Nuit Américaine

Shooting—and sketching—day for night

“Day for night” is moviemaking technique where a night scene is shot during the day. The film image is darkened and tinted with blue to appear as though the scene were shot at night.

It was used so often in B-movies and westerns that it has become known in France as nuit américaine ("American night").

Is it possible to do a daytime drawing that suggests m…