W films (though many suggestions in posts above are excellent).
 
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Greg_E said:
Would the same apply if any of your students were asked to work on a similar feature? I think not. Cinema is cinema, stupid cartoons are stupid cartoons, I think they can separate the two for your discussion. Yes they may be turned off by the subject matter, but then they are probably turned off by most of what you are going to select. We have the same problems here. Show them Psycho and they don't know what to think because it is old.
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This is not the point i'm making, rather then the mass culture is so powerful forcing onto us their will, they will most likely see many of the "classic" mass culture examples whether i show them or not. Almost none of mass culture uses lighting for "meaning" but rather "effect" - a totally different beast. So no, cinema is NOT cinema.
 
You are welcome to use a film I was DOP on (I am a sound supervisor by trade)

Did the whole thing with two redheads and a small PAG light, Oh and a 60w bulb or two in the TV scene.

Ok it won't win any awards but I think I created a nice mood with minimal kit.

Shot 25np HD on a Panasonic HPX371 P2 ENG camera: https://youtu.be/r6-03NdlK6Y

P.S only used one mic for all the dialogue too an AT 875r.

:grin:
 
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