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It is an ethereal substance and it is ontologically key to the making and reception of cinema. Composing a shot involves casting light and focusing upon the pro-filmic—that which the camera frames and records. Likewise, watching a film entails the reception of light. We enter a dark space where a beam of changing light patterns is projected on the screen. This is the film we as viewers watch. The technical mechanisms by which light shapes the image in analogue and digital formats may differ, but light remains a key ingredient of the cinematic experience. Desire Machine Collective’s (DMC) next film, Passage (2006, 7 mins 22 seconds) is a cinematic contemplation on light.
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Sharma, A. (2015). Passage. In: Documentary Films in India. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137395443_6
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