The cinematographer that I have decided to research is Jeff Cronenweth; he is famous for movies such as Gone Girl, Fight Club, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Social Network, and Hitchcock. He was born and raised in Los Angeles, California and currently resides in California. Jeff Cronenweth is very talented in many ways when it comes to cinematography, his craft and eye for cinematography separates him from the rest. Jeff with many of his movies are one colored, he usually uses green tones and yellow hues to dictate a theme in many of his movies. You can clearly see a pattern when it comes to the movies that Jeff works with. Many of his movies are very dark and filled with mystery; some of his more intense pieces of work are The Girl
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When looking for Jeff’s cinematography details I could clearly see them throughout the entire movie. Something that Jeff uses a lot of throughout this movie and others is the impact of dark lighting. When something bad was happening or about to happen the lighting was very dark and grey. Shadows would cover parts of the characters faces indicating something dark and dangerous about them. The majority of this movie is very dark and disturbing and a way Jeff gets that emotion across is through dim lighting and shadows. His lighting and shadows in a way foreshadows something that might happen to either a character or in that scene. As a viewer I was constantly questioning every detail of the movie and having a sense of anxiety while watching this movie. I would watch a particular scene with a lot of dark and dim lighting and I would feel a certain emotion whether it is anger or …show more content…
Our lectures and discussions on lighting and shadowing helped me analyze this movie differently than I would have not having this new knowledge of lighting, shadowing and field of depth. In our lectures we spoke a lot about the importance of lighting and its importance throughout a film. Throughout the film and lectures I saw a strong correlation when it came to the type of contrast and what was used in Gone Girl. What was used in the movie was low key contrast-which is mainly used in detective and thriller movies. This gives the scene a dark and mysterious feel to it; which was definitely used a lot in Gone
When looking for Jeff’s cinematography details I could clearly see them throughout the entire movie. Something that Jeff uses a lot of throughout this movie and others is the impact of dark lighting. When something bad was happening or about to happen the lighting was very dark and grey. Shadows would cover parts of the characters faces indicating something dark and dangerous about them. The majority of this movie is very dark and disturbing and a way Jeff gets that emotion across is through dim lighting and shadows. His lighting and shadows in a way foreshadows something that might happen to either a character or in that scene. As a viewer I was constantly questioning every detail of the movie and having a sense of anxiety while watching this movie. I would watch a particular scene with a lot of dark and dim lighting and I would feel a certain emotion whether it is anger or …show more content…
Our lectures and discussions on lighting and shadowing helped me analyze this movie differently than I would have not having this new knowledge of lighting, shadowing and field of depth. In our lectures we spoke a lot about the importance of lighting and its importance throughout a film. Throughout the film and lectures I saw a strong correlation when it came to the type of contrast and what was used in Gone Girl. What was used in the movie was low key contrast-which is mainly used in detective and thriller movies. This gives the scene a dark and mysterious feel to it; which was definitely used a lot in Gone