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Why?
If they were able to shoot in color so early, why did it take so long for it to reach the mainstream? Makes you wonder what else we could have had a lot earlier than we do now.
I suspect it was a matter of
I suspect it was a matter of time and expense.
Often comes down to resources.
Neat!
I never realized that color film had been around for so long. The earliest color footage I remember seeing was in a documentary about WWII, and seeing Adolf Hitler in color almost made me fall off of my chair. I've seen even earlier color footage before, but it wasn't made with color film -- it was black and white film in which each frame was hand-painted to create the semblance of natural color. Talk about a labor of love!
And yet decades later, Dark Shadows was only shot in black and white. Then again, color film probably would have made those sets look even more cheap and flimsy, if that's possible.
Color and SF Sets
Dark Shadows went color a little into its second year. They actually stopped production for a few weeks in order to make sure that the color worked with the sets and all.
Despite that, yes, the color only showed how cheesy the sets really were. Color tends to do that.
When Lost in Space went to color in its second season, you could easily make out how the backgrounds of the alien landscape were just matted paintings against a wall.
John
Creator, Producer, All Around God-Like Being
"What? Too much?"
I Don't Know
It looks like Ted Turner colorization to me.
John
Creator, Producer, All Around God-Like Being
"What? Too much?"