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I am so glad I have something resembling a film background so I can read posts like these and realize why most people are genuinely brainlets when it comes to this stuff.

It's in shadow because they put the light source behind him. They do that to exemplify his silhouette and make him look shaded out and larger than he actually is.
>B-BUT ITS A LIMITATION
Oh so when Steven Spielberg does it, he did it because it was a technical limitation of film? Of course I'm going to give you shit about it, you clearly don't know dick about theming. Don't @ me.