{"id":21517,"date":"2021-09-12T01:14:03","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T05:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=21517"},"modified":"2021-09-07T22:47:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T02:47:18","slug":"silent-movies-and-colour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/silent-movies-and-colour\/","title":{"rendered":"silent movies and colour!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A frame from Ben-Hur (1925) using Technicolor Process 2<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. \u00a0I usually think black and white when I think silent movies but it was not so! The movie, “Ben-Hur” released in 1925<\/a> was the most expensive silent movie ever made. Much of it was shot “on location” in Rome and key segments used colour – yes colour! The colour was Technicolor Process 2<\/a> using red and green so the ‘colour’ looks weird to a modern eye used to tri-colour processes and auto white balance.<\/p>\n

It wasn’t until the late 1950s (as I recall) that colour films replaced most of the black white films in the movie houses. By then, a three colour process made colours closer to those in nature, perhaps more saturated.<\/p>\n

Some of the movies made in the 1950s and 60s seem to have faded badly today – especially yellows. They also seem to have had difficulty with white balance (at least on TV). For example, a grey suit or wall shifts before your eyes momentarily gaining a blue or brownish cast.<\/p>\n

We live in exciting times with this digital perfection. Looking back to the early years of the last century, colour films, sold films were simply amazing for the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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