1. Warm-Up
We’ve seen some movies in black and white and some in color. Which do you prefer and why? Explain.
On an index card write your favorite color
On the back write 4 adjectives for that color

2. Color in FILM FILM STUDIES I MRS VOGT
Prepared by Ms. Jones (Adapted from Looking at Movies, 4th Ed.)

3. The history & science of color film
Watch the short documentary and take notes on important facts and terms on your note sheet.
From Isaac Newton to the Coen Brothers

4. Color In storytelling Analogous color Complimentary color Association
Look for:
Analogous color
Complimentary color
Balance
Discordance
How do these effect the story of a film?
Association
Transitional

5. Analyzing Color in Film
Are there strong areas of color or pronounced contrasts in the frame that demand attention?
Are tones uniformly saturated or desaturated, producing a vibrant of somber mood? Does it makes the action?
Are there warm or cool colors?
Are color motifs developed?
Do colors bear cultural significance?

6. Ticket out the door
Think of a movie you’ve seen that used color to draw your attention to something.
Explain a scene and how the color affected you as a viewer.

7. History
Color was an option that required more labor and money than black and white.
Before 1960, color movies were elaborated productions

8. History It was possible to create color film as early as 1895
Additive color systems – adding color to black and white film stock
Hand coloring, stenciling, tinting, toning
Labor intensive so it was only a few frames at the beginning
Thomas Edison, Georges Melies, Edwin Porter
Dyes were applied by hand to the print
Stenciling was done by a machine – use 6 different colors
Most common: Tinting and toning
Tinting: dyeing the base of the film so that the light areas appeared in color
Single color could set the time of day, distinguish between interior and exterior, created moods
Toning: a chemical process that colored the opaque parts of an image to general color
Tinting and Toning were often used together

9. kinemacolor
Early process of color that used Persistence of Vision and a faster frame-per- second rate to simulate color.
1915 – Technicolor Corporation introduced a similar 2-color additive process
By the early 1930s, the additive process had given way to a 2-color subtractive color system
This process was later refined to a 3-color subtractive process and used in for cartoons and 1934 for live-action features.

10. Timeline Color processes were developed in 1930s
Not an industry standard until after WWII
Color was one way movie studios could compete with television which was broadcast in black and white
“Glorious Technicolor”
Between 1947 and 1954 – color films went from 1/10 to 1 / 2
By 1979 – 96% of films were made in color

11. Technicolor
In 1922, Technicolor developed a two-strip additive process….
Strength of Technicolor was that the film was vibrant and stable and the colors aged well.
Monopoly on the market – and color films used 3 times as much stock – color was costly