2006-09-06 02:32:56 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
To anyone who said they suck....go check out Schindler's List and Raging Bull.
2006-09-06 07:13:59 · answer #1 · answered by Razor 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Black and white (monochrome) movies are not just black and white, but the ragged uneven quality they had that gave them a different feel. To go back to that type of filming with the new cameras is not easy. It is more of an effect, but it will never be the same as the old cameras, sets and ambience used decades ago.
Think of Vinyl records (those big black round discs that played music; still used by some Djs) It is not at all easy to get their same quality of sound with the new digital technologies available nowadays. You would need expensive effects to mess with the sound and relate it to that former sound.
And still it won't sound the same :)
2006-09-06 09:41:15 · answer #2 · answered by chilla-z 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People rarely ask for it, it's not produced in large amounts any longer - accordingly it's getting more expensive.
When the communist systems in the East Bloc collapsed in the early 1990s, you could order very cheap black and white material from former Soviet countries - I don't know whether this is still possible. They sold out their complete old movie system.
2006-09-06 10:45:17 · answer #3 · answered by msmiligan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do u mean with the old cameras and things? probably becuase u'd have to recreate everything that goes into doing the process since it isnt the same technology we use anymore.
if u mean just black and white, like some music videos are doing nowadays, the film probably has to b developed a certain way to get that look.
2006-09-06 09:43:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't have thought so. As you can shoot digital films in b & w for the same cost. The differences are in the actal filming. In B & W films, lighting has to be different, when composing the scene, different things have to be taken into consideration, especially the tonal values of scenery, of characters costumes and significant objects. In colour films you can get things to stand out using opposite colours, but in B & W if tonally too alike, everything will fade into one; which can play havok with perspective and depth of field in a shot.
Exactly the same considerations as in B & W photography.
2006-09-06 09:41:03 · answer #5 · answered by serenityredflowers 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure. I would think it would be a supply and demand problem. With less demand for this process by the main stream, it would cost th developers more to maintain equipment and purchase supplies.
2006-09-06 09:37:51 · answer #6 · answered by the Goddess Angel 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are classical so they sell them for alot. They dont make them anymore
2006-09-06 09:57:49 · answer #7 · answered by Baby J Luca 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they're too classic to make anymore.
2006-09-06 09:34:51 · answer #8 · answered by Fenrir 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they suck so bad that they know people are not going to watch the crap
2006-09-06 09:39:01 · answer #9 · answered by Yayyer!!! 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋