El claroscuro como método de iluminación cinematográfica del mundo onírico aplicado al cortometraje El Camino de Solano

Abstract

This monograph wishes to study chiaroscuro as a method of introducing the oneiric world in films. Among the authors (theorists) who speak about the use of this lighting technique to suggest an internal and dream world are Freud and his study The Interpretation of Dreams (1900), where he reviews the influence of the psyche on dreams. Also Raúl Ruiz, in Poéticas del cine (Poetics of Cinema) (2014), where the aesthetics of the oneiric - based on chiaroscuro - help to explore hidden parts of the characters, as well as different ways of showing abnormal or unreal situations, such as the dreamlike; and Deleuze (1985), who delves into the depths and forms of dreams. This study will analyze three films, using the method of Gentile, Díaz and Ferrari (2007), taken from the book Escenografía Cinematográfica (Cinematographic Scenography), in which the world of dreams and chiaroscuro is analyzed based on photography and lighting. This study demonstrates the practicality of chiaroscuro as a lighting method to recreate the world of dreams in cinema, and provides elements for the enrichment of films and theoretical knowledge on this subject for Latin American cinema