Visions of Light

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Another brilliant, perfectly-cut video piece from Jamie Stuart, and a good quote to go with it: "I've never been a big fan of 'movie lighting' (where exactly does rim light come from anyway?), although some filmmakers do it in a way that works for me.

"Movie lighting -- and, by extension, photography lighting -- came about, in part, because film stocks in the past weren't fast enough to shoot in low light levels. At the dawn of the medium, electric lights weren't even bright enough, so the filmmakers created roofless sets that the sun could illuminate.

"Eventually, cameramen started to stylize their lighting and created a whole slew of affectations; it was exceedingly rare to see light fall in movies as it actually does in real life. Eventually, film stocks improved and filmmakers took their cameras out into the world from studios. Things changed."

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