Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Faces and Light #1

It's pouring down with rain outside and Australia is going nuts with jingoistic celebrations of the Anzac spirit and whatever else that means in these days of endless wars. I locked myself away with a bunch of flicks and some books to pore over references for some films in the pipeline. As the day came to an end I stumbled on a way to spend a few hours that I deeply enjoyed. I was looking for references for facial lighting that I like - where the light doesn't feel too sculpted or unnatural - and where faces, in stillness, have a painterly quality. So I spent those hours just staring at faces in films. Hundreds of them. Turns out that I found a shitload of lovely references. Here's just a small handful.












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