Film Language Tag: key light
1. The principal source of light in a scene that casts the dominant shadows and defines the texture and volume of the subject. When shooting out of doors during daylight hours, the sun is usually the key light. The key light is usually supplemented by other lights such as fill lights, back lights, practical lights, etc. 2. The brightest light used in the three point lighting system.
Bessie's Breakthrough, Bessie
Bessie (Queen Latifah) makes her breakthrough performance, overshadowing Ma Rainey (Mo'Nique) during a show. This causes a fight between the two and Bessie leaves to start her own act.
Captain Buffalo, Sergeant Rutledge
The regiment sets up camp for the night to rest, while Lieutenant Top Cantrell (Jeffrey Hunter) converses with Miss Beecher (Constance Towers).
Emasculation, Foxy Brown
Foxy (Pam Grier) and a prostitute owned by the gang (Juanita Brown) are sent to seduce a judge so he'll change a court ruling, but they have other plans.
Jo and Micah Go Out Dancing, Medicine for Melancholy
Jo (Tracey Heggins) and Micah (Wyatt Cenac) go to a club where they drink, kiss, share a photo booth, and dance in the midst of a large crowd.
Kwame Ture Speech, BlacKkKlansman
Civil Rights leader Kwame Ture (Corey Hawkins) recites a speech at a local rally hosted by the Black Student Union. Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) attends, going in undercover on behalf of the police as Philip Zimmerman (Adam Driver) and Jimmy Creek (Michael Buscemi) listen in. Ture speaks on the need to embrace Blackness and Black beauty, police brutality, opposition to the Vietnam war, and the fight for racial equality.
Little League Coach Abuses Neil, Mysterious Skin
Recollecting a past trauma, Neil (Joseph Gordon-Levitt voicing, played by Chase Ellison in childhood flashback) recalls a time when, after a game, his little league coach (Bill Sage) flatters, plays with, and finally sexually abuses him.
Micah Searches for Jo, Medicine for Melancholy
After a brief phone call, Micah (Wyatt Cenac) searches on bike and foot to find where Jo (Tracey Heggins) is staying, knocking on doors repeatedly. Eventually, when he finds her and returns her wallet, he asks to come up to the apartment; she allows him to.
Out of Trouble, Foxy Brown
Link (Antonio Fargas) explains to his sister (Pam Grier) the reason that he was in danger.
Sam Cooke and Malcolm X Argue, One Night in Miami...
Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.) and Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir) argue over about their roles in the Civil Rights Movement.
