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Post by snsurone on Apr 14, 2019 16:24:23 GMT
On earlier threads I commented on the beauty of movies made in 3-strip Technicolor.
And how today's "color" photography is so washed out and blah!
Not to mention so dark that the viewer can hardly see what's on the screen?
Well, if 3D could be revived, then why not Technicolor?
I've heard the only processing plant is in China.
I suppose Hollywood might make some kind of arrangement.
But, I suppose not.
But if studios can spend a fortune on that damned CGI, why can't new Technicolor machinery be installed in California?
Yes, this is a foolish question as I'm quite unfamiliar with filmmaking technology.
I just believe that a revival of Technicolor would make a big difference in the movie industry.
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Post by politicidal on Apr 14, 2019 16:38:25 GMT
Perhaps. It’s gonna take some enterprising producer or director to jumpstart it I think.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 14, 2019 17:04:49 GMT
But if studios can spend a fortune on that damned CGI... without which, we might still be watching special effects like   instead of : 
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Post by geode on Apr 14, 2019 17:20:33 GMT
On earlier threads I commented on the beauty of movies made in 3-strip Technicolor. And how today's "color" photography is so washed out and blah! Not to mention so dark that the viewer can hardly see what's on the screen? Well, if 3D could be revived, then why not Technicolor? I've heard the only processing plant is in China. I suppose Hollywood might make some kind of arrangement. But, I suppose not. But if studios can spend a fortune on that damned CGI, why can't new Technicolor machinery be installed in California? Yes, this is a foolish question as I'm quite unfamiliar with filmmaking technology. I just believe that a revival of Technicolor would make a big difference in the movie industry. There is zero chance now that cinemas have all but completely converted to digital projection. Distribution of film prints is much more expensive and their limited use is only kept alive by the insistence of limited engagements on film by Christopher Nolan and Q.Tarentino. There was an attempt at reviving dye transfer prints that flopped about twenty years ago. I don't think the chain in China is even running anymore. 3-strip died by the mid-50s and was all about principal photography. It was surplanted by shooting single strip color negative at that time which was more economical and far easier to shoot. Technicolor releases after that, until 1974 were dye transfer prints but not 3-strip. They could have just as vivid colors as before. Dye transfer prints were only economically feasible for large print runs of hundreds of prints. Now that releases on film involves just a few dozen prints it would be far too expensive for anybody to approve.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 14, 2019 21:03:21 GMT
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