Narratives of pitch: darkness and shadow in the cinema and in the dance
Black-and-white films and dance performances have similarities in terms of the interplays of the light and the dark. Both arts explore lighting to create specific visual narratives. In this regard, concepts of night tend to express an environment outside ‘reality’. This paper examines the films Nosf...
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| description | Black-and-white films and dance performances have similarities in terms of the interplays of the light and the dark. Both arts explore lighting to create specific visual narratives. In this regard, concepts of night tend to express an environment outside ‘reality’. This paper examines the films Nosferatu (1922) and L’avventura (1964), and the dance performances La Sylphide (1832), and Triz (2013) taking into consideration ideas of night emphasized in the exchanges conception of darkness and shadows. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f83f447039d848a6aebe872af7c3855e2022-12-22T00:59:32ZengUniversidade Federal de GoiásVisualidades1679-67482317-67842016-09-0114124025510.5216/vis.v14i1.35568 Narratives of pitch: darkness and shadow in the cinema and in the danceFlaviana Sampaio0 Chichester, Reino UnidoBlack-and-white films and dance performances have similarities in terms of the interplays of the light and the dark. Both arts explore lighting to create specific visual narratives. In this regard, concepts of night tend to express an environment outside ‘reality’. This paper examines the films Nosferatu (1922) and L’avventura (1964), and the dance performances La Sylphide (1832), and Triz (2013) taking into consideration ideas of night emphasized in the exchanges conception of darkness and shadows.https://www.revistas.ufg.br/VISUAL/article/view/35568Cinemadancelighting design |
| spellingShingle | Flaviana Sampaio Narratives of pitch: darkness and shadow in the cinema and in the dance Visualidades Cinema dance lighting design |
| title | Narratives of pitch: darkness and shadow in the cinema and in the dance |
| title_full | Narratives of pitch: darkness and shadow in the cinema and in the dance |
| title_fullStr | Narratives of pitch: darkness and shadow in the cinema and in the dance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Narratives of pitch: darkness and shadow in the cinema and in the dance |
| title_short | Narratives of pitch: darkness and shadow in the cinema and in the dance |
| title_sort | narratives of pitch darkness and shadow in the cinema and in the dance |
| topic | Cinema dance lighting design |
| url | https://www.revistas.ufg.br/VISUAL/article/view/35568 |
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