The Darker Side

Though from my previous research I have stated that the majority of Alcott’s cinematography is well lighted, there are also many examples of darker and shadowy bits of composition seen throughout his work.

 Barry Lyndon in particular uses candlelight’s as a fill light on characters faces. This is a very soft tone of light used to draw interest to the character whilst the background is dark and shadowy resulting in a strong contrast between background and foreground, easily drawing the eye to the point of interest.