Lighting Techniques In 'Casablanca'

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Casablanca
From caterpillar to butterfly, you can undergo drastic changes, even within a short period of time. Film Noirs are Hollywood crime dramas that use lighting and deep dark shadows to portray the complicated moral nature of the subject.Casablanca in a great example of this, with many lighting techniques, this movie aids in making the audience cognizant of each character's transformation.

First of all, as usual, when the lead female actress comes on scene for the first, second or even many times after that, she is given more than the usual attention. This is True with Ilsa. When she arrives on scene for the first time, she is bathed in light, which shows us that an incredible amount of key light is present. This

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