FRANKENSTEIN: How Lighting Affects Mood

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Lighting has the power to shift a film's mood and affect the story in ways that a script cannot. In this video essay, I use 1931's FRANKENSTEIN as an example of the power of lighting.

FURTHER READING:
24 Things We Learned From the Frankenstein Commentary: https://filmschoolrejects.com/24-things-we-learned-from-the-frankenstein-1931-commentary-ce749d6bc7aa/
Monstrous Audio-Vision in James Whale's Frankenstein: http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/intransition/2015/12/29/sight-and-sound-conspire-monstrous-audio-vision-james-whale-s-frankenstein
An Argument for the Uncanny: http://influxmagazine.com/frankenstein-1931/
James Whale: A New World of Gods and Monsters: https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/cka/James-Whale-New-World-Gods-Monsters-Curtis/0816643865
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Raining - DeKobe
Sunday Morning - .anxious
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