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Post by PatrickCoyle on Nov 22, 2006 17:44:08 GMT
Just wondering.
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Post by jtrodreigez on Nov 22, 2006 17:47:55 GMT
im pretty sure its cheaper but i suppose for the look it gives? seems to work well anyway.
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Post by PatrickCoyle on Nov 22, 2006 17:54:45 GMT
I thought it might have been a cost thing (like Clerks), but 24/7 had a pretty big budget by lo-fi British standards, didn't it? Over a mil, I think. So I wonder if it was a purely stylistic choice?
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Post by Dave on Nov 22, 2006 18:10:48 GMT
If I remember the vague memories of interviews with Shane at the time, I don't think there really was a reason behind the black and white.
Shane said something along the lines of.. "if you know my past short films, then you will know that I have quite often switched between colour and black and white."
I think Shane went on to say that he just liked alternating the look of his films regardless of the subject of the film.
Probably all wrong! haha
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Post by meadowslad on Dec 1, 2006 14:27:42 GMT
I believe it adds message impact to films of this genre.
e.g. 'Cathy come home'
Rob
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Post by PatrickCoyle on Dec 9, 2006 20:58:38 GMT
But Cathy Come Home was made in black and white because it came before the 1875 invention of colour.
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Post by RydCook on Dec 9, 2006 22:13:20 GMT
hmm.. i heard that the black and white for 24/7 was actually more expencive?
I definately think it was a stylistic choice
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Post by PatrickCoyle on Dec 10, 2006 8:03:57 GMT
I'm not sure how b&w is more expensive in terms of costs... It could be, though. But I know Clerks was shot in b&w because it would have cost money to get fancy lights, and the convenience store lights would have made everything look greenish if they'd shot it in colour. 24/7 does seem to be more of a stylistic choice though. I wonder had it been in colour, would it have taken off in a huge way as a "youth of today" film?
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Post by Dave on Dec 10, 2006 14:14:27 GMT
I wonder had it been in colour, would it have taken off in a huge way as a "youth of today" film? I remember seeing a little feature on tv about a screening of 24/7 when it was released. A load of local chav types were invited along for the screening. There were some interviews with some of the kids afterwards and all liked it as far as I recall... but comments went along the lines of: "Someone told me it was in black and white, so I wouldn't have bothered coming if it wasn't free" and "I didn't know it was black and white and probably wouldn't have come if I had known before hand.... but you forget about it after a while anyway, and I really liked the film" ..and other annoying stuff like that. I bet Shane must have had a bit of a fight on his hands to get it made in black and white in the first place. I can't imagine that possible financiers were keen on the idea... well in the beginning at least. |
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Post by Hyde on Dec 10, 2006 14:46:26 GMT
Maybe because Shane's a Scorsese fan and it being black and white and having boxing in it is a homage to Raging Bull?
Most likely not the case though....
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Post by Dave on Dec 10, 2006 16:23:37 GMT
Maybe because Shane's a Scorsese fan and it being black and white and having boxing in it is a homage to Raging Bull? Most likely not the case though.... Actually.. probably most likely the case. Well deduced! |
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Post by twinee1983 on Dec 14, 2006 16:45:14 GMT
cant remember whats exactly said but shane and paul fraser discuss this quite a bit on the commentary. Was definitely a style choice i believe and i'm sure i did hear that it cost more and shane had to fight the men in suits to make the film in black and white.
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Post by scot on Jan 26, 2007 21:06:34 GMT
B&W is beautiful, tells more of a story i think. This may have something to do with me being colourblind!!! But either way b&w photography has more of an effect than colour, so why not stretch that to film making, obviously alot of films would not work in this format but others like Raging Bull i cannot imagine being in half as effective in colour.
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Post by halfpint on May 23, 2007 1:21:37 GMT
When making shorts B & W definately adds an extra level of professionalism to your work, especially when you're not using the best of cameras...
And it definately adds an 'arty' feel to a film, certain scenes shot in colour, can look so much more poignant when shown in B & W.
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Post by saturdayskid on Sept 19, 2007 20:01:45 GMT
Yeah looks beautiful, i must admit that when i first brought 24/7 about 6 or 7 years back I had no idea it was black and white and when I saw it was at first i was like, this looks shit black n white all the way through (remember at that time i was only about 16 and hadnt seen any films in black and white apart from old cowboy ones on a sunday afternoon) but it was only through watching it that it made me appreaciate how beautiful shots in black and white can be.
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