Day for Night, the title is a reference to a photography technique by which a scene photographed in bright daylight can be processed to appear as a night scene (by using filters and underexposure.) The film revels many of the secrets of movie magic, candles with electric lights to make there lighting more dramatic, snow made of foam and portions of building made to look like full mansions. The movie is shot in a realistic style and high key lighting, which makes it seem like you are watching a documentary about movie making. Many of the shots in the film are wide shots showing the viewer the film being made, Meet Pamela, and the outside story simatainioulsy.
The love story in Meet Pamela and the love story on the set mirror each other. In Meet Pamela a young man who has just been wed brings his new wife home to meet his family but she falls in love with his father. On the set Alphonse has brought his girlfriend Stacy to the set and gets her a job as a script girl. She leaves him......
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