The Aesthetics of Shadow: Lighting and Japanese Cinema by Miyao Daisuke

Author:Miyao, Daisuke [Miyao, Daisuke]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780822399667
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2013-02-10T13:00:00+00:00

When I think of the issue of darkness in photography in Japanese cinema, I can only feel miserable…. Mr. Makino Shozo said, “Clarity first, story second, acting third.” [In Japan] dark cinematography is the most horrible thing. The absolute requirement to cinematographers of any studio is to make photographic images bright. This is the principle. If a cinematographer in Japan violates this principle, he is ordered in a friendly manner to leave the studio right away or is prevented from filming. But Japanese filmmakers need to express dark tones in order to make good films. They need contrasts with artistic use of lights. And they hope to have effective low-key cinematography with supersensitive film. All of these are cinematographers’ responsibilities. However, the only thing that studios say to their cinematographers is whether the films are “dark” or not. It is really ambiguous how and why some scenes are called “dark,” from which standpoint. The dispute continues endlessly…. We need to utilize both low-key tones and high-key tones as the means of cinematography without restraint. It is extremely unwise to speak only of “dark” or not.131

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