Iluminación y color: expresión emocional del personaje protagonista en el cortometraje Y Amelia

Abstract

This research proposes to analyze the use of lighting and color as support for the emotional expression This research proposes to analyze the use of lighting and color as support for the emotional expression of Fernando, main character of the short film "¿Y Amelia?"; work that will serve as support to demonstrate the combination of these elements on the emotional state of the actor, based on the concepts of management and understanding of lighting theorized in the book "Light in Cinema" by Jacques Loiseleux (2004), and color in cinema by Andrea Echeverri Jaramillo (2012).The methodology employed is qualitative, and, specifically with a research/creation approach (Hernández Hernández, 2006, 13, 19 and 29; 2015; Carreño, 2014). The film analysis of the films Taxi Driver (1976) by Martin Scorsese, Rojo (1994) by Krzysztof Kieślowski, Días de Santiago (2004) by Josué Méndez is carried out. With this research and the photographic proposal for the short film, it is expected to make a significant contribution to the understanding and precise handling of colors and shadows in the cinematographic universe, giving the importance of lighting and color, not only as an aesthetic value, but also that these elements have semiotic content in the narrative field.