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If someone wanted to make a black and white movie, would you insist that they make it in colour?

by bobsmooth 4y ago

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bee_rider 4y ago
I’m not a film producer, so I’m not in a position to insist on that sort of thing.
kbenson 4y ago
Insist? No. Make a plea because you think it's stupid or harmful or counterproductive? Everyone should feel free to do that.
- bee_rider 4y ago
  Sure but it is a lot easier to attack people’s preferences if we consider having a preference to be equivalent to wanting dictatorial control over every creative project.
unsupp0rted 4y ago
I prefer color, so I’d insist with my dollars and attention, yes. Same if someone wanted to make a silent movie or ask me to join a dating site where all the profile photos are daguerreotypes.
lukifer 4y ago
I recently learned that Darabont intended "The Mist" to be shot in B&W, and the studio wouldn't allow it. While I'm sure the cinematography would have been vastly different if filmed in B&W, a quick Handbrake recompress let me simulate it, and honestly it worked really well. In addition to the "Twilight Zone" vibe, the CGI monsters looked much better without color.
- petodo 4y ago
  Why even use Handbrake and not just turn saturation on your TV/display to zero? Seems much faster solution and you can decide whether you wanna color or B&W option with same video file.
  - lukifer 4y ago
    I'm a data-hoarding AV nerd who keeps hand-rips on a big NAS anyway, wasn't exactly out of my way :) I now have both the color and B&W versions on tap with the rest of the collection.
  - mrguyorama 4y ago
    Modern CPUs and GPUs can re-encode an HD video in like an hour or two, while you are free to do other things. It's not exactly "wasted" time.
    - petodo 4y ago
      that's hour or two longer than it takes to adjust saturation to 0 on display device, even just setting up encoding software takes longer, so it's waste of time what's the benefit of doing this? you waste your time and you lose color option, I see no advantages over just adjusting saturation

If someone wanted to make a black and white movie, would you insist that they make it in colour?

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bee_rider 4y ago

I’m not a film producer, so I’m not in a position to insist on that sort of thing.

kbenson 4y ago

Insist? No. Make a plea because you think it's stupid or harmful or counterproductive? Everyone should feel free to do that.

bee_rider 4y ago
Sure but it is a lot easier to attack people’s preferences if we consider having a preference to be equivalent to wanting dictatorial control over every creative project.

unsupp0rted 4y ago

I prefer color, so I’d insist with my dollars and attention, yes. Same if someone wanted to make a silent movie or ask me to join a dating site where all the profile photos are daguerreotypes.

lukifer 4y ago

I recently learned that Darabont intended "The Mist" to be shot in B&W, and the studio wouldn't allow it. While I'm sure the cinematography would have been vastly different if filmed in B&W, a quick Handbrake recompress let me simulate it, and honestly it worked really well. In addition to the "Twilight Zone" vibe, the CGI monsters looked much better without color.

petodo 4y ago
Why even use Handbrake and not just turn saturation on your TV/display to zero? Seems much faster solution and you can decide whether you wanna color or B&W option with same video file.
- lukifer 4y ago
  I'm a data-hoarding AV nerd who keeps hand-rips on a big NAS anyway, wasn't exactly out of my way :) I now have both the color and B&W versions on tap with the rest of the collection.
- mrguyorama 4y ago
  Modern CPUs and GPUs can re-encode an HD video in like an hour or two, while you are free to do other things. It's not exactly "wasted" time.
  - petodo 4y ago
    that's hour or two longer than it takes to adjust saturation to 0 on display device, even just setting up encoding software takes longer, so it's waste of time what's the benefit of doing this? you waste your time and you lose color option, I see no advantages over just adjusting saturation