For many years, motion pictures have been a primary form of entertainment. The principals of movie making are utilized for the enhancement of our cinematic experience. The cinematography is the technique that captures the movement of images in motion pictures. Moreover, the functions of cinematography affect the ambiance of the movie as well as the audiences' feelings. The features give an excellent demonstration through lighting, camera movement, and framing and point of view in the Oscar-winning movie called The Revenant. Along with conversation, these three elements help express the central theme of the film.
             Lighting is not just shining a light on a character, or the essence of natural light, it's the essential piece of cinema's visual design that creates the emotional impact which contributes to the effect of each scene. The first reaction to darkness and light is an ingrained facet of human psychology that filmmakers have employed to have an effect on the way audiences respond to the narrative's development. Notably, the cinematographer chooses what kind of light or lights will be used, how many or much may be needed, as well as the precise positioning. Lighting has three central purposes; to clarify images, to project realism, and for the creation of atmosphere or emotional effects i.e. "effectual light."
             Shooting a film using natural light can be difficult, but they did a good job of it in The Revenant; it drew the audience in and heightened the interpretation of reality. The only scene in the movie that utilized a touch of creative artificial lighting was a campfire scene where Leonardo DiCaprio, known in the film as Hugh Glass, attempts to keep warm on his continual movement through the woods. The variable winds caused the fire to behave in a distracting way, therefore, Emanuele Lubezki, the cinematographer employed an aesthetic effect using light bulbs around the fire to assimilate a sea of f...