I saw Mad Max: Black & Chrome, the black and white version of Fury Road the other day. It was a very different experience without color.
I read that George Miller prefers the film this way, but since the studio wouldn’t allow it he decided to push the color to the extremes. It’s possible the film could work in B&W, but the problem is he didn’t design it that way from the ground up. Instead, he re-graded the film afterwards.
Films made in B&W are crafted very differently. There’s more of an emphasis on strong tonal contrast (the difference between the light and the dark parts of the image). Think about a film noir. There’s a simplicity to that aesthetic: hard lines and hard shadows, the light set sharply against the dark. If Miller was approaching this film in B&W from the beginning, he probably would have designed, staged, and shot it very differently.
I think it's just Miller trying to sell two movies while making one. Not a genuine appreciation for black and white film.
>>80539880
>If Miller was approaching this film in B&W from the beginning, he probably would have designed, staged, and shot it very differently.
The crucial part is THE BEGINNING, during pre production. He was denied by the studios even before filming the movie, ofcourse he knew when he actually shot it that it will be in color.
Also he wanted to do it in B&W with only the explosions/fire being in color.
I wish I could watch Burton's Batman in black and white.
>>80539880
Colored one is better. Also i felt really clustrophobic in B&W version during scenes in narrow corridors, like the one where Joe enters his wive's bunker. Felt bad man.
>>80540060
>colored explosions
That sounds fucking neat
>>80540454
>Also i felt really clustrophobic in B&W version during scenes in narrow corridors, like the one where Joe enters his wive's bunker. Felt bad man.
Then the B&W version is better because feeling claustrophobic was the exact visual intention of the director in that scene
>>80540303
You can,
Download Batman
Open Xmedia Recode
Turn on Black and white filter
Run
when it finishes processing you have a B&W Film.
>WTF, english grammar lessons as a Captcha
>>80540060
>Also he wanted to do it in B&W with only the explosions/fire being in color.
>>80540787
>that vignette
disgusting
>>80540659
How do you know that? He just walks trough the corridor.
>>80540787
>thinking that grading something B&W is just pushing one button and that's it
>>80540839
Do you like it bright B&W or Dark?
>>80540787
This is some shitty fan edit with the instagram filter and atrocious vignette over it, not the Black and Chrome edition
>>80540946
It's shit
>>80540946
Sorry but your edit looks trash my dude, you made it flat and grey basically
>Yes, I know this looks stupid
>>80540989
No one is arguing otherwise.
>>80541168
Show me this scene with those colors
To be honest Fury Road is not a movie that comes to my mind when I think about something that I would like to see in black and white. It probably looks cool but it's a bit unexpected. Horrors, science fiction, period movies, or something inspired by gothic stylistic but an action movie that is held in regard because of its cinematography and blend of practical and cgi effects?
>>80540060
seems like it might be a bit cheesy like sin city
>>80541105
MAD MAX: SMURF ROAD
>>80541201
The Real one or with a goofy filter on it?
>>80541227
:^)
>>80541408
With a goofy filter, of course
later anons
>>80542088
having the guitar flamethrower guy glowing blue like a psyker is a neat idea.
>>80539880
what a load of wank
>>80542434
>psyker
Is that some kind of cringey warhammer shit? If so I am embarrassed for you.
>>80542605
>le cringey
kys
>>80541456
Thanks anon, this is great. They look like Violet from charlie and the chocolate factory.