1. Single Source
Cinematography and Light

2. Georges De La Tour
( The Dream of St. Joseph)

3. Single Source
• Oh yes, the paintings. Georges de la Tour was
born in 1593 in the duchy of Lorraine in north-
eastern France.
• He travelled to Italy and Netherlands early in
his career, where he may have been
influenced by Caravaggio and Rembrandt.

4. Caravaggio
( Calling of St. Matthew)

5. Rembrandt
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6. • The glow of single source, practical, in-shot
candlelight sets his work apart from
Caravaggio, whose hard, directional lighting is
similar, but comes from out of frame.

7. • De la Tour was able to imagine and paint
scenes illuminated by one candle, one foot
from the subject: something that would take
more than another 300 years to photograph.

8. • He instinctively understood how the flame
was the brightest point in the frame, and
often covered the actual source of light with a
hand or arm to draw attention to faces and
expressions where needed.

9. Rembrandt
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10. Side Key Light

11. Side Key- Single Source Light

12. Top- Lighting