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San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc. However, if low-key lighting was instead used in its place, the theme would have perhaps been much darker and much more depressing given De Niro’s character neuroticism. The decision to use this type of lighting technique in Raging Bull was well suited for this genre because as a period piece based on Jake LaMotta’s real life fighting career during the 1940’s and 50’s, the lighting technique added to the authenticity of the black & white era.īy shooting Raging Bull in black and white and choosing a sad classical piece for the score of the film helped drive the overarching theme throughout the film. The use of three-point lighting technique throughout the film helped contribute to the reoccurring theme of human distrust which manifests itself throughout the film by Robert De Niro’s character violence and temper both inside and outside the ring.

The key benefits in using three-point lighting in this film was to create depth and separation within the mise en scène while also providing subtle shadows that help provide dimension as well as detail to the actor’s face.

The style of lighting that has made both professional photographic portraits and Hollywood films stand out from newsreels, home movies, and amateur productions for over a century is some variation on what is called three-point lighting” (Goodykoontz & Jacobs, 2011).

Shooting a film in black and white is more difficult technically because it requires more knowledge and expertise in lighting the film to create the type of depth and separation naturally present in color.Īs our text explains, “part of the so-called “film look” that people shooting on video strive to achieve comes from the use of lighting in ways traditionally associated with film. In addition to having a great leading actor and superb editing, what also helped make Raging Bull such an extraordinary film was the fact that it was shot entirely in black and white. Raging Bull was nominated for eight Oscars ® winning two for Best Actor, Robert De Niro, and Best Film Editing. Based on the Book by: Jake La Motta with Joseph Carter and Peter SavageĪmongst America’s ten greatest films in ten classic genres, Raging Bull has been given the distinction as AFI’s (American Film Institute) number one film within the Sports genre’s top ten films.