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It's actually Wizard of Oz I had in mind when I was saying that. I appreciate for its time it was a huge advance, but I always thought it looked considerably le
by Osmium 14y ago
It's actually Wizard of Oz I had in mind when I was saying that. I appreciate for its time it was a huge advance, but I always thought it looked considerably less beautiful than black and white films of the same era, but perhaps this was as much because people didn't really understand how to use colour properly then as much as the technology itself. Anyway, thanks for the info :) I consider myself enlightened.
- acuozzo 14y agoDirectors of that time were accustomed to choosing oversaturated colors to help viewers distinguish between different elements in black & white productions. This practice continued well into the 1960s. Look at a color set photograph of "I Love Lucy" for an example of this. 3-strip Technicolor, by its own nature, tends to oversaturate colors as well. These two facts help explain the garish colors seen in The Wizard of Oz and other 3-strip Technicolor films of the era. With that being said, I find The Wizard of Oz (and most other 3-strip Technicolor films) to be indescribably beautiful.