Monday, September 09, 2013
The History and Science of Color Film: From Isaac Newton to the Coen Brothers
ISO 1200 Magazine | Photography Video blog for photographers: Color is a subtle tool that can transport us from our ordinary lives to extraordinary worlds of cinema. Peel back the layers of history and look at how color was first understood and implemented in the world of film.
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I found this video really interesting.
A lot of time you take certain technologies for granted and you don't think about all the work that went into creating that technology.
The video talks a lot about technicolor. It was a term that I had heard before, but I never really knew what it was.
I especially liked seeing the clips of the old movies.
This short film is actually really interesting to me. It is very fitting with the Mask project that we are currently working on. I recently had a conversation with a peer about the importance of Technicolor in the film version of "The Wizard of Oz". Also, we recently spoke about this contrast between Sepia and Technicolor in 'Olivier's Nose' class. I have heard before that the technicolor aspect of the film was added because of perfect timing of the technological advances of the time, but it is also the only way I can imagine this film working. Without the use of technicolor, I don't believe that the magic of "The Wizard of Oz" would be the same. Even though "The Wizard of Oz" was not the first technicolor film, it was and is the one that is most famed for proving that a film can be transformed into something completely magical with the use of technicolor.
I thought it was really cool to see the history of color in film. Usually, when discussing movie history, color is only briefly mentioned as suddenly becoming available, but this video really explained how color works and how people have used it in different ways for film. I, personally, was unaware of just how long of a history color in film had. I was especially interested in the hand painting of the individual frames because it must have taken such a long time, even for a short film like the ones mentioned.
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