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From: jims@hcrvax.UUCP (Jim Sullivan)
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Subject: Re: B&W vs. Computer or hand tinted colo
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Date: Mon, 13-May-85 10:01:11 EDT
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> I am curious:  were directors of black and white films attentive
> to color when they were filming?  I would think that the directors
> of old-time color features were certainly more attentive to it than
> black-and-white directors.  The result might be some strange-looking
> colors revealed to us through this new process.  Or am I wrong?

What does it matter ?  The colour of objects would be decided by the
person doing the colouring of the film (At least that's how I understand
the process, you assign colours to the first frame in a shot, and then
let the computer fill in the other frames).  IF this is not the case,
the film industry has achieved a break-through in AI and pararpsychology,
a computer that reads the minds of dead people !

By the way, I seem to remember being told that for black and white movies,
chocolate syrup was used as blood.  It had the right consistancy, and looked
better that fake blood on film !

Jim Sullivan