Like good editing, you shouldn't notice the lighting in a film. Do people realize the goal is to suspend belief?.
Like good editing, you shouldn't notice the lighting in a film. Do people realize the goal is to suspend belief?
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Yes, but... besides lighting that seems natural, there is also the film noir and the expressionistic approach where lighting can be far more theatrical, even to a point is can get over the top. But as long as it fist the world of the movie and makes sense in that universe it is ok.