This is, of course, and effect of day for night filming. The film crew couldn't actually film at night and expect to get a clear image, unless they were filming in a place where there was already a lot of artificial light, like a theater lobby. The effect, especially in black and white, can be a little like ultraviolet photography. It's also reminiscent of walking around in the daytime during a solar eclipse. All an example of how every artform has its little artifices.
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Lighting tips for movie making, eh? There's some very clever stuff done using F stops and adjustments made during film developing. I'm actually impressed at how frequently they've been used in movies.
I wasn't sure how the false color UV photos were being manipulated to make them appear they'd been shot at night. The old Texaco station just kept getting grayer with each iteration.
I'm not sure anybody making tv shows, ie Perry Mason for instance, even bothered with day to night photography. They just told you it was night when it was obviously not and we just went along with it.
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