With my last two film ventures, I've discovered a love of cinematography, especially playing with light and shadows. I'm a huge fan of chiaroscuro, where you have a lovely mixture of light and dark in a shot, so you get a strange counterbalance.
Some know it as "Rembrandt lighting"
My Director of Photography usually calls it "Godfather Lighting".
I used it in my last film to capture emotions, or to make something truly stand out (or just look cool). Most of this was actually unintentional. We tried to replicate natural lighting for the scenes, and then in post, I decided to give it the old Film Noir, and even German Expressionist look. Even though it seems to be discouraged, especially because most of the lighting comes across as unnatural (such as the first photo from my film), I plan to use it in future films.
So, there you go. You now know more about my fascination with an old school lighting effect then you'll ever need to. Time to play with lights for my next film.