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| Donald4564... |
 Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:04 pm |
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An interesting remark from a fellow silent film traveller prompts this
question:
When films are restored and the original two-strip Technicolor colour
sequences are missing - would it be a huge sin to utilise the
colourisation process to re-make the colour sequences utilising the
monochromatic footage that replaces the original footage?
I think it's an interesting point for debate.
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Donald BInks |
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| William Hooper... |
| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 1:24 am |
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I think Kevin Brownlow used the colorization process to re-create a
color version of a scene which could be found only in b&w in his
restoration of _Phantom of the Opera_. As I recall, no real
guesswork was needed to assign the correct colors, as it was a
subsequent shot with a set and characters that were in a previous
scene, which did still exist in color. It actually looked a little
better than the "real" color scenes, but in that case I think it was a
very good decision.
On Oct 30, 12:04 am, Donald4564 <dbi... at (no spam) aapt.net.au> wrote:
Quote: An interesting remark from a fellow silent film traveller prompts this
question:
When films are restored and the original two-strip Technicolor colour
sequences are missing - would it be a huge sin to utilise the
colourisation process to re-make the colour sequences utilising the
monochromatic footage that replaces the original footage?
I think it's an interesting point for debate.
Regards
Donald BInks |
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| globular... |
| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:12 pm |
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Donald4564 wrote:
Quote: An interesting remark from a fellow silent film traveller prompts this
question:
When films are restored and the original two-strip Technicolor colour
sequences are missing - would it be a huge sin to utilise the
colourisation process to re-make the colour sequences utilising the
monochromatic footage that replaces the original footage?
I think it's an interesting point for debate.
Regards
Donald BInks
I'd agree to it. But they would have to make every attempt to be
authentic with the emulation of the two-strip process.
In recent years, many films use a color filtering process, probably
added digitally, that might remind someone of the filtering process in
silent films. It is usually overdone in my opinion, but this is a
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