Initiation to the vocabulary
of film analysis

Lighting

Not illuminated

Illuminated from below

Backlit with a silhouette effect

Illuminated by edge lighting

The Searchers, by John Ford, 1955. Produced by C.V. Whitney Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures.

Exercise 1

Touch of Evil

by Orson Welles, 1957. Produced by Universal Pictures.

Exercise 2

The Searchers

by John Ford, 1955. Produced by C.V. Whitney Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures.

Exercise 3

Beauty and the Beast

by Jean Cocteau, 1945. Produced by DisCina.

Exercise 4

Million Dollar Baby

by Clint Eastwood, 2004. Produced by Warner Bros. and Malpaso Productions.