Why not more B&W?

Donald Harvey

Donald Harvey

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Maybe I just haven't seen enough, but are B&W films stilling being produced quite a bit or those kinda died down these days?

I love B&W, and am thinking about shooting all in B&W for my next short and was wondering if that is a good way to go about it, I mean I understand the reasons why it is used, flashbacks, dreams, etc.

Just a creative topic I wanted to address.

Harvey
"Hopefully I didn't miss the sticky that is all about this!"
 
You may not want to read my personal thoughts on Black and White, but scroll through this article I wrote and you will see many modern (post 1950's & 1960's) black and white films.

Black and white rapidly became almost obsolete after 1950. Color was available before that time, but not as affordable as seen in the early 50's. It seems to appear once every year or so on a large picture. Most recently look at films like Control, or I'm Not There. Both shot in 2007.

I am writing another article soon to be released on my website, which examines how to shoot black and white, and why so many are shooting color and going black and white in post these days.

Article HERE: http://ryanpatrickohara.blogspot.com/2008/07/shooting-black-white-part-1.html

If you have any technical questions about ANY of those films just ask, I probably know way to much about the productions.
 
Ryan Patrick O'Hara said:
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I am writing another article soon to be released on my website, which examines how to shoot black and white, and why so many are shooting color and going black and white in post these days.
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I love the "in depth" of your articles Ryan and I´m realy looking forward to this one.

Great job so far.

Frank
 
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