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-Found out my grandpa is now allowed to walk back from the dining room on his own. This is a new privilege. I haven't had a chance to talk to him to get the skinny on how's he's feeling. Grandma says he's doing well.
-My friend's surgery went well the other day, so that makes me extremely happy to hear. He's on the road to recovery and should be good as new in no time.
-Also today had a conversation with someone who was insisting that The Wizard of Oz had been filmed entirely in black and white. I tried to tell him that with the ruby slippers and yellow brick road this made no sense. Thank the stars for Google so our wait was short-lived to see who won the argument. Not to brag, but he totally owes me a soda.
well, not to complicate things, but i believe it was filmed in black and white and that the color was added later....
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Yes! The Wizard of Oz was filmed that way to give it the "Over the Rainbow" effect. The Black and White parts were actually filmed on Sepia Tone film, It has a more brownish tint to it. Which if you have the DVD you will see the true color of the Sepia Tone. The color parts of the movie were filmed on 3 strip Technicolor film. It was extremely expensive back then but they decided to do it right. The Wizard Of Oz was NOT the first color movie, there were quite a few others before. Where the black and white turns to color those few frames on the film were hand painted to give the transition a smooth effect (where Dorothy is looking out of the house door). So to sum this up, The Wizard Of Oz was purposly filmed that way, and was never changed. Some people thought it was later "colored" in. Which it wasn't, even this day and age that is nearly impossible*. Also the 3 strip technicolor film offered the apsolute best rich color and resolution. Today we use a single strip which isn't nearly as good of quality, but it is cheaper and more economical. When I say 3 strip technicolor, that is for Red, Green, Blue. 3 diffrent films running through the camera at the same time. The cameras were loud, large and expensive for that time.
The above information came from the following site:
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can i just say that i myself am loud, large and expensive???
ReplyDeleteCan I just say, you're weird? ;-)
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