Setting & Lighting in Nosferatu

Nosferatu uses lighting to emphasize certain parts in the movie. For example, the director uses bright lighting on a character to bring the viewer's attention to that character. Bright lighting may be used on a character's face to focus on their facial expressions, whereas darker lighting is used to direct attention away what the director deems unimportant in the scene, such as the background. Dark lighting is also used to give a sense of time. Since it was not possible to shoot at night, the movie is shot so that shadows are visible, which creates a sense of nighttime.