Haute Couture fashion shooting in Barcelona.Thornton light is Good, shadows are Evil, the circular form drown by light unconsciously reminds it as well: as we know, Thornton is guilty of the crime his wife has been accused of. The only character left entirely in shadows is B.B. Light is the Word, the Truth, shadows are ignorance, not-to-know that's why all other subjects are left in half shadow. Also, light coming from above is related to the divine, the inspiration: the lawyer has the idea, he is the only one bathed in light and well defined as silhouette. He uses a theatrical light, from above which is like saying: there's no reality, only a representation of reality. Deakins translates this concept into a powerful image. The lawyer is speaking about the reality: "there's no what happen: looking at something changes it. By just using this simple set-up, Deakins achieves the tight atmosphere to enhance the story. He also used some smoke to make the scene more dramatic. Deakins used just one light in the scene: a strong HMI placed in the zenith high on a crane as we can see from the very defined shadows. Thornton and his wife, his new idea to get her out of jail. In the scene above, the lawyer is explaining to B.B. The Man who wasn't there, by the Coen brothers, is a magnificent job by the great cinematographer Roger Deakins, who shot it on Kodak 5277 film stock, a colour negative with softer and more pastel look now discontinued, and processed it in black and white.
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