A master class can be a bit paradoxical at times. This is the opportunity to introduce newcomers to the prime examples of a particular subject. Do we go with the blatantly obvious options, or do we give them cases that they would have never thought to explore? This is a concerted effort to attempt to do both.
Today, we're looking (appropriately) at films that revolutionized lighting. Cinematography is comprised of a few key aspects: colour, arrangement, depth, and, of course, lighting. We're only going to look at the lighting in these films, but you can see how the other components of cinematography get affected by the lighting alone here.
These ten films are exemplary in their approaches to how lighting and shadows can affect a film. Some of these have different approaches to the medium, while others flat out changed how we even use these effects. In chronological order, here are ten movie masterpieces that are textbooks on lighting.
