The "African" slope is characterized by light terra rossa soil with a stretch of yellow grass cover displaying a yellow-brown colored milieu (Figure 2A); by contrast, the "European" slope is characterized by dark gray terra rossa soil with shade from the dense foliage covering trees and shrubs spread across the slope displaying a dark grayish milieu (Figure 2B) [36].
The dark, Satanic milieu of series one was maintained by two brilliant directors, Tom Harper and Otto Bathurst, but the entirety of series two was gifted to Colm McCarthy from Ripper Street and Sherlock, who raised the stylistic bar.
Although Mr. du Welz and Mr. Lucas can't sell banal emotions, things improve once Marc loses his way in the dark (a milieu that suits the cinematographer Benoît Debie) and takes refuge with a widower, Mr. Bartel (played by a very good Jackie Berroyer).
Edward Hopper's evocative "Night Shadows" sums up the sense of isolation tinged with menace that is unique to the urban milieu after dark.
And in this milieu, The Dark Knight, sequel to the 2005 franchise reboot Batman Begins, is shattering box office records.
Until now, Matthew Beynon Rees' series was firmly anchored in the dark and often chaotic milieu of the Palestinian territories, ranging from Bethlehem in the first book to Gaza and Nablus in the second and third.
Each shows the "dark side" of its respective milieu, rock and comedy, through the relations of a young subordinate to an older artistic hero (in "Greek," the record-company gopher Jonah Hill to the dissolute rocker Russell Brand; in "Funny People," the aspiring comic Seth Rogen to the big-time comedian and movie star Adam Sandler).
Masking modulates vital status with time by detecting ambient luminance [8], [9]; for example, nocturnal animals are active when the surroundings are dark (<∼0.2lx; positive masking) and passive in a brighter milieu (>∼10lx; negative masking) [21].
Ms. Avedon's career has a "Pygmalion" aspect that befits midcentury Hollywood, the milieu into which her dark good looks eventually propelled her.
