Another vintage slide with wonderful color saturation that says 1950s. Art directors try to recreate this light in modern films but never quite achieve the same pigment tones. Maybe because the color of fabrics and paint have shinier qualities now. The man has a peculiar almost creepy pose, kind of Hitchcockesque. (apparently that is a real word as spell check has not underlined it!?)
The saturated colors are a characteristic of Kodachrome film. As far as color saturation in old films, that's from three strip Technicolor. The process used a special camera that shot three rolls of black & white film, simultaneously. Those rolls were then printed on a single roll of color stock, with a cyan, yellow and magenta filter.
Another vintage slide with wonderful color saturation that says 1950s. Art directors try to recreate this light in modern films but never quite achieve the same pigment tones. Maybe because the color of fabrics and paint have shinier qualities now. The man has a peculiar almost creepy pose, kind of Hitchcockesque. (apparently that is a real word as spell check has not underlined it!?)
ReplyDeleteI LOVE that idea of this man being involved in some sort of Hitchcock type thriller!
DeleteLooking at the photo again, I can see the man has the same menacing look of Ernest Borgnine. This could have the makings of a thriller photo story.
DeleteThe saturated colors are a characteristic of Kodachrome film. As far as color saturation in old films, that's from three strip Technicolor. The process used a special camera that shot three rolls of black & white film, simultaneously. Those rolls were then printed on a single roll of color stock, with a cyan, yellow and magenta filter.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I had no idea how Technicolor was produced. That's fascinating. I'm wondering how they could adjust the colors with they c/y/m.
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