Enhanced Lens — A Visual Style Analysis of Douglas Sirk's Family Melodrama

By rewriting and rebuilding the Hollywood family melodrama, Douglas Sirk established the "Sirk style" which is enough to obtain the qualification of the author of electric energy, and influenced the creation of the family melodrama later. During the period of Universal Company, Sirk used exquisite and excessive film style to constantly break through the conservative ideological bottom line displayed in the mediocre script with no taste. The director of Brecht's avant-garde plays in Germany had the ability to turn the decadent into the miraculous and inject a distinctly personal soul into these banal stories. This article will explore the visual breakthrough of "Sirk style" from three perspectives: scene prop design, scene scheduling, lighting and color.