Some Problems in Directing Color Pictures

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Publisher: SMPTE
Doc Type: Journal Article
Article Type: research-article
Abstract: A brief discussion of whether color in the motion picture is here to stay, pointing out that black-and-white was a convention that had to be accepted because of technical limitations at the beginning of the art. Had color pictures been invented first, a black-and-white picture would now seem flat and inadequate — although there are beauties in the unreal shadows that cannot be denied nor be destroyed. The paper concludes with a few remarks upon the use of color for enhancing and emphasizing the emotional situations of a picture, and the effects to be achieved by carefully selecting the colors of the clothing or uniforms of the actors and of the backgrounds and lighting.
Publication Date: 1991-12-01
DOI: 10.5594/J02382
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J02382
Author(s): Rouben Mamoulian

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