Klarinet Archive - Posting 000410.txt from 2004/08

From: Andy Raibeck <klari_1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Colorizing (was K. 581 performance practice)
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 21:17:13 -0400

--- "Dee D. Flint" <deeflint01@-----.net> wrote:
> Lighting and filming techniques are different to get effective black and
> white versus effective color. So even if economics was the reason for
> choosing B&W, this resulting difference in technique does make colorizing a
> poor choice. The balance is all off and detracts from the film.

Dee, I was in the middle of composing a response when yours came in. You summed
up my take on this more succinctly than I would have done.

Of course, the follow on discussion would be wide-screen versus pan-and-scan...
but that could get ugly... ;-)

Regards,

Andy

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