scott karos Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03GqkL6SM_g I had never shot anything in black and white before so this was basically me just trying it out. This is the rest of my channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fwLKSw8Ii8Imsi-xetfaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E Clark Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I'd suggest getting some old issues of "Architectural Digest" to see how various interiors are lit. I think I could live with the blown out windows, if there was interior detail in the shadow areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dunn Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Yes, not a lot to see for a lot of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Bill DiPietra Posted March 4, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted March 4, 2015 You should also watch some older films that were shot on black & white to get a sense of tonal control. Here are a few films to look at: Casablanca (1942) White Heat (1949) From Here to Eternity (1953) On the Waterfront (1954) Paths of Glory (1957) The Seventh Seal (1957) The Hustler (1961) Days of Wine & Roses (1962) To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott karos Posted March 4, 2015 Author Share Posted March 4, 2015 Are most black and white films of today mostly made in post production when they do the color correction? It seems that they rarely shoot the film in b and w on set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E Clark Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 (edited) Are most black and white films of today mostly made in post production when they do the color correction? It seems that they rarely shoot the film in b and w on set. I don't have the time to research this exhaustively, but "Ida"(2014) which just won the Best Foreign Film category at the Oscars, was shot on an Alexa, and converted to B&W. I think, I've read, that ARRI is coming out with a 'monochrome' camera. "The Artist"(2011) winning Best Picture at the Oscars, was shot according to IMDB on Kodak Vision 3 500T, and so would have been converted as well. (And in addition to B&W... was a 'Silent' film...). I'm sure there have been many Real B&W films made even now, but in terms of standard Hollywood Major Motion Pictures, it does not look like actual B&W is used. The B&W category for the Oscars lasted until the mid-60s as a separate category. In terms of my own experience, the Wife and I shot Real B&W and Color still film for wedding coverage until we switched over to completely digital DSLR coverage. We then used Photoshop to convert to B&W as required. Edited March 4, 2015 by John E Clark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Tyler Purcell Posted March 5, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted March 5, 2015 Plus X, Tri X, Vision 500 made B&W in post… I put it all in one film! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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