Jean Renoir's "Grand Illusioin" (1937)

This is the first movie that we get to see since starting this course (excluding Forum 6) that has SND or sound in it, this was a very nice bonus. Given the harsh shadows that surround the characters in this movie it is pretty easy to determine where the light sources are coming from. If not all of the sources of light are halogen, and in the office in the begining you can clearly see the three sources of light used to light the set, two from the left at differing angles and one from the right. The fact is that most of the begining part of the movie minus the outdoor segements are lit using three lights or more. In one scene in the beging bar area we have a differing lighting technique, because the background outdoor area has been painted lights are used to create backlight and they shine into the set creating small beams of light through the boards. You can pretty much sum this movie up lighting wise as usualy 3 points of light, never frount light and with backlight and somtimes topical light. The only frount light that i can see in this movie is when they put on the play, here birdies (small lights) are used at the front of the stage to light the actors oh and the search light used when the Boldeau makes his escape diversion. Lastly i found that the sets are usualy not that deep besides when we are in the castle, and that pretty much sums it up.