Have you seen "The Man Who Wasn't There"? Gorgeous movie shot in color and converted to B&W. It's pure noir in storytelling and it's a treat to watch, along with a well told story.
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Daniel J. Matyola > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I think the B&W, in photographs or in cinema, engages the viewer's >> imagination more than do the color equivalents. > > B&W leaves more out ... B&W's reduction of image information nets a > more abstractive aesthetic where to my eye color is often very > literal. Said another way, with color work I find it harder to get > past the "what is that?" thing-oriented reaction of a lot of viewers, > where with B&W work 'what something is' seems to be of lesser > priority. Color distracts from seeing clearly in many cases. > > In other cases, of course, without color there isn't enough > information in the image. ;-) > -- > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
